NationStates Jolt Archive


Beware of Canadian currency

UnitedStatesOfAmerica-
11-01-2007, 22:31
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16572783/?GT1=8921

Besides the espionage implications, this should also raise concerns about big brother tracking your every move.
Americans should refuse all Canadian currency until this cleared up.
Yootopia
11-01-2007, 22:33
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16572783/?GT1=8921

Besides the espionage implications, this should also raise concerns about big brother tracking your every move.
Americans should refuse all Canadian currency until this cleared up.
Don't you actually use a different currency to one another anyway?

Canadian vs US dollars, with different exchange rates etc.?
UnitedStatesOfAmerica-
11-01-2007, 22:34
eh...maybe it was the Illuminati that did it......
Laerod
11-01-2007, 22:36
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16572783/?GT1=8921

Besides the espionage implications, this should also raise concerns about big brother tracking your every move.
Americans should refuse all Canadian currency until this cleared up.Did you bother reading it? Tracking your every move only seems likely if you're high rank in the corporate ladder and if the person tracking you is standing less than ten feet away.
UnitedStatesOfAmerica-
11-01-2007, 22:37
Don't you actually use a different currency to one another anyway?

Canadian vs US dollars, with different exchange rates etc.?

True, but American businesses also accept Canadian coins. I've seen them used once in awhile in California. But we don't have the same arrangement with any other countries.
UnitedStatesOfAmerica-
11-01-2007, 22:38
Did you bother reading it? Tracking your every move only seems likely if you're high rank in the corporate ladder and if the person tracking you is standing less than ten feet away.

“Whoever did this obviously has access to some pretty advanced technology.”
Laerod
11-01-2007, 22:41
“Whoever did this obviously has access to some pretty advanced technology.”And still rather ineffective for monitoring an entire population.
Bookislvakia
11-01-2007, 22:52
At the Office of Canadian Intelligence...

"Sir! We've lost track of Code-name Bookislvakia!"
"My God! How did this happen? Did he find our spy coin and destroy it?"
"No sir! He bought a Coke!"
...
"Clever devil..."
*standing and looking out through the blind of his office window.
"One day..."
Farnhamia
11-01-2007, 22:54
At the Office of Canadian Intelligence...

"Sir! We've lost track of Code-name Bookislvakia!"
"My God! How did this happen? Did he find our spy coin and destroy it?"
"No sir! He bought a Coke!"
...
"Clever devil..."
*standing and looking out through the blind of his office window.
"One day..."

QFT ... and giggles
Dobbsworld
11-01-2007, 23:09
...I can't wait for more of the details to come out - and for the little that's currently out there, the OP has already quite capably managed to come off like the worst sort of "I-fear-my-own-shadow"-ish, cringeing ninny - and all of his own accord, too. It is to laugh, most heartily.

It's people like him that serve to underscore to what extent Bin Laden really did win his private little war against the American psyche. The mind reels...
Llewdor
11-01-2007, 23:39
The US could mitigate this threat by accepting all Canadian currency at par. Then Canadian cons would get spent and not stay on their targets for any length of time.
Sel Appa
11-01-2007, 23:55
*random flame and insult at OP*

Those RFID chip things dont work more than a hundred metres at most, and that's a stretch. Not to mention the metal will shield a lot of it.
NERVUN
12-01-2007, 00:23
True, but American businesses also accept Canadian coins. I've seen them used once in awhile in California. But we don't have the same arrangement with any other countries.
No they don't. US businesses can decide to accept Canadian coin, they can also decide to accept bananas, but there's no agreement that they have to accept Canadian currency (and since it's worth less than US currency, they lose value).

And if you're that worried, wrap your money in foil, that'll work.
Gravlen
12-01-2007, 00:25
eh...maybe it was the Illuminati that did it......

There is no conspiracy you know. Absolutely none whatsoever.
Fnord
Ifreann
12-01-2007, 00:33
True, but American businesses also accept Canadian coins. I've seen them used once in awhile in California. But we don't have the same arrangement with any other countries.

Wasn't there a thread yesterday about a pizza franchise accepting pesos?Fnord
Purplelover
12-01-2007, 00:40
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16572783/?GT1=8921

Besides the espionage implications, this should also raise concerns about big brother tracking your every move.
Americans should refuse all Canadian currency until this cleared up.

That's nothing in America we really know how to do big brother. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=gll78yWgqbo)
Gravlen
12-01-2007, 00:44
Wasn't there a thread yesterday about a pizza franchise accepting pesos?Fnord

And then in yet another thread someone remarked that there was a shop in Munich that accepted Deutsche Mark! :eek:
My Fnord was bigger than your Fnord! :P
Bubabalu
12-01-2007, 00:49
There is no conspiracy you know. Absolutely none whatsoever.
Fnord

Oh, but there is a conspiracy!!! :D

I may finish working on my Great Canadian Conspiracy this weekend, based on true facts about our northerly neighbor, Canada.

In this case, I have always wondered why Canadian coins are minted to the exact dimensions as US coins. Oh yes, you can use Canadian coins on US vending machines, which means that you pay less for the item than if you used US coins. On top of that, historically, the greatest majority of spies and terrorists that enter the US come thru Canada. Maybe we have our fence on the wrong border :)


They come across our borders with no security check whatsoever, no travel documents, and how can you tell a Canadian in the US? You can't...they are tall, white and speak English, whereas Hispanic ones are short, dark skinned and no habla Ingles!!!

Just enjoy the joke of this post, and have a great weekend.

Vic
Transcendant Pilgrims
12-01-2007, 00:55
Urk!:eek: They're on to us!
Ifreann
12-01-2007, 00:57
And then in yet another thread someone remarked that there was a shop in Munich that accepted Deutsche Mark! :eek:
My Fnord was bigger than your Fnord! :P

No, that was the same thread, I think. It's not the size of the fnord, it's how you fnord it
The Scree Territories
12-01-2007, 01:09
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16572783/?GT1=8921

Besides the espionage implications, this should also raise concerns about big brother tracking your every move.
Americans should refuse all Canadian currency until this cleared up.

It also mentioned a case of a female foreign spy seducing her boyfriend to steal secrets, so by that logic Americans should also refuse to have sex with females.

Seriously, this isn't something done to randomly spy on just anybody. These were specific targets. If they weren't disguised as coins, it would have been something else. The only reason they were Canadian coins was because their targets were in Canada at the time.
Gravlen
12-01-2007, 01:19
Oh, but there is a conspiracy!!! :D

*Classified information*

Just enjoy the joke of this post, and have a great weekend.

Vic

Yeah, riiight... you're a loon, there is NO conspiracy! :rolleyes:


*Speaks into lapel*
Chiken little, Penguin One: The bluebird is turkish, and a german is swimming in the pool. I see no towels - I repeat, no towels. Beware, Unckle Bob is having a shot of cider in the barn, but two eggs have yet to hatch. ASAP!

So have a nice weekend... And a nice flight ;)

No, that was the same thread, I think. It's not the size of the fnord, it's how you fnord it

You sure? Fnord you, ya fnord-er! :P