The following images are pictures that I took of a newspaper advertisement for a new Costa Rican version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" It looks pretty impressive and professional, right, with... holy crap! Does that say TWENTY-FIVE Million?
Indeed it does, my impoverished friend.
Twenty-Five Million!
Twenty-Five (25) Million!
Twenty-Five Million!
Twenty-Five (25) Million!
TWEN-TY-FIII-VE MIIILLLL-YONNN!!!!
Um, twenty-five million Costa Rican colones.
Oh. Colones? Soooo... how much is that in real money?
Well, according to the currency conversion site XE, that comes to a nice, tidy $44,558.51. Or if you're Eurotrash, 35,481.06 Euros.
Wow, I know we're in a world-wide depression and all, but are things really that bad?
In any case, at these prices, there's probably a pretty good chance that contestants will keep pressing their luck, since the mid-level stakes are worth about as much as a used Hyundai Elantra. I'd watch myself to find out, but we don't actually get that particular network channel in the boondocks (We only really get channels 11, 4, and sometimes 2). Still, I'm sure that one of these unenthused-looking contestants will walk home a millionaire in some currency, even if it's Turkish Lira, Zimbabwean Dollars, or--if they're lucky--Costa Rican Colones.
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