Oh, yeah. Apparently the special coins the mint produces are very collectible.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Elena - Sep 25, 2003 9:30:34 am PDT #3854 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Trudy Booth - Sep 25, 2003 9:30:53 am PDT #3855 of 6793
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Oddly unattractive, given it's value.
Much like the Queen herself!
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Elena - Sep 25, 2003 9:31:56 am PDT #3856 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
The Queen was pretty when she was younger. I must say that they chose a particularly unattractive portrait for the most recent coins and bills.
Trudy Booth - Sep 25, 2003 9:32:57 am PDT #3857 of 6793
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The Queen had a goofy nose in her youth too. And her chin was too small.
MechaKrelboyne - Sep 25, 2003 9:33:53 am PDT #3858 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
To me, the worst thing about our money is that the queen is on it. Makes me wanna go all Braveheart all over the place. But I've come to like the coins. By the time twenties are replaced they'll be heavy enough to do some real damage.
Elena - Sep 25, 2003 9:37:02 am PDT #3859 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
We don't have enough PMs that are recognisable enough to put on currency. We can't use Trudeau - too soon, methinks, and 'twould be controversial. Dief and Pearson are out. St Laurant... Anyone remember what he looks like? Clark, Mulroney and Campbell are still alive. As is Turner.
Besides, who would want money with Mulroney on it?
Sue - Sep 25, 2003 9:39:39 am PDT #3860 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Besides, who would want money with Mulroney on it?
Mulroney himself?
MechaKrelboyne - Sep 25, 2003 9:40:27 am PDT #3861 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Oh, lot's of people took MulrooneyMoney in the past. I don't figure it'll be a problem. Just so long as they don't have to get it legally.
Is Diefenbaker the PM who axed the Arrow? We should put him on the three dollar bill as a tribute to folly.
It'll be paper even when the rest are coins.
Elena - Sep 25, 2003 9:44:22 am PDT #3862 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
That is, indeed, Dief. And it always struck me odd. Because it's one thing to scrap the program, it's entirely another to sink the prototype in Lake Ontario.
MechaKrelboyne - Sep 25, 2003 9:57:09 am PDT #3863 of 6793
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
In other news, furniture woes may be solved. We've got a line on a minivan loan and the DM from the 3rd edition DND game we're starting seems a likely driver. Whew. Plus, rambling about furniture some more might get me COMMed again. Not entirely sure how that got in there.