Other Crap

"A six-mile cab ride from Central Baghdad to Baghdad International Airport costs $35,000."

• Wow, if it goes up another 10% it'll be as much as a ride from Narita airport to the Shinjuku section of Tokyo!
• Back when I was traveling the world, I actually used to keep track of stuff like this. It's important to know the cost of a ride to the airport, because on the day you leave their stinking cesspool of a country, you have to know how many of their silly pastel simoleons you need to get to the airport and escape. The ride in Tokyo requires so many bills that you have to carry an extra suitcase full of Yen, as well as a small shovel. It was really "only" about $275, but of course, that was several years ago, so maybe it's up to $35,000 by now.