Warren Buffet bought the US Railroad for $44 billion on Tuesday.  That’s the kind of money where you stop understanding what it means.  It’s just a lot.

But allow me to illuminate you.  With $44 billion, instead of buying a railway company you could…

• Consume 1.23 billion Big Macs.
• Plan, build and run 1 Beijing Olympics. Oh and you still have a few dollars to spend on some nice Beijing Duck.
• Buy a Lamborghini Gallardo for you and 220,000 friends.
• Fill the Singapore Indoor stadium 500 750 times over with cornflakes.
• Build and run 8 12 Republic Polytechnic as an independant school.

What would you do with $44 billion?  If you have that much spare, could you please buy me some milk for my stadium-sized cereal bowls.  Thanks.