Oi Americans, why is all your money the same colour?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:30 am

Cynical today aren't we Fable?

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:39 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
In that case Ms Elegans, I'll swap all your Grants for an equal number of my Washingtons.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJIMAN'S, BABY!!!-PUFF DADDY OR P. DIDDY OR WHOEVER HE IS THIS MONTH.

Fezek · Post by **Fezek** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:44 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
Cynical today aren't we Fable?

Ditto this remark

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:50 am

Originally posted by leedogg:
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJIMAN'S, BABY!!!-PUFF DADDY OR P. DIDDY OR WHOEVER HE IS THIS MONTH.

A very sad individual irregardless of what he calls himself

[ 08-23-2001: Message edited by: Mr Sleep ]

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:57 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
A ver ysad individual irregardless of what he calls himself

i agree, but it was relavent.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:09 am

Originally posted by leedogg:
i agree, but it was relavent.

True

P Diddy was too young when he came to fame, and he is yet to mature

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:09 am

Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
Cynical today aren't we Fable?

Hey, you find me Dorothy Parker Square, or the Avenue of Dr. Seuss, or George Gershwin Highway, or William Kapell Boulevard, and I'll back down. I'm not cynical; I'm bitter.

Because other countries esteem their arts, crafts, and sciences enough to name major public works after them, or even put their faces on money. We don't.

Do you know where the American inventor of the robotic attachment (like the robot arm) is working? In Japan. Do you know why? Because he could only earn 85,000 US dollars/year over here. The leading sports figures earn more than 3 million. I reserve the right to question these priorities.

[ 08-23-2001: Message edited by: fable ]

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:09 am

Why is all U.S. money green? BECAUSE GREEN IS GREAT YOU FOOLS!!!! Green is the color of Orcs!!! Silly question that.

"MY face should be on the 1 dollar bill!"

Seriously, my brother was in Scotland recently for the World Pipe and Drum competition (he plays snare drum in a pipe band). Apparently no one there likes to use the paper money and whenever he’d give them some at bar he’d get all coins back. He felt like had a fricking piggy bank in his pockets by the time he came home.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:43 am

Originally posted by Kayless:
Why is all U.S. money green? BECAUSE GREEN IS GREAT YOU FOOLS!!!! Green is the color of Orcs!!! Silly question that.

"MY face should be on the 1 dollar bill!"

Seriously, my brother was in Scotland recently for the World Pipe and Drum competition (he plays snare drum in a pipe band). Apparently no one there likes to use the paper money and whenever he’d give them some at bar he’d get all coins back. He felt like had a fricking piggy bank in his pockets by the time he came home.

That is because it is a bartering system where they just buy drinks for each other

Azeroth · Post by **Azeroth** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 1:16 pm

I tend to agree with you Fable. Sports stars make millions and millions of dollars each year but great minds (like the robotics guy you mentioned) can barley make it in America. I'm sure those people like Dion Sanders and Barry Bonds work very hard, but most other Americans work just as hard, if not harder than they do.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 4:08 pm

Originally posted by Kayless:
Why is all U.S. money green? BECAUSE GREEN IS GREAT YOU FOOLS!!!! Green is the color of Orcs!!! Silly question that.

ROFL

I had no idea G Washington was an orc

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 10:54 pm

Originally posted by fable:
Hey, you find me Dorothy Parker Square, or the Avenue of Dr. Seuss, or George Gershwin Highway, or William Kapell Boulevard, and I'll back down. I'm not cynical; I'm bitter. Because other countries esteem their arts, crafts, and sciences enough to name major public works after them, or even put their faces on money. We don't.

Hey, when I first came to Tucson, there was a "Super Chicken Road" I kid you not. Is that good enough for you?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:00 pm

One of my favorite road names was Calle Javelina

..Road of the pigs

(I'm not kidding)

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:02 pm

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Hey, when I first came to Tucson, there was a "Super Chicken Road" I kid you not. Is that good enough for you?

Now I feel much better.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 11:18 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya:
One of my favorite road names was Calle Javelina ..Road of the pigs (I'm not kidding)

One of my daughter's books is called "Don't Call Me Pig" all about how javalinas aren't really pigs. They're Collard Peccaries. But everyone calls 'em piggies.

But there is also a road called "Calle Gordo" (fat guy road), and John Wayne Parkway running through the Maricopa and Ak-Chin Native American communities (they were not too happy), and most cities I been to have a Martin Luther King Blvd.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 12:29 am

Originally posted by Gwalchmai:
Hey, when I first came to Tucson, there was a "Super Chicken Road" I kid you not. Is that good enough for you?

Whoa, weird!

In Kingsland, Texas there is a Bob Road. Between Coolidge and...uh...a nearby town who's name starts with "f", there is a "Thattaway Road."

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 12:54 am

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
Whoa, weird! In Kingsland, Texas there is a Bob Road. Between Coolidge and...uh...a nearby town who's name starts with "f", there is a "Thattaway Road."

There's an Entropy Road in New Jersey. All in all, that makes sense.

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 10:31 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Hey, you knocking our beaches?

No, not *knocking* them. Maybe knocking on them....!

@Grunt- You are so cheap!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 10:49 am

Originally posted by vixen:
No, not *knocking* them. Maybe knocking on them....!

@Grunt- You are so cheap!

hey Vix, you can change your sig now, i am a mod

Thanks for the support

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 12:54 pm

I've often wondered that myself.
Canada, like other sensible countries

, has colour-coded bills.
What always provides me with amusement is watching U.S visitors fumble with the different colours, they often say that it is confusing...........