Re: Big purple digit

In article <memo.20080413183632.1716K@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 jgd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (John Dallman) wrote:

> In article <memo.20080413173236.2672A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:
> 
> > The way the pound is falling at the moment, it'll soon achieve parity
> > with the Euro.  I wonder if at that point, we should just change the
> > name.
> 
> Fine with me. Liable to cause apoplexy at the /Daily Mail/.

I can't tell how serious either of you are, and don't know what John 
thinks the mistaken belief that money is real is.

Changing the name of the pound to the Euro wouldn't make them the same 
currency, any more than Canadian dollars and US dollars are the same 
currency.

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