Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The Cost Of Thinking Has Just Gone Up

The Royal Canadian Mint just announced the striking of its last penny.  Within the past two decades we got rid of the paper one-dollar and two-dollar bills, and there is some talk of converting our five-dollar bill into a coin (the "gooney"?).  Our rag-content bills are being polymerized - I felt one of the new $50-dollar bills and had the urge to fold it in half and blow on the edge to make a farting sound.

Personally, I'd be glad to do away with cash (in whatever form) all together - this way my wife and kids can't go through my pockets to my perpetual impoverishment.

A nickel for your thoughts?