Cutting $20 bills in half.

[ZenOps]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/demi-canadian-bill-becoming-local-currency-in-quebec-s-gasp%C3%A9-region-1.3207027

Frenchies.

[vengie]

This is all Harper's fault.

[Isaiah]

Originally posted by vengie
This is all Obama's fault.

[ExtraSlow]

Wait, so if I have a bill that's worth $20, I can cut it in half and each half is worth $10, but only at certain local stores?
What the hell is the benefit in that, to anyone?

Back when I was a kid, our local chamber of commerce put out these wooden coins that local businesses would accept. That made a little sense, more than this frenchy system anyway.

[btimbit]

ok but......why?

[bjstare]

Fucking Easterners.

[killramos]

and you wonder why some countries have to have laws against defacing currency :facepalm:

[G-ZUS]

Quebecois :banghead: :nut: :facepalm: :english:

[adam c]

Originally posted by killramos
and you wonder why some countries have to have laws against defacing currency :facepalm:

Canada does, just not on the bills...

[Toma]

Interesting solution. I like it.

[ExtraSlow]

What problem is this a solution to? Am I dense?

[relyt92]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
What problem is this a solution to? Am I dense? I can kinda get the $5, but you cut a $20 in half instead of using $10's? And cut the $10's instead us just using a $5 bill? Even with the $5 though why not just use some change.

[killramos]

The real mystery is why don't quebecers use credit cards like normal people :rofl:

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
What problem is this a solution to? Am I dense?

"Buying locally".

Creates goodwill throughout the community, shows you are supporting each other, and the money must literally stay in the community because it is no good anywhere else.

Special events do things like this in organization with businesses/towns to demonstrate how many people/dollars they are actively bringing into town for said event, I've seen rallies do it before (the racing, not the protest kind) to demonstrate the $$$ effect 4 days of 60 people spending on hotels, food, gas and booze can pump into small towns.

[J.M.]

what a stupid thing to do :facepalm:

[botox]

Don't worry guys, they have it all under control.


"In the worst case, if we find ourselves in trouble, we just need to make a call out to collect all the bills with the same serial number to restore the value. We can always put them back together."

:banghead:

[rx7boi]

:rofl: imagine if you got one of these bills back as change as a tourist.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by killramos
The real mystery is why don't quebecers use credit cards like normal people :rofl:

Corruption and mob money. :rofl: