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Dizer writes: "Today sees the historic introduction of the new European Currency (Euro) into European hands. The Eurozone market, with a population
of 300 million people, will be cashing in their Punts, Francs and Deutschmarks in favour of the new common Euro currency. This is the biggest currency transition in history, vive l'Europe! See stories on
ireland.com or the BBC."
...is that there are already reports of homeless people saying, "Willing to spare a Euro?"
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After all, all they have to do is turn the Quake II icon sideways.
Maybe if the Treasury had a 98 sale, they'd get out there.
OTOH, I prefer knowing that my european "disney dollars" and British pounds have substantial anti-counterfeiting measures which mean that although they may look insubstantial, they're actually more likely to be real money than a random US dollar bill... :-P
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In the end, though, there are no more $1 bills. And lots of loonies.
Well, that's Canada in a nutshell right there.
(ducking thrown CN tower)
Hey, it was only a joke!
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In general the majority of the british population see the 'foreigners' as either peasants/pig farmers or 'militant french farmers' (who for some bizarre reason every time they have a problem with their government they blockade calais... I suspect they don't like us either...)
:-)
Also one of the most powerful countries in the EU is Germany. British people don't trust germans - even the under 30's who you wouldn't think would bother about a war fought 60 years ago have this inherited distrust from their parents and grandparents.
And, well, *everybody* hates the French
Personally I can't see it happening in my lifetime. Heck it took us 200 years to decimalize...
Again let me re-iterate that I am German who is a French wanna-be. And I love my EU counterparts with all heart... BUT the following could be said.
;) ) 4) The spaniard would constantly be fiddling with the rear view mirror and asking "Do I look good, is my hair in the right order?"
Well if the EU were a vehicle and the individual members in the car we'd have the following:
1) Germans steering the vehicle saying "We are Germans our cars are meant for high speed and we can handle the curves. It vill work alvays."
2) Italians stepping on the gas peddle saying "Speed is in our blood, faster is better"
3) French every now and then stepping on the clutch in full speed saying "Philosphically we are the cultural backbone of the union and hence stepping on the clutch makes it possible to assess whether or not the car is driving in the right direction on the correct road in the proper weather conditions that are best for fostering a cooperative system of interacting people at a higher plane of conditioning" (if you understand that you must be French
5) The Finn would twiddle with the onboard GPS system equipped with GPRS, RDS, CD, MP3 and proudly say "Hey guys no idea where we are, but guess what I just sent an SMS to my buddy in Sweden stating we are somewhere in Europe"
6) The Greek would be relegated to the trunk of the car and while the car is parked will have changed summer tires to winter tires, filled the gas tank, and checked the oil. Afterwards the rest of the troup asks why the Greek did not refill the windshield wiper fluid and moan at how critical it was that they have a filled windshield wiper fluid tank.
7) The Irish will be neatly dressed and organized and ready to rock and roll. But then moan out load that the Dutch is smoking pot beside him.
8) And finally the Brit seeing this mess of people decides to join the bunch "because it seems like the right thing to do and we would not want to stand out of the crowd". But realizing the mess takes control of the key turns off the car "yelling there is a bloody curve that cannot be handled at 300 KPH" and yet everybody looks blankly at the Brit as if the Brit came from another planet...
Sorry for not including the others, but I ran out of time...
"You can't make a race horse of a pig"
"No," said Samuel, "but you can make very fast pig"
That's just because OUR currency is the only currency really WORTH being counterfeitted.
;-)
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This is rated in PPP$. Purchasing power parity is hard to measure.
eg, a train ticket for a 100 mile journey in India is a lot cheaper than in the UK, but it is a very different experience. In India, the train may be crowded and unreliable while in England, oh, wait, nevermind....
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