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Star Trek Fans Told To Stop "Spocking" Canadian $5 Bill
bellwould writes The Toronto Sun is reporting that Bank of Canada executives are urging Star Trek fans to stop altering Wilfred Laurier's face on the Canadian $5 bill to look like Spock. Although not illegal to draw on the bills, a Bank of Canada spokesperson points out that the markings may reduce effectiveness of the security features or worse, the money may not be accepted.
The Bank of Canada wishes to inform Star Trek fans that while they may live long, they may not prosper if other parties refuse to accept defaced $5 bills that have been drawn on (aka "Spocked") in tribute to the late actor Leonard Nimoy.
I thought the original portrait on the Canadian $5 bill looks more like a young Palpatine.
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As she is Canadian, I'm surprised she didn't start out flat apologizing for having to ask people to kindly stop Spock-ing the bills so that others can continue to enjoy using the bills in the future...
On the other hand, when Shatner dies, I'm sure they'll have a bill printed with his picture, so they probably just don't want an image of an American defacing their currency... And they're probably sorry about feeling this way...
Very much so. But lets be serious people. Money is serious business to be treated seriously by serious people.
"...Bank of Canada executives are urging.. "
Oh canada, listen to your financial betters! Stop an absolutely awesome currency-wide joke because they say so for no really good reason. Yes, THIS is how the world should be run, without humour of any sort.
"may reduce effectiveness of the security features or worse, the money may not be accepted."
Oh yes, be afraid Canada, VERY afraid. Authoritarians love to tell you how to act and when that fails attempt to bully and scare you into doing what they want - no matter how ridiculous they sound while doing so.
IOW: BoC executives should STFU.
This complaint is illogical. I estimate a 99.9732156% chance that it will be ignored.
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Table-ized A.I.
"Try to use a "Spocked" bill in a machine. It's highly illogical to think that it will work."
There I fixed that for you.
Never tell me the odds.