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And JD, it's by no means a solely American thing - people here freaked out about getting rid of the $ bill

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jan 29 '09, 08:03

now going back would seem like a step backwards. And of course, I advocate for the elimination of the penny which isn't done here.

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- I know that I was reacting to the "OMG the world will end if that happens" knee-jerk -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:10 4
  - exaggerate much? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:14 1
    - all the time -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:15
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    - the effin' one -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:13
- some people seem angry at the very suggestion. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:09 2
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  - nubby's declaration that if rent was due on saturdays it would HAVE TO BE late was my tipping point. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 08:11
i'm still freaked about that. they could use plasticized paper to make it last longer. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:05
I'm for elimination of the buck as long as someone explains how strippers are going to function. - TFox Jan 29, 08:05 18
- minimum wages -- nm - Dane Duke Nuuk Jan 29, 08:14
- give them $5s -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:08
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- the club sells paper one dollar credits, that you use. -- nm - znufrii Jan 29, 08:06
- hasn't hurt the stripper business in Montreal, has it? -- nm - loosilu Jan 29, 08:06 2
  - what could? -- nm - mafic harms small business Jan 29, 08:07 1
    - not even a nuclear bomb over St. Catherines st. -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:11
- after all these decades, don't you think they deserve a raise to $5 bills anyways? -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:05 3
  - helllll no. they're just going to kick it over the rail, do a 4 second shake and move on, no matter what is out there. -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:07 2
    - (plus, do you know how expensive it would be to fold all those $5s lengthwise and build a little fort?) -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:07
    - maybe you'd get better action -- nm - zork Jan 29, 08:07
- magnets. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 08:05 6
  - and Stripper Games. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:06 5
    - i don't know what stripper games are! - Andie Jan 29, 08:10 4
      - dammit, I would take you but I haven't been in one since '91 - zork Jan 29, 08:12
      - well, for one example... - Reagen Jan 29, 08:11 1
        
        and... - mafic Jan 29, 08:14
      - Come visit RI! -- nm - TFox Jan 29, 08:11
and, i bet when we stopped saturday mail, people freaked. - Andie Jan 29, 08:04
I'm certainly for getting rid of the dollar bill. Think I'm for getting rid of the penny. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:03

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