Re: OT Re: Fw: 12 Prospects for the Chevy Nova Award

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:22:52 -0500, adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca wrote:

>>Only Candians would put the head of their ruling female sovereign on
one
>side 
>>and a picture of a beaver on the other. Leading to quips about heads
and 
>>tails+ the queen and her "beaver".

>Honestly, having lived here for 31 years now, I've NEVER heard anyone
make
>that joke before.

Me neither. And I've been here 33 of my 37 years! I have never heard
anyone
use that joke... *S*

>But remember - this is from the country that for our $1 coin put the
Queen
>on one side and a bird, the Loon, on the other.  And EVERYONE calls
them
>"Loonies"....

Well, everyone thought it was a looney idea at first. And remember, the
original dies were supposed to be of voyageurs. The loon was the
follow-up
design, and was only used when the first set were lost.

I wish the $2 coin became commonly known as the dubloonie (double
loonie)
instead of toonie. On the other hand, a friend of mine -- seeing the
polar
bear on one side -- thought it should be called a "pooh". *L* I liked
that
best. *G*

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@interlog.com
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