‘Money doesn’t count!’ - The Friar

Think that counting money is done the same way all over the world, well think again, counting money is done very differently depending on where you are. This video shows how counting money is done in Japan, Korea, China and Singapore, then in Afghanistan,Iran,India, Tajikistan and the Middle East, then in Russia, Mongolia, Poland and Eastern Europe, then in Turkmenistan, Kazakistan, Pakistan, and parts of Turkey, then in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, then in Africa, then in America, Canada and England.

Interesting differences in the counting styles of the different countries, who would of known that there are hugh cultural differences in money counting!

With World of Warcraft latest expansion pack released on the 13th November, entitled the Wrath of the Lich King, I thought it would be interesting to look at World of Warcraft Gold (WoWG) as a currency against exisiting nations currencies and see how it’s doing. The current exchange rate is 1 US Dollar buys you 59.88 World of Warcraft Gold.

Given that exchange rate, it makes World of Warcraft Gold more valuable that these nation currencies!

Jamaica : 1 WoWG = 1.31 Jamaican Dollar
Japan : 1 WoWG = 1.63 Japanese Yen
Nigeria : 1 WoWG = 1.99 Nigerian Naira
Iceland : 1 WoWG = 2.31 Icelandic Krona
Hungary : 1 WoWG = 3.54 Hungarian Forints
Costa Rica : 1 WoWG = 9.51 Costa Rican Colons
Iraq : 1 WoWG = 20.14 Iraqi Dinar
South Korea : 1 WoWG = 22.31 South Korean Won
Colombia : 1 WoWG = 39.32 Colombian Pesos
Iran : 1 WoWG = 173.18 Iranian Rial
Indonesia : 1 WoWG = 185.9 Indonesian Rupiah
Vietnam : 1 WoWG = 289.8 Vietnamese Dong

No offence intended, brothers! - The Dominican

A Japanese guy is at Los Angeles International Airport, waiting for his flight back home to Japan. While he’s waiting, he goes to the currency exchange counter to change his remaining dollars.

He counts his money at the counter. “Wait a minute,” he says to the clerk, “When I came here I got more dollars for my yen. What’s going on here?”

“Fluctuations.” says the clerk.

The Japanese man stiffens. “Well! Fluck you Americans, too!”