Uku Billion

Where did the term "uku billion" come from. First of all, it's a term very specific to Hawaii. Definitely something nobody else in the world says. Uku ("u" is pronounced like the "ou" in You) is basically hair lice. So what does this mean? Is somehow uku billion somehow saying you got a billion things + a few hair lice more?

Why bring this up Raph you say?

Because "uku billion" is the amount of freakin' forms I'd have to fill out in order to get Florence here to the U.S. It's amazing how many I'd have to do.

I have a folder here with at least 10 monstrous forms from various State and Federal immigration agencies. They call come with cryptic names like "g-325f" and "i-485supa". None of them follow any logical numerical order.

They all require a fee too. It's $175 just for me to fill out a petition to bring her here as my fiance to get married. If there's one thing I don't understand about government offices is why it takes $175 to accept a form? Are they renting a limousine to take it to the main office? Do they have to bribe the data entry person with tea and crumpets?

There's some kind of crazy fee along the way just to get her fingerprinted for example. Unless the ink were guilded with gold plating I can't see why it would cost that much.

It doesn't make any sense. If it's this costly for government labor to file each form...WHY ALL THE FREAKIN' FORMS?!! Alright, I understand if they want to see if people are dedicated and serious about immigration and marriage. But working through all this paperwork is beyond torture.... perhaps if they wanted to test us for dedication it would have been more merciful to make us run an obstacle course.