Wouldn't those millions just be a lot of empty zeroes, though?
Who said anything about millions?
Movie Aristotle, AKA Risto
Why not billions, trillions and quadrillions when people discuss money?
What about using much smaller denominations in discussions of money such as the ones most people use on a daily basis?
God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay.
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray.
Don't people have enough sense to avoid discussing their cents?
Why think small when big will do?
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Why would people show off how much money they have?
Isn't that a sign of importance in this screwed up society of ours?
Love God, love people
Wouldn't skiting about how much money one might have, be the sign of a rather vulgar person?
Is "skiting" an Aussie word?
Wouldn't many less usual Australian expressions have either an English or an Aboriginal language derivation?
How is it that some words catch the fancy of the hearer, and others just fade away after a single use?
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton
Isn't that philosophical?
"The mountains are calling and I must go, and I will work on while I can, studying incessantly." -John Muir
"Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed." -Richard Adams, Watership Down
Isn't there more likely to be a philological explanation than a philosophical one?
If we put the words on a leaf, would a caterpillar know the difference?
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton