Re: the mystery of money

The mystery of god in the United States:

Does Canada print "In God we Trust" on Canadian currency?

Michael

afaik...no..

More Canadian money.

D from BC myrealaddress(at)comic(dot)com BC, Canada Posted to usenet sci.electronics.design

You insensitive clod! The Flying Spaghetti Monster is real! Real, I tell you !!!

Sensibly we don't have any of that rubbish on our funky polymer Aussie Dollars:

BTW, is it just me or are US greenbacks the ugliest currency going around?

Dave.

This might be strange but I find US bills look like counterfeit money. (If that makes any sense.) :P The only currency I know of that's worse that US bills is monopoly money.

The Euro is beautiful.

: : :Is "In God we Trust" written on money representative of the separation :between the church and a government? :

Well, perhaps it is an acceptance of the fact that if you can't trust the government, and you have to trust somebody, then God is a good bet.

Good bet ??!!

Trust is a skydaddy that only exists in the weak minds of the masses ?

That good bet ??

don

Its kind of funny, that my whole life growing up with greenbacks and play money was many colored.

If the early days before the US, each state minted their own money. After the US became one, the constitution said only the fed would mint money.

Somewhere along the line, green became the color of money.

It will take a few years before I can see non-green as real money.

don

Still better than govt

Trust yourself more.

Hope This Helps! Rich

Not Skydaddy: The Mother of Everything.

Hope This Helps! Rich

No, it's just you. ;-D

But seriously, do you mean the old, all-green ones, or the new Monopoly money?

You know, there would be no counterfeiting if we went back onto the gold standard, and actually spent gold! ;-P

Cheers! Rich

Are they really all that squished-looking? I mean the aspect ratio of the bill itself. Ours are about 6" by about 2 1/2".

Thanks, Rich

On Thu, 07 May 2009 16:30:21 -0700, D from BC wrote: ...

Why such a sudden spew of such venom? Is your faith in atheism really that fragile?

I happen to know God is real because I can feel Her inside me.

I mean know in the same sense (knowing-wise; ignore the pain part) that when you hit your thumb with a hammer, you don't need to consult an instruction manual to find out the condition of your thumb! OW! That HURTS!

Of course, experiencing Her within me does the exact, diametrical opposite of hurt.

Thanks, Rich

You believe in a god who's a monster? Eeek! Not for me! We've already got enough of _them_. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

Compared to US notes, most currencies are that squished-looking. US notes are particularly stretched.

And we don't have any old buildings that are about to fall down ;-)

...Jim Thompson

I get the same feeling every time I'm over there. I feel I'm getting cheated on every purchase!

Yes, the Euro is very nice indeed. Shame they haven't gone polymer though.

Dave.