Just so you know, Patty, it takes one hundred million billion trillion pennies to make a million billion trillion dollars. But, hey, one penny is a start.
Those instructions look a tad like those in Heinlein’s Space Cadet where Matt was taking one of the skills tests, said test a bit like a pinball machine but with very covoluted instructions for scoring.
Speaking of mermaids, do you know why Ariel wore seashells?