And a billion heartbeats is about the length of time Elvis lived.

Christian

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> part de Jerry Fochtman
> Envoye : vendredi 16 mai 2003 19:57
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> Objet : [HP3000-L] Fwd: Fw: A Billion
>
>
> OK....don't bother telling me if none of this is true.... but
>  it is an
> interesting perspective...
>
>
> >A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one
> advertising agency
> >did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in
> one of its releases:
> >
> >A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
> >
> >A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
> >
> >A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
> >
> >A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate
> >Washington spends it.
>
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