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"A moose, a beaver, a sailboat and two brown ones."
(for non-Canucks those are the designs on the back of our coins)
Ackshully, that "moose" is a caribou. I am hoping that when the five-dollar coin is inflicted upon us it will have a moose on it. In fact, I will be seriously disappointed if it doesn't, as I am looking forward to coinage like "loonies, toonies and moosies".
From Canada, soon to be the land of the reinforced pocket...
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I know but everyone thinks it's a moose. When the $2 coin with HM's likeness one one side and a polar bear on the reverse came out there was a lot of discussion about what to call it. Some wanted toonie, others dubloon and some comedians claimed it should be a moonie because the Queen has a bear behind.
PS where and what are galleons knuts and sickles?
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Galleons, knuts and sickles are the coin of the wizarding realm in the Harry Potter series of books.
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On the little isle in the Caribbean where I live, we refer to the "visitors" as the pink people.
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Carpal Tunnel
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loonies, toonies and moosies".
Oh, I'd love the five-dollar coin to be a moose, too.
From Canada, soon to be the land of the reinforced pocket...
Ya, tell me about it. Isn't there a light-weight metal they can use. Maybe they use heavy metals to give people the impression that the coin is really worth it, but dang, you can't carry your purse around without getting a indentation in your shoulder from all the weight.
And you can't do like I used to do with loose change, and throw it in a pot. Because the denominations are higher, you run out of money really quickly if you throw your coins in there every night.
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you run out of money really quickly if throw your coins in there every night
true but by the end of the week you have enough to go out for dinner and dessert.
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From a friend in Maine: the pretty-much self-explanatory "Massholes"
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