A very gentle Southern lady was driving across the Savannah River Bridge in Georgia one day.
As she neared the top of the bridge, she noticed a young man preparing to jump. She stopped her car, rolled down the window and pleaded, "Please don't jump, son. Think of your dear mother and father."
He replied sadly, "Mom and Dad are both dead. I'm going to jump!"
She said more softly, "Well, then think of your dear wife and children."
He replied, "I'm not married and I don't have any kids."
"Well," she implored, "Think of Robert E. Lee."
He replied, "Who the hell is Robert E. Lee?"
Hearing his reply, the no-longer gentle Southern lady snorted, "Go ahead and jump, you brain-dead Yankee!"
What is a billion?
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job o f putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
d. A billion days ago no one walked on the earth on two feet.
e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the United States government is spending it.
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