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What currency do you like the best?

Tony Sno
31-05-2007, 19:42
Of all the money in the world, which one do you like best? Pound, dolllar, euro?
Skibereen
31-05-2007, 19:44
I had some chinese coins, I dont know what value...but when I flipped them in the air they would ring like bells...in other words they would resonate through the entire spin...it sounded beautiful.
Call to power
31-05-2007, 19:44
rupees, sounds like either a dog food or something you go to the doctor with
Unlucky_and_unbiddable
31-05-2007, 19:47
Pounds.
IL Ruffino
31-05-2007, 19:48
I like shiny paper currency.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
31-05-2007, 19:49
Dollars. But, more specifically the nickel. Also, the half dollar for flipping and the dollar coin.
Call to power
31-05-2007, 19:50
Pounds.

pfft even when you make pound towers they collapse all over the place :D
Neo-Erusea
31-05-2007, 19:57
Dollars... I guess because I live in America.
Faded Smiles
31-05-2007, 19:59
Old English: Pounds, Shilings & Pence (inc. Farthings, Half-crowns, tuppences, bob's and the like)

It's just the way you could give prices like, "That'll be Three pounds two and six".
Wonderous!
Greill
31-05-2007, 19:59
If it doesn't have gold in it, I don't like it. But since there aren't anymore of those, I will say I like the Mexican peso the most. Also, I least like the Euro. It looks like Monopoly money.
Wintland
31-05-2007, 20:05
I think Euros are cool :P . That's enough to get you a smack in the face in the UK.
Kroisistan
31-05-2007, 20:17
Definitely the Euro, more for what it represents than its shape. A cross-national currency of a supranational entity, spread by agreement and controlled by an independent Central Bank? I like that idea.
LancasterCounty
31-05-2007, 20:19
The American Dollar.
Rubiconic Crossings
31-05-2007, 20:23
Oh this is simple. Nothing sums up the British like the term 'Pounds Sterling'.

That mix of imperial haughtiness combined with economic catastrophe. It just cannot be beat.

:D
Christlerland
31-05-2007, 20:25
i really like Czech ones... i went in the Prague some time ago and i really liked the coins, cuz they got dragons and lions and stuff like that.
Saxnot
31-05-2007, 20:26
Pounds sterling. Just looks nice, feels nice. Euros are dull as dishwater, dollars don't feel nice. Czech Kurunas are quite nice, mind. Those're the only four I've handled. That are current.
Pure Metal
31-05-2007, 20:40
euros
New Manvir
31-05-2007, 20:42
mine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Canadian_bills2.jpg

http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/images/images&downloads/coins.jpg
Bosco stix
31-05-2007, 20:43
Uh.. I seem to remember someone having currency from like...mongolia or smething, and it was made of cheese...

either that, or i am crazy.
Swilatia
31-05-2007, 20:45
Not sure but I really hate euros.
Isidoor
31-05-2007, 21:25
Euros of course, I can pay everywhere i go with them, without having to exchange.
Nosskir
31-05-2007, 21:29
I like Gooooold
Tranquil Dreams
31-05-2007, 21:38
I never understood the attraction to gold. It has very few practical purposes outside possibly dentistry and aesthetically, it doesn't strike me as particularly attractive. Surely platinum would serve as a better currency if the coins were themselves to hold their value?
Fassigen
31-05-2007, 21:44
I miss the French franc. The banknotes used to have Claude Debussy, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Paul Cézanne, Gustave Eiffel, and Pierre and Marie Curie on them. There's just no beating that.
Ashmoria
31-05-2007, 21:45
why would i like any currency "best"?

its just money.

i like the dollar because when i take it to the store i can buy things with it. the other currencies are more difficult to spend here.
Sarkhaan
31-05-2007, 21:45
Costa Rican Colones. Very nice looking.
Keruvalia
31-05-2007, 21:48
Look at Cambodian money.

The smiling children on it - considering the country's recent history - is a powerful message of hope.

I like it.
Bad Linen
31-05-2007, 21:52
I love all money (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkhOhUkhIFA)
Constantanaple
31-05-2007, 21:58
Frank. coolest name.
Khadgar
31-05-2007, 22:00
I never understood the attraction to gold. It has very few practical purposes outside possibly dentistry and aesthetically, it doesn't strike me as particularly attractive. Surely platinum would serve as a better currency if the coins were themselves to hold their value?

I'm guessing you don't actually know anything about gold, because you're way off.

1) Gold is very corrosion resistant, most acids won't react with it.
2) Gold is an excellent conductor and is used in all manner of electronic components. That computer you're sitting at is loaded with gold.
Tranquil Dreams
31-05-2007, 22:05
Apparently I stand corrected.
Imperial isa
31-05-2007, 22:07
Ausd
South Adrea
31-05-2007, 23:05
Women
Angry Fruit Salad
31-05-2007, 23:08
Yen are somewhat entertaining to me, actually...
German Nightmare
31-05-2007, 23:14
Definitely the Euro, more for what it represents than its shape. A cross-national currency of a supranational entity, spread by agreement and controlled by an independent Central Bank? I like that idea.
Yay!
Cabra West
31-05-2007, 23:29
Anything, really... as long as I've got lots of it, and can change it into lots of Euros.
Trollgaard
31-05-2007, 23:30
Definitely the Euro, more for what it represents than its shape. A cross-national currency of a supranational entity, spread by agreement and controlled by an independent Central Bank? I like that idea.

Why???

I like the US dollar and the pound. I also liked the old German duetchmark (sp?).
Cabra West
31-05-2007, 23:31
Why???

I like the US dollar and the pound. I also liked the old German duetchmark (sp?).

I hope you're referring to the German coins, not those silly candy-coloured notes that were the last incarnation of the Deutschmark...
Philosopy
31-05-2007, 23:34
Pounds sterling. Just looks nice, feels nice. Euros are dull as dishwater, dollars don't feel nice.

Have you seen the new £20 note, though? That looks like a Euro. It doesn't seem right at all.
Trollgaard
31-05-2007, 23:35
I hope you're referring to the German coins, not those silly candy-coloured notes that were the last incarnation of the Deutschmark...
Yeah, the coins. I never saw a german bill.
Widfarend
31-05-2007, 23:44
The Sud Afrikan Peon.
German Nightmare
01-06-2007, 00:10
Why???
Just imagine that in the U.S. every single state had its own currency, each with different exchange rates.
Maybe you'll understand then?
Pure Metal
01-06-2007, 00:10
why would i like any currency "best"?

its just money.

i like the dollar because when i take it to the store i can buy things with it. the other currencies are more difficult to spend here.

i like the euro for what it represents, as has been said, but also because of the clear differentiaion of colour and size of notes, and differing shapes and sizes of coin. i found american notes fairly hard to deal with iirc because they were all pretty much green, for example

Yay!
indeed :)
Bad Linen
01-06-2007, 00:13
Just imagine that in the U.S. every single state had its own currency, each with different exchange rates.
Maybe you'll understand then?

That would certainly be a boon to the numismatic community . . .
Trollgaard
01-06-2007, 00:34
Just imagine that in the U.S. every single state had its own currency, each with different exchange rates.
Maybe you'll understand then?

But Europe isn't one country...its a group of countries...
New Granada
01-06-2007, 00:36
GBP

The pound coin is my favorite piece of money period, and they have Charles Darwin on the 10-pound note.
Infinite Revolution
01-06-2007, 00:41
whatever i'm able to use to buy stuff from the nearest shop.
Psychotic Mongooses
01-06-2007, 00:42
Whichever one gives me the best exchange rate when I'm travelling. :D
LancasterCounty
01-06-2007, 01:10
Just imagine that in the U.S. every single state had its own currency, each with different exchange rates.
Maybe you'll understand then?

That happened once in American History. Of course, that was before the US had a unified currency :)
LancasterCounty
01-06-2007, 01:11
But Europe isn't one country...its a group of countries...

Most of which did a way with their own currency and moved to the Euro. Now they have one currency.
Trollgaard
01-06-2007, 01:19
Most of which did a way with their own currency and moved to the Euro. Now they have one currency.

I know that...
German Nightmare
01-06-2007, 01:26
i like the euro for what it represents, as has been said, but also because of the clear differentiaion of colour and size of notes, and differing shapes and sizes of coin. i found american notes fairly hard to deal with iirc because they were all pretty much green, for example
indeed :)
I can only agree. :D
That would certainly be a boon to the numismatic community . . .
Hey, good thinking. ;) I like the new Quarters.
But Europe isn't one country...its a group of countries...
With a common market... without border control...
Omfgwtfbbqlolz
01-06-2007, 01:27
I liked pound coins. I was 6ish when I visited London (last I recall) and remember how fun it was to have these nice, heavy coins to pay for stuff with.More recently I've become rather fond of 1 euro coins. They've got a nice, sort of light clink-y quality to them. And the fact that they're 2 colors and have different designs make me love them all the more. I think I have coin ADD... but I love the idea of having a larger value per coin, I live in the US and wish there was a usable dollar coin around here, its such a pleasant surprise to find that all the change in your pocket amounts to so much.
Trollgaard
01-06-2007, 01:39
I liked pound coins. I was 6ish when I visited London (last I recall) and remember how fun it was to have these nice, heavy coins to pay for stuff with.More recently I've become rather fond of 1 euro coins. They've got a nice, sort of light clink-y quality to them. And the fact that they're 2 colors and have different designs make me love them all the more. I think I have coin ADD... but I love the idea of having a larger value per coin, I live in the US and wish there was a usable dollar coin around here, its such a pleasant surprise to find that all the change in your pocket amounts to so much.

Then rejoice my friend! A new dollar coin was released a few months ago! Go to the bank and get some!
Johnny B Goode
01-06-2007, 01:46
I like American coins. Maybe because I'm American. But I like European bills (or as they call them, banknotes)
Omfgwtfbbqlolz
01-06-2007, 02:02
Then rejoice my friend! A new dollar coin was released a few months ago! Go to the bank and get some!

I noes. but they always seem to get abandoned pretty quick. That makes me sad.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
01-06-2007, 02:21
Then rejoice my friend! A new dollar coin was released a few months ago! Go to the bank and get some!

Guh? What's on it? Hadn't heard.

I just hope it's not some sissy Sacagewea thing again. Washington, Lincoln, Andy Jackson - the faces of our most common currency - all killed at least several thousand people in an official capacity. How many did Sacagewea kill, again? That's right, none. I want to smell blood when I look at my dollar. :p
LancasterCounty
01-06-2007, 02:23
Guh? What's on it? Hadn't heard.

I just hope it's not some sissy Sacagewea thing again. Washington, Lincoln, Andy Jackson - the faces of our most common currency - all killed at least several thousand people in an official capacity. How many did Sacagewea kill, again? That's right, none. I want to smell blood when I look at my dollar. :p

As of right now? George Washington, followed by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. You get the idea.
Omfgwtfbbqlolz
01-06-2007, 02:27
I think my favorite former dollar coin was the really big one. Just because it's kind of useless anyway, may as well be really huge!
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
01-06-2007, 02:30
As of right now? George Washington, followed by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. You get the idea.

Aha, interesting. I might have to collect a few, though I disagree with the concept of circulating the images. A coin should be iconic and solid, not a rotating set of pictures. But it's still fun. :)
Legondia
01-06-2007, 02:41
Liberty Dollars, because they're backed by real gold and silver.
Widfarend
01-06-2007, 03:19
Aha, interesting. I might have to collect a few, though I disagree with the concept of circulating the images. A coin should be iconic and solid, not a rotating set of pictures. But it's still fun. :)

I'm waiting for the Nixon one.

waiting...

At 4 presidents a year in the order they served...it might take some time.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
01-06-2007, 03:28
I'm waiting for the Nixon one.

waiting...

At 4 presidents a year in the order they served...it might take some time.

Yeah, it's probably a fifteen-year project. It'll be interesting to see what designs they come up with.
Hunter S Thompsonia
01-06-2007, 03:34
I had some chinese coins, I dont know what value...but when I flipped them in the air they would ring like bells...in other words they would resonate through the entire spin...it sounded beautiful.

Urghh... I swear I read that and saw 'I had some cheese coins'. I can even picture the word 'cheese' in that sentence now in my mental picture. *slaps face*
EDIT:
Uh.. I seem to remember someone having currency from like...mongolia or smething, and it was made of cheese...
either that, or i am crazy.
...Huh. Coincidence?
Omfgwtfbbqlolz
01-06-2007, 06:43
Urghh... I swear I read that and saw 'I had some cheese coins'. I can even picture the word 'cheese' in that sentence now in my mental picture. *slaps face*
EDIT:

...Huh. Coincidence?

Coincidence? I think not! But mostly because that's fun to say...
Jeruselem
01-06-2007, 07:37
Spanish silver dollars and the gold stuff as well. :D
Nobel Hobos
01-06-2007, 07:45
I like Australian currency actually.


It's pretty colours, easy to tell the notes apart.
It's plastic, you can wipe it clean and it goes through the wash ok.
The eminent Autralians on each are male and female (one of each)
It's got pretty patterns and a dinky transparent bit.
Each note is unique, not just the serial number.


The lowest denomination (A$5) has the Queen on it, and if a note gets creased it's a bit hard to use in vending machines, but apart from that I like it. EDIT: I don't see a hologram? Perhaps it fell off?

The coins are rather plain, I used to like the 2c before it was obsoleted.
I like the 1 franc piece, with the two types of metal.

Here's a funny thing I found in Wiki:

In 1965 the Prime Minister at the time, Robert Menzies wished to name the currency "The Royal", and other names such as "the Austral", "The Oz", "The Boomer", "The Roo", "The Kanga", "The Emu", "The Digger", "The Kwid" and "The Ming" were also proposed.

Damn. "Hey, mate, can you spare a Roo?" would be so much better than boring old dollars.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
01-06-2007, 07:52
Here's a funny thing I found in Wiki:

In 1965 the Prime Minister at the time, Robert Menzies wished to name the currency "The Royal", and other names such as "the Austral", "The Oz", "The Boomer", "The Roo", "The Kanga", "The Emu", "The Digger", "The Kwid" and "The Ming" were also proposed.

Damn. "Hey, mate, can you spare a Roo?" would be so much better than boring old dollars.

Weird. What do the other ones stand for? I understand Emu, Oz and Austral for what they stand for, but what's a Ming, Kwid, Digger and Boomer? :p
Nobel Hobos
01-06-2007, 08:00
Weird. What do the other ones stand for? I understand Emu, Oz and Austral for what they stand for, but what's a Ming, Kwid, Digger and Boomer? :p

Menzies was known as "Ming the Merciless" in much the way Howard was "Little Johnny"
We could hardly call it a Quid if it wasn't one, could we?
The Digger is from the WW1-era name for an Aussie, because we were seen as gold-miners (literally people who prospected for gold, it was rather huge)
Boomer would probably be from boomerang, a wooden hunting weapon of the aborigines. Just guessing.

"A hundred Joeys to a Roo" ... what a missed opportunity!
Demented Hamsters
01-06-2007, 08:00
Arrrr....that be Gold Doubloons, m'hearties.
Hamilay
01-06-2007, 08:03
I like the euro, not sure why.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
01-06-2007, 08:05
Menzies was known as "Ming the Merciless" in much the way Howard was "Little Johnny"
We could hardly call it a Quid if it wasn't one, could we?
The Digger is from the WW1-era name for an Aussie, because we were seen as gold-miners (literally people who prospected for gold, it was rather huge)
Boomer would probably be from boomerang, a wooden hunting weapon of the aborigines. Just guessing.

"A hundred Joeys to a Roo" ... what a missed opportunity!

Heh. Thanks for the explanation. I should've known the boomer it seems, but the rest was new to me. :)
Nobel Hobos
01-06-2007, 08:08
Heh. Thanks for the explanation. I should've known the boomer it seems, but the rest was new to me. :)

You're welcome. :)
Andaras Prime
01-06-2007, 08:19
Hey, do the Chinese coins have like Mao Zedongs face on one side, kinda like our coins have the queens head? If they do the Yuan is my fav.
Jeruselem
01-06-2007, 08:21
I like Australian currency actually.


It's pretty colours, easy to tell the notes apart.
It's plastic, you can wipe it clean and it goes through the wash ok.
The eminent Autralians on each are male and female (one of each)
It's got pretty patterns and a dinky transparent bit.
Each note is unique, not just the serial number.


The lowest denomination (A$5) has the Queen on it, and if a note gets creased it's a bit hard to use in vending machines, but apart from that I like it.

The coins are rather plain, I used to like the 2c before it was obsoleted.
I like the 1 franc piece, with the two types of metal.

Here's a funny thing I found in Wiki:

In 1965 the Prime Minister at the time, Robert Menzies wished to name the currency "The Royal", and other names such as "the Austral", "The Oz", "The Boomer", "The Roo", "The Kanga", "The Emu", "The Digger", "The Kwid" and "The Ming" were also proposed.

Damn. "Hey, mate, can you spare a Roo?" would be so much better than boring old dollars.

You didn't mention the "hologram" that tends to fall off and fade.
Andaras Prime
01-06-2007, 08:21
Heh. Thanks for the explanation. I should've known the boomer it seems, but the rest was new to me. :)

Digger also is used as a by-word for an Australian soldier or serviceman/women, this is because of the ANZAC WWII Gallipoli in which our troops literally made to dig trenches under enemy fire.
Nobel Hobos
01-06-2007, 08:38
Digger also is used as a by-word for an Australian soldier or serviceman/women, this is because of the ANZAC WWII Gallipoli in which our troops literally made to dig trenches under enemy fire.

Nobody seems to know for sure. But Aussies were known as diggers before that because of the goldrushes, and the "diggers because they dug in" explanation would apply equally to soldiers of other nationalities. The war was mostly trench warfare after all, and Canadians and British had a pretty hard time a few beaches along from Gallipoli. They weren't known as Diggers?

Perhaps Aussies were just better at it :p
Rejistania
01-06-2007, 09:56
I like the south korean Won and the deprecated slovenian Tolar. Yes, there are purely aestheic reasons behind that choice.
Risottia
01-06-2007, 09:58
Of all the money in the world, which one do you like best? Pound, dolllar, euro?

I like euro - mostly because of the verso of the euro coins, it is different for each country of the eurozone.
The swiss franc has also nice coins.
The italian lira had the best design, though, but no lire anymore.
Anti-Social Darwinism
01-06-2007, 10:26
Of all the money in the world, which one do you like best? Pound, dolllar, euro?

The kind I can spend.
Cameroi
01-06-2007, 10:26
anything that doesn't have pictures of humans on it. maybe buildings on one side and critters/forests on the other. i don't have any great love for the concept of currency. and either tecnology or the rude awaikening of environmentally precipitated economic collapse will eventually make it obsolete in any of a number of several ways.

your own sweat is one currency that is of intrinsic worth. something to eat is another. infrastructure itself, and the sweat to make food and infrastructure available is as much as anyone other then one's self has any valid claim to.

actually even the sweat to make any more infrastructure then you're willing yourself to live without has no valid mandate.

i mean i'm not ragging on it out of some arbitrary priestly fantasy, but rather the self distructive road of environmental callusness of economics' self proclaimed devorce from ecological reality.

so it's kind of hard for me to 'love' bizdroidism and the way of life it snares us with, when it has become an uncontrollable monster, devouring all. sure there's an illusion of softness, but one which only accumulates more and more absurdly unnatural difficulty for itself as time goes on.

i ramble wide, though not irrelivantly, of the mark. odd currency, though of rational denomination might be ok, where the option to use any at all is locally choosen. odd shapped bits of flat plexi, perhapse with a bit of different colored tinting to denote the denominations. and no damed immages of humans.

the cameroi'n dream is litteraly that. a dream of a kind of do it yourself, half way potlatching, hobbiest 'economy', with little or no need for anything resembling currency at all. not some kind of symbolic and symbolicly exchangable 'value', as the concept of currency is.

=^^=
.../\...
Conservatives states
01-06-2007, 10:37
hmm...that would have to be a automatic rifle:sniper:.It's like having a credit card without limit,just gotta watch out for those bill collectors(police and any other enforecer).;)
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 10:41
I like shiny paper currency.

I like my plastic money.

I'm guessing you don't actually know anything about gold, because you're way off.

1) Gold is very corrosion resistant, most acids won't react with it.
2) Gold is an excellent conductor and is used in all manner of electronic components. That computer you're sitting at is loaded with gold.

I thought that they just plated gold on. That way you'd use far less of the stuff.

Gold is useful because it stays more stable in value than a free floating currency.

That being said my favourite currency would be the one that would be accepted at the location I am in.
Battered Haggis
01-06-2007, 10:42
I think, in all fairness, that scottish notes are the single most amazing piece of currency ever made, because you see, if you go into a corner shop or off license in england and attempt to pay for goods, you get turned away...

SO I ARGUE! and as a scottish person i am very fond of argueing.

Plus you can impress your friends with having a huge wad of £1 notes topped with a £50 or somthing.
Barringtonia
01-06-2007, 10:43
Menzies was known as "Ming the Merciless" in much the way Howard was "Little Johnny"
We could hardly call it a Quid if it wasn't one, could we?
The Digger is from the WW1-era name for an Aussie, because we were seen as gold-miners (literally people who prospected for gold, it was rather huge)
Boomer would probably be from boomerang, a wooden hunting weapon of the aborigines. Just guessing.

"A hundred Joeys to a Roo" ... what a missed opportunity!

I think a Boomer is a term for kangaroo

In fact...

boom.er (boomer) n.1. A large male kangaroo. 2. Australian & N.Z. Informal.

A male kangaroo is called a boomer.
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 10:47
But Europe isn't one country...its a group of countries...

The E.U is becoming a confederacy.

Of course the E.U is not all of Europe...
Cameroi
01-06-2007, 10:52
hmm...that would have to be a automatic rifle:sniper:.It's like having a credit card without limit,just gotta watch out for those bill collectors(police and any other enforecer).;)

isn't the availability of ammo a limit? does it magicly manufacture itself out of nothing? and what about bamby having one too, and shooting back?

doesn't sound very practical to me. in the wild, nothing messess with each other just to be doing so. and lives.

----

on another subject:

on the railroad, which is where i first heard the term boomer, it ment someone who didn't keep one job because it was their nature or inclination not to stay in any one place. a boomer was someone who would quit when they felt like it, and somehow was always able to get another job somewhere else.

=^^=
.../\...
Dundee-Fienn
01-06-2007, 10:55
I think, in all fairness, that scottish notes are the single most amazing piece of currency ever made, because you see, if you go into a corner shop or off license in england and attempt to pay for goods, you get turned away...

SO I ARGUE! and as a scottish person i am very fond of argueing.

Plus you can impress your friends with having a huge wad of £1 notes topped with a £50 or somthing.

Ah but Northern Irish notes get the same treatment and i've even had them turned down in Scotland (although its not as common). Plus Scottish £5 notes always seem so manky while you can get a nice shiny plastic one in NI
Nouvelle Wallonochia
01-06-2007, 10:57
That happened once in American History. Of course, that was before the US had a unified currency :)

I haven't the slightest idea why we had a dog on our money...

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/tuebor/1DOLLARBANKOFMICHIGAN.jpg
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 11:01
Nobody seems to know for sure. But Aussies were known as diggers before that because of the goldrushes, and the "diggers because they dug in" explanation would apply equally to soldiers of other nationalities. The war was mostly trench warfare after all, and Canadians and British had a pretty hard time a few beaches along from Gallipoli. They weren't known as Diggers?

Perhaps Aussies were just better at it :p

Operation Human Shield: British & Canadian Edition ;) .
Barringtonia
01-06-2007, 11:08
Operation Human Shield: British & Canadian Edition ;) .

British deaths: 21,000
French: 15, 000
Australian: 8,709
New Zealand: 2,707
Turkish: 86, 000+

Hardly.

"The British high command is worthy of almost every blame. The government, the politicians, the generals," Ornek said.

"But the soldiers I think deserve as much respect as the Anzacs and the Turks.

"The irony is that among all the allied troops, the highest casualties were the British and everywhere in the world, people think the Anzac casualties were the worst, including the Turks."

Tolga Ornek - Maker of documentary - Gallipoli
New Maastricht
01-06-2007, 11:11
Definately the New Zealand Dollar notes. Not only do they look really really cool, but they are literally indestructible. Trust me... i've tried very hard.
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 11:31
British deaths: 21,000
French: 15, 000
Australian: 8,709
New Zealand: 2,707
Turkish: 86, 000+

Hardly.

I was trying to say that the Australians/New Zealanders used the British & Canadian (though it is french it seems) as human shields whilst digging trenches.

That (Gallipoli) was a farce I admit.
Barringtonia
01-06-2007, 11:32
I was trying to say that the Australians/New Zealanders used the British & Canadian (though it is french it seems) as human shields whilst digging trenches.

That (Gallipoli) was a farce I admit.

Please accept my full apologies then :)
Thermaenia
01-06-2007, 11:35
Oh this is simple. Nothing sums up the British like the term 'Pounds Sterling'.

That mix of imperial haughtiness combined with economic catastrophe. It just cannot be beat.

:D

Quite, quite. I couldn't have said it better myself. The sun always shines on the Queens money, somwhere on earth...:cool:
Nobel Hobos
01-06-2007, 15:22
*...*
on the railroad, which is where i first heard the term boomer, it ment someone who didn't keep one job because it was their nature or inclination not to stay in any one place. a boomer was someone who would quit when they felt like it, and somehow was always able to get another job somewhere else.


A boomer is also apparently a psychedelic mushroom.

But the person who told me that was jumping up and down and talking to an imaginary person over my shoulder, so I'm not so sure. Byron Bay Blues Festival, and Ben Harper owned it with his "hey, there's no-one on stage let's play" attitude. Phew!

I like the image of a boomerang, throw it and it comes back, but I'm afraid Barringtonia is right. I've heard that too, and there's the dictionary.

It's a 'Roo. One boomer to a roo. One Kwid to a Kiwi. We were all equal in the end.
Conservatives states
01-06-2007, 18:41
isn't the availability of ammo a limit? does it magicly manufacture itself out of nothing? and what about bamby having one too, and shooting back?

doesn't sound very practical to me. in the wild, nothing messess with each other just to be doing so. and lives.



Of course you have to apply for one (get bullets and the gun itself) but after you get it you can get it renewed when you run out of credit(bullets witch you can get with the gun).It's kinda like that thing that renews itself,I forget the name of it.
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 18:48
Of course you have to apply for one (get bullets and the gun itself) but after you get it you can get it renewed when you run out of credit(bullets witch you can get with the gun).It's kinda like that thing that renews itself,I forget the name of it.

I'd hate to see how you remotely give others your currency...
New Stalinberg
01-06-2007, 18:55
Paper wise? Well from what I've used, the USD is my paper currency of choice, with Japan coming in second. Canadadian paper is ok... if I'm not mistaken it has kids playing hockey on the five which is kind of lame.

Coin wise however, I go with Japan. It's not so much that the coins look really cool, but I like the fact that I can actually buy something using the single 500yen piece, which is awesome.

I like the Candian one and two dollar coins, especially the two dollar coin because it has a fricken bear on it, but I got REALLY sick and tired of seeing Elizabeth II on every single other god damned coin. Same with Australia. I've never been to Australia, but my proof set has Queen Elizabeth two on every single coin.

I'd like to say our American coins are the best, but they aren't because we don't have the cool Indian head or JFK/Franklin/Statue of Liberty any more, and the Susan. B. Anthony dollars were kind of lame, and Sackagawea wasn't much better. I believe we have one dollar washingtons now, but they also look like quarters.

Enough ranting, I'll just say Japan has the best currency.
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 19:07
Same with Australia. I've never been to Australia, but my proof set has Queen Elizabeth two on every single coin. Enough ranting, I'll just say Japan has the best currency.

Oooohhhh yeah, every coin does have the Queen on it. The other side is nice, though. Wikipedia: Coins of the Australian dollar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_dollar)

I haven't see the Yen. Must have a look at it...
New Stalinberg
01-06-2007, 19:12
Oooohhhh yeah, every coin does have the Queen on it. The other side is nice, though. Wikipedia: Coins of the Australian dollar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_dollar)

I haven't see the Yen. Must have a look at it...

True, I think the other sides of the Australian coins are terrific but Queen Elizabeth Two SERIOUSLY has to go.
Ashmoria
01-06-2007, 19:23
ok

i DO have a favorite coin

it is the canadian poppy quarter

http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/coins/poppy2004.jpg

and this is why:

WASHINGTON (AP) - An odd-looking Canadian quarter with a bright red flower was the culprit behind a false espionage warning from the U.S. Defense Department about mysterious coins with radio frequency transmitters, The Associated Press has learned.

The harmless "poppy quarter" was so unfamiliar to suspicious U.S. army contractors travelling in Canada that they filed confidential espionage accounts about them. The worried contractors described the coins as "filled with something man-made that looked like nano-technology," according to once-classified U.S. government reports and e-mails obtained by the AP.



http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070507/K050723AU.html
Soleichunn
01-06-2007, 19:29
ok
i DO have a favorite coin
it is the canadian poppy quarter
http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/coins/poppy2004.jpg
and this is why:
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070507/K050723AU.html

Even without that story that is a pretty cool looking coin.
Nobel Hobos
02-06-2007, 01:18
"Spy Coins" are a pretty good idea I think. But they should have "Spy Coin" written in red on them to avert suspicion.
Dashanzi
02-06-2007, 01:28
Best? Meh. Least favourite? Sierra Leone's. Why? It smells of feet 'cos they keep the wads of notes in their sandals. A whole world of ming.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
02-06-2007, 01:43
ok

i DO have a favorite coin

it is the canadian poppy quarter

http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/coins/poppy2004.jpg

and this is why:



http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070507/K050723AU.html

It does look sort of suspicious, bright magenta with a silver backing. I'd probably have been wary too. :p
The Blaatschapen
02-06-2007, 01:48
Of all the money in the world, which one do you like best? Pound, dolllar, euro?

Guilder :(

But now you can only pay with in on the Netherlands Antilles...


Euro is nice though :) I like the fact that when I travel abroad I don't have to change money (a lot)... I can only hope for the days that countries like Czech Republic and Hungary get the euro :)
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
02-06-2007, 01:51
Ah, I remember another favorite: the old Greek Drachma? Anyone remember that one? I think it was the world's oldest currency until the Euro replaced it. They were heavy and silver and nice. :)
Ashmoria
02-06-2007, 02:04
It does look sort of suspicious, bright magenta with a silver backing. I'd probably have been wary too. :p

the agents were freaked because the poppy has a bit of plastic seal on it to keep the red from wearing off. they decided that it was some kind of nano technology thing. what with canada being a hot bed of nanotechnology research and center of the world spy community and all.

they kept finding them everywhere! a guy would find one in his POCKET, then in the ashtray of the rental car! it was obvious that they were being placed there by the SPIES!
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
02-06-2007, 02:28
the agents were freaked because the poppy has a bit of plastic seal on it to keep the red from wearing off. they decided that it was some kind of nano technology thing. what with canada being a hot bed of nanotechnology research and center of the world spy community and all.

they kept finding them everywhere! a guy would find one in his POCKET, then in the ashtray of the rental car! it was obvious that they were being placed there by the SPIES!

It does seem like a phone-call to the nearest U.S. embassy would've been more prudent. :p