Loot

[Victor Pross]

I am curious to know of those Americans who are aware of the beauty and craftsmanship behind the designs of Canadian money. There is a lot of talent and skill to be found here --and you can’t put a price on that.

I just wanted to share some images for those who have never seen the Canadian green…which is actually green, blue, purple, red…and so on.

FIVE BUCKS

http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/images/Support/JHS.jpg

TEN BUCKS

http://platinumdragon.ca/files/playmoney.jpg

TWENTY BUCKS

http://www.anglican.tk/fun/canadian%20money.jpg

Edited October 31, 2006 by Victor Pross

[Dragonfly]

I still miss the old Dutch guilder bills (move the cursor over a bill to see the backside). The Euro bills are so dull and conventional...

[Victor Pross]

I;m not sure if this is known: We don't have one dollar bills...we use to, but not anymore. Now we have what is called a LOONEY. Yep, I kid you not. Take a look.

http://www.metropoleparis.com/2000/530/mail530b.jpg

It's a loony tune! It's not to be confused with this:

http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/rrshow/rrshow6.jpg

[BAMF]

Yeah, but is your money GREEN and AMERICAN? I didn't think so...

Those really are pretty cool designs. I especially like the picture of the boy w/ binoculars on the 10 bucks.

*reminisces about Looney Toons and Nickelodeon*

[Victor Pross]

Kori,

I'm thinking about moving to the states. The only thing I'll miss about Canada is the ever changing designs of the money. How sad is that? I'm really an American...in spirit.

Victor

[Chris Grieb]

Victor; Than you can say like Ayn Rand. "I chose to be an American. What did you ever do besides being born here." Join us! We would be glad to have you.

[BAMF]

Kori,

I'm thinking about moving to the states. The only thing I'll miss about Canada is the ever changing designs of the money. How sad is that? I'm really an American...in spirit.

Victor

You should definitely move here. If you're American in spirit, you must eat a lot of Micky Dees and watch retarded amounts of "reality" TV. j/k

Maybe you can organize a group to redesign American money. I'll be in.

Which state would you move to?

Jeez, the more I say "America" the more it reminds me of people that spell it like "Amerikkka." *shudderpukes*

Victor; Than you can say like Ayn Rand. "I chose to be an American. What did you ever do besides being born here." Join us! We would be glad to have you.

When did she say that/who did she say it to? Kind of reminds me of a Chris Rock bit where he says the only real Americans are immigrants and veterans. :twitch:

[Victor Pross]

Kori: Maybe you can organize a group to redesign American money. I'll be in.

Yes, I'm thinking of doing just that--and my caricatures are going on the front!

Kori: Which state would you move to?

Some place where it's sunny year-round! Grab that sun tan lotion, baby.

Good-bye, Canada. :brr:

[BAMF]

I would love to see your Salvador Dali on the $100 bill.

I love places that aren't sunny, but I hate the freezing cold. I would love to live somewhere where it rains all the time. Or maybe San Francisco or San Diego. They seem to have nice temperatures. New York would also be excellent, but I haven't been, so I guess I really shouldn't say that. I might go there on a senior trip this year!

[Victor Pross]

Like the Johnny Cash song, “I have been everywhere, man”: I have been all over the Untied States and that would include Kansas City, Chicago, New York, Vegas, Kentucky, Memphis Tennessee and Hollywood [Hollywood when I was 12] and I never wanted to come back to Canada. It was always painful to have to return to the land of Maple syrup and Hockey, eh? Yuck. No, give me the Red, White and Blue, the battle hymn of the Republic. Give me the pursuit to happiness and the right to get a stomach ulcer while planning to stab the corporate ass-wipe in the next cubicle sitting next to me.

Edited November 2, 2006 by Victor Pross

[BAMF]

I live in Kansas City, which is the best city to be in if you're unfortunate enough to live in Missouri. I've only been to Colorado, Arizona, Michigan, Kansas (*dies*), and Illinois (but that doesn't count 'cause I was only in the airport). I can't wait to be able to travel.

How come you didn't move to America immediately after you turned 18 if you loved it so much?

[Victor Pross]

Yes, good question. Something other or else kept me back—career opportunities or hooking up with girlfriend(s)—where moving outside of the area code, as far as they were concerned, was out of the question. And also a good dose of complacency held me back…the good old “I will do it one day, but not just yet.” Next thing you know, a decade has gone by.

Also, there was the case of establishing friendships here and the idea of moving away equaled a severing of an emotional umbilical cord. There was also a “fear of the unknown” that gripped me. Maybe in the end…there was no excuse. Maybe I was just a big pussy.

As it stands now, there is nothing here to keep me back—and everything for me to move on at this stage in my life. I don’t know if you are aware, but the love of my life lives in sunny California. And so it is Uncle Sam, lots of sun and the love of a beautiful woman that beckons me, and I’m not whistling Dixie. She’s my baby, and I don’t mean maybe.

Edited November 2, 2006 by Victor Pross

[Barbara Branden]

Kori, you asked where and when Rand said, "I chose to be an American. What did you ever do besides being born here?"

From The Passion of Ayn Rand:

I wrote that when Rand campaigned for Wendell Wilkie, "She had never enjoyed -- and never would enjoy -- formal public speaking; the few talks she had given following the publication of We the Living were done as a dutiful, nervous chore. But now she began enthusiastically addressing assorted, often vocally hostile groups on street corners, in cafes, in parks, wherever she could find people who wanted to listen and question. Once, a heckler demanded: 'Who the hell are you to talk abut America? You're a foreigner!' Calmly, she answered: 'That's right. I chose to be an American. What did you do, besides having been born?' The crowd laughed and applauded -- and the heckler was silent."

Barbara

[Chris Grieb]

Barbara; Thanks for your reply. I think all of us can chose to be Americans. All of us should chose to be Americans.

[BAMF]

Yes, good question. Something other or else kept me back—career opportunities or hooking up with girlfriend(s)—where moving outside of the area code, as far as they were concerned, was out of the question. And also a good dose of complacency held me back…the good old “I will do it one day, but not just yet.” Next thing you know, a decade has gone by.

Also, there was the case of establishing friendships here and the idea of moving away equaled a severing of an emotional umbilical cord. There was also a “fear of the unknown” that gripped me. Maybe in the end…there was no excuse. Maybe I was just a big pussy.

As it stands now, there is nothing here to keep me back—and everything for me to move on at this stage in my life. I don’t know if you are aware, but the love of my life lives in sunny California. And so it is Uncle Sam, lots of sun and the love of a beautiful woman that beckons me, and I’m not whistling Dixie. She’s my baby, and I don’t mean maybe.

You and Angie are cute as all hell. I don't think you were a pussy. It would be hard to leave some place you have so many ties to. Fortunately all of my ties are crappy, so I'm getting the hell out of Missouri after college. *goes to hide in the mountains* :hairy:

Kori, you asked where and when Rand said, "I chose to be an American. What did you ever do besides being born here?"

From The Passion of Ayn Rand:

I wrote that when Rand campaigned for Wendell Wilkie, "She had never enjoyed -- and never would enjoy -- formal public speaking; the few talks she had given following the publication of We the Living were done as a dutiful, nervous chore. But now she began enthusiastically addressing assorted, often vocally hostile groups on street corners, in cafes, in parks, wherever she could find people who wanted to listen and question. Once, a heckler demanded: 'Who the hell are you to talk abut America? You're a foreigner!' Calmly, she answered: 'That's right. I chose to be an American. What did you do, besides having been born?' The crowd laughed and applauded -- and the heckler was silent."

Barbara

Thank you, Barbara! That's really hilarious. The heckler got pwnt!

It's nice to meet you, by the way! I read some of The Passion of Ayn Rand for a report I did on Rand and I thought it was excellent. Unfortunately I was strapped for time, so I did not get to finish it all. I will have to pick it up again soon, I thought the writing was beautiful.

[Danneskjold]

I chose to be an American. What did you ever do besides being born here?

Correct answer: I choose to stay here.

I love places that aren't sunny, but I hate the freezing cold. I would love to live somewhere where it rains all the time. Or maybe San Francisco or San Diego. They seem to have nice temperatures. New York would also be excellent, but I haven't been, so I guess I really shouldn't say that. I might go there on a senior trip this year!

Hmm, you like rain? I would say you should move to my neck of the literal woods. I'm up in Oregon (ore gone not Or ee gone) plenty of rain, rarely now, lots of trees. In spite of my general spite directed towards it's rain (I'm a baseball player) I do have to admit that it's beautiful. Got the beach just an hour away and all. However, we're among the states that are quickly regressing towards socialism, or as much so as is possible on a state level.