Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity with US$ 702
boxlight writes in to mark the occasion when the Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in 31 years. The article notes that Canada has run a budget surplus in each of the last 10 years. "This is actually bad for the profits of Canadian corporations that sell their products to the US for US dollars (Canada sells far more to the US that the US sells to Canada); but it means us Canucks will get cheaper Macs as the Canadian prices get closer to US prices with every new release."
what to do with "Canadian dollar jokes"? (Score:5, Funny)
USA Today? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah but.... (Score:2, Funny)
Three jobs! Uniquely American, isn't it.
Re:what to do with "Canadian dollar jokes"? (Score:2, Funny)
Hey, didn't you mean "Change them to 'American dollar jokes', eh?", you hoser?
So, anyways, today will be a day long remembered, eh? It has seen the end of the the US Dollar, it will soon see the end of the Empire, eh?
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Re:USA Today? (Score:4, Funny)
How strange (Score:1, Funny)
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the way things are going... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oh dear, (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently, it was just the ones that can do math.
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(gosh I hate the lameness filter... ruins the fun...)
Re:what to do with "Canadian dollar jokes"? (Score:3, Funny)
You could say "US Americans" like Miss Teen North Carolina.
I always thought it was funny living in a proud country like Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) calling Americans estadounidenses, when it's in THEIR title, too. I much prefer gringo or gabacho, especially since I am so clearly one myself. When I worked with my friends, if an American came in, I'd always (jokingly) say to the person waiting on him, "Chingalo, guey. No hay pedo, es gringo." People always thought that one was great.
Re:Screwed economy but cheaper Macs?! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Whose deficit is it, anyway? (Score:3, Funny)
Obiligatory Simpsons quote... (Score:5, Funny)
In response to both your post and your sig, this really is obligatory:
Singer: The trading gap shuffle, we're in a heap of trouble, doing the trading gap shuffle!
Bart: He already sang this song!
Marge: No, that was about the budget gap. This is the trading gap.
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"Carolina" isn't an American state any more than "Columbia" is a Canadian province.
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Oh yeah? Yeah? Well you guys don't even have a decent health care sys... OK, well, but you guys don't have a democr... Well, you don't have real bee... Damn. Just never effin' mind, OK.
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Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about THAT: I'd be willing to bet that many American Slashdotters, at least, would take beaver on legal currency.
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