.......the new currency will be:
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The Toadfish Monastery proudly presents its new politically incorrect and personally demoralising game !
Along the lines of The sibling Below Me..... only in this game you must, as imaginatively but theoretically realistical as possible, refute the currency and declare your own.
If at any time a sibling experiences dire financial distress they may play their Joker. This option is included so that no one has to suffer the trauma of such a tasteless game without some benefit.
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So let's swing:
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be ninth editions.
Nobody will have money to buy the first eight editions, so it's impossible.
IMF runs out? When the IMF lends out all they care to, the currency will be firstborn. :P
When the IMF runs out we will use McD's happy meal toys as currency.
When the IMF runs out we will use music videos as currency.
Too much of infaltion in tht area. In Adamsian tradition I propose the leaf a standard currency. We burn down the woods anyway, so the value is going up on deafult.
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be excuses.
you mean ex cuses, meaning a former polearm?
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The new cirrency will be pistols again (as under the French kings)
Perhaps no pistols but the new currency could realistically be bullets.
When the IMF runs out the new currency will be ex-bankers.
When the IMF runs out the currency will be tangible items.
Or semi-tangible: when the IMF runs out the currency will be potable water.
I assure you water is completely tang-ible. Ask the astronauts. ;)
When the IMF runs out, the currency will be beans (portable, edible, storable).
Quote from: Agujjim on October 29, 2008, 02:11:15 AM
I assure you water is completely tang-ible. Ask the astronauts. ;)
When the IMF runs out, the currency will be beans (portable, edible, storable).
Except, if it are blue beans (=bullets).
The new currency will be Bill o'Reilly sex videos. Nobody (ok almost nobody) will want to have them, so they will be spent as fast as possible.
WTIMFRO, TCWB pirated copies of The Saw.
When the IMF runs out, the currency will be Swato's ducks.
Too quacky
The new currency will be kauri shells as in times of old
Or perhaps cannon shells?
The new currency will be depleted uranium.
Follows the same principle as the O'Reilly sex videos but is simply too heavy.
The new currency will be tiny furry creatures from Alpha Centauri
Those don't last very long. They tend to die.
The currency will be Zimbabwean dollar. There's more than enough to go around.
Werewolf teeth will be the new currency. With the last one one can do the transformation, if so desired
The way things are going, TCWB hen's teeth.
I have checked me sporran and I am mostly flush with....
...Luncheon Vouchers, bring on the IMF demise
Ah my appointment with Madame Cyn approaches..
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be the Last Post.
In that case the new currency will be bits and bytes.
I suspect that the new currency will actually be campaign promises; plentiful enough to go around and available in custom denominations for every sovereign state and/or economic system.
Papal bulls will be the new currency of the world (except Spain)
Because in Spain they'll use actual bulls as currency.
With the IMF down the pan, TCWB bitter recriminations.
I say it will be sperm (not from whales). Since every sperm is sacred, it cannot be devalued.
It will be frozen embryos: something that will be illegal to destroy and that very few people actually want to use.
The new currency shall be hairballs, when the IMF runs out.
Or perhaps the new currency could be real hair (TM) wigs.
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be radioactive coins.
Being radioactive they will be rare, therefore they will be inherently self-valuable.
As an added bonus, stashing them in the mattress will be a Bad Idea, but if some fool does anyway, he/she will be sterilized by the radiation, and thus not pass on such bad habits to progeny.
Another beneficial side-effect is if enough of these get piled up (say in super-rich elite institutions) there will be a melt-down, destroying the accumulated pile of wealth.
Thus, these coins will not be accumulated, but spent as fast as possible..... improving the robustness of the economy....
Possible additional side-effects: bankers will die young of radiation poisoning. This may or may not be useful. ::)
Admit it, you got that idea from Stanislaw Lem (The Uranium Ears in Robot Fairytales) and/or from the Journal of Irreproducible Results!
The new currency will be hijacked ideas (bad ones for debts)
I have a better idea: the new currency will be hijacked people.
Mmm, I like the idea of the new currency being spam. At least then it'll finally have a use.
But the Vikings will take all the spam. We may be better off with haggis.
We may be better off with haggis. ;D
This sentence has made the entire Scottish nation very happy. It should be used as often as possible, and in as many contexts as possible.
Swato, please consider yourself an honorary Scot from now now on.
There are a few rules.
1. North is better.
2. Scotland is prettier than England.
3. It's a kilt, not a skirt. You are allowed to draw blood in defence of the apparel.
4. You must apologise for Gordon Brown to every English person you meet.
I hope my abuse of almost all* potential Scottish National Anthems for the Choral Squids will not diminish my standing.
But back to the topic: Ancient idols appertaining to the cult of Cthulhu are the right currency
*the remaining ones are still on the target list.
Are not. The right currency is Smarties*.
*there are apparently two kinds of them. Take your pick.
;D @ Scribs
The new currency will be fireworks.
Flanian pobble beads
Quote from: Swatopluk on November 02, 2008, 08:50:26 AM
Admit it, you got that idea from Stanislaw Lem (The Uranium Ears in Robot Fairytales) and/or from the Journal of Irreproducible Results!
The new currency will be hijacked ideas (bad ones for debts)
No. Never heard of Stanislaw Lem, actually (or
Robot Fairytales)
JIR, I have read and it may be from that, but I don't remember.
What I _DO_ remember, is when I was in High School, my friends had a social club called "The Universe Club" (back in the 70's). We divided up the local star clusters, (including Sol) and I proposed using the Noble Gasses as currency (encased in suitable bottles, obviously). One member pointed out that radon is radioactive. I immediately proposed that this gas be reserved for the $100 equivalent value, to help keep currency in circulation....
....years later, the idea grew from that.
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The new currency will be Koala Bears.
Aren't they a little vicious to be kept in piggy banks?
I vote for lolcats to be the new currency.
Nononono, too many people would die laughing.
I did think I might vote for the Flanian pobble beads but I tried to cash some in and all I got back was the identical Flanian pobble beads. So I have discounted them.
Having pondered the matter further, and since all the fireworks seem to be going up in smoke, I am putting my money on Emin's beds as the new currency.
Dunno about beds but perhaps beads? That is a shiny currency.
Little white fuzzy socks are the perfect currency when the IMF runs out.
Lint, with dryer lint as the preferred form.
Magpies would steal shiny beads.
But white fuzzy lint bikini bottoms might be a useful currency ;D
Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 03, 2008, 12:38:32 AM
Quote from: Swatopluk on November 02, 2008, 08:50:26 AM
Admit it, you got that idea from Stanislaw Lem (The Uranium Ears in Robot Fairytales) and/or from the Journal of Irreproducible Results!
The new currency will be hijacked ideas (bad ones for debts)
No. Never heard of Stanislaw Lem, actually (or Robot Fairytales)
JIR, I have read and it may be from that, but I don't remember.
What I _DO_ remember, is when I was in High School, my friends had a social club called "The Universe Club" (back in the 70's). We divided up the local star clusters, (including Sol) and I proposed using the Noble Gasses as currency (encased in suitable bottles, obviously). One member pointed out that radon is radioactive. I immediately proposed that this gas be reserved for the $100 equivalent value, to help keep currency in circulation....
....years later, the idea grew from that.
That too is actually in the Robot fairy-tales.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roboterm%C3%A4rchen
The first tale (3 Elektritter = 3 Electro-Knights) is about the attempt to steal the riches of a
very cold planet inhabited by people consisting of frozen gases. Precious stones made from the noble gases are among those riches.
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The new currency will be alternating current (works even better in German)
DC with superconductors works better.
The new currency will be solar cells.
The Ningi and the Triganic Pu will be the new currency.
Half baked references to Arthur Dent will be the new currency.
Towels will be the new currency.
Tartan will be the new currency.
Plaid will be considered counterfeit and subsequently banned from everywhere-- only genuine tartan will count.
I know, I know, much gnashing of teeth in backcountry USA, but in a generation or two, it will pass, with no loss to the species.
What we need is a hype on activity. Tartrazine (E102) will be the new currency.
I thought E605 was the thing (as nasty as capitalism on a rampage)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parathion
Plaid will be considered counterfeit and subsequently banned from everywhere-- only genuine tartan will count.
And Bob joins the ranks of the honorary Scots as well. ;D
How about we have a labour-based currency, like they do in The Demon Princes?
Mmm, not so sure about that.
The new currency shall be Domo-Kun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domo-kun) figurines.
The new currency is hope
Quote from: Swatopluk on November 05, 2008, 08:56:00 AM
The new currency is hope
!!!!
*this touched me to near-tears*
*speechless*
Not that I made up the phrase (although I don't know who did).
The new currency will (hopefully) be change.
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be....something not based on race.
When the IMF runs out, the new currency will be Tron Pauls (http://xkcd.com/497/) made of GOLD.
As long as it is not golden showers or the golden arcs ;D
Who the heck is Ron Paul? (no really, the name's familiar, but I can't place him...)
Ron Paul, a GOP contender for the presidential candidacy that in the end went to the Son of Cain
Special things to know about him:
1. He was strictly and consequently against the Iraq war (I think he is a isolationist)
2. He wants the gold standard back (that says enough, doesn't it?)
3. He had a surprising following and, like Obama, used the internet for very successful fundraising
Of course with all of that he had no chance of getting near the candidacy.
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The new currency will be used US flags (with flag pins for small change)
Quote from: Swatopluk on November 06, 2008, 08:03:35 PM
2. He wants the gold standard back (that says enough, doesn't it?)
Yah. Something I never agreed with, even when I supported him.
The new currency will be papal bunny slippers.
Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 06, 2008, 12:36:45 PM
Who the heck is Ron Paul? (no really, the name's familiar, but I can't place him...)
From Brazoria, Texas. Physician, very VERY strict 'his rules' only libertarian. Can come across as a big meanie, is actually a very smart man, and does stick to his principles, even to refusing the health insurance that Congress gets. Of course, he's a physician, some or all of his kids are as well, and he owns a hospital or so...
Quote from: Sibling Chatty on November 07, 2008, 04:45:38 AM
Quote from: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 06, 2008, 12:36:45 PM
Who the heck is Ron Paul? (no really, the name's familiar, but I can't place him...)
From Brazoria, Texas. Physician, very VERY strict 'his rules' only libertarian. Can come across as a big meanie, is actually a very smart man, and does stick to his principles, even to refusing the health insurance that Congress gets. Of course, he's a physician, some or all of his kids are as well, and he owns a hospital or so...
That's familiar. but 'round these parts, only the "big two" get any coverage, and not much of that. It's automatically ASSumed that Oklahomer will go Rethuglican regardless of whom they field: the Rethugs could put forth an actual donkey*, and the locals would vote'em in.
*as opposed to humans acting like a donkey... ::) ::)
Click here (http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html) and look at the 'county leaders' map. What happened to OK? In the Clinton years and even in Gore's election there were more blue counties.
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The next currency will be voting ballots.
For the press it will be rabid attack dogs again (to avoid liberal bias of course)
In that case the new currency will be antirabies shots.
The new currency will be lipstick. For the pit bulls and hockey moms and pigs, natch.
Actually, the new currency will be pigs (used to make methane like one of the Mad Max movies).
the new currency will be Hot Air*
* as especially emitted from politicians.
Quote from: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on November 08, 2008, 11:11:20 PM
Actually, the new currency will be pigs (used to make methane like one of the Mad Max movies).
Flying pigs from frozen Hell
No, I heard Global Warming is melting Hell. White elephants will be the currency.
Maybe the flying pigs are fleeing hell due to the warming and the elephants turned white to increase the albedo.
Ankh-Morpork $$$ (only genuine without gold) will be the new currency
Sausage* inna bun will be the new currency
* just don'ask what's init
Why not toad in a hole?
White elephants will be the currency
Score!
Get the paint, we're rich! And if you spend me, I can always just escape and come home. Touch of white spirits, and "Me, Officer, I was here all the time. Yes, I do usually smell of turpentine, as a matter of fact...."
Vegetables would make good currency. They come in different sizes and colours for assorted denominations, and would ensure a qiuck turnover. Also, the more effort you put in, the richer you would be.
"Mary, Mary, I've just been down to the allotment, and due to the freakish marrow, we're millionaires!"
To make arugula the new currency will have the positive side effect to :censored: the RW loonies :mrgreen:
Captain Crunch-Peanut Butter Crunch will be the new currency.
When the IMF runs out..
White/Dark choco pocky will be the new currency
I think that should be chocolate ducks (replacing the chocolate bucks)
(http://www.mackenzieschocolates.com/images/products/easter/E0015/chocolate_duck_small-md.jpg)
http://www.mackenzieschocolates.com/images/products/easter/E0015/chocolate_duck_small-md.jpg
...the swato duck virus is spreading......
Straight-sided plastic baskets will be the new currency.
Cats that refuse to Purr when petted will be the new currency... the Republicans will recognize this species as a kindred spirit...
Non-barking Barneys seem more like it.
Or perhaps Barney toys will be the ultimate currency: something creepy enough that everybody will want to get rid of it.
The US Dogger รก 100 whelps
Aha! The new currency will be wood !
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Copyright Steve Bell - Guardian
I counter with concrete (reinforced in times of crisis; can also be bunkered)
It will be the old blue beans,.45 viruses, lead arguments etc.
It will be banks :irony: :giggle:
There must be still some gold in those Sacramento river banks