MANICHAEAN
12-05-2016, 02:19 AM
It appears that the relatively new English five pound note has been ethically refused in a restaurant in Albion on the basis that it contains animal products; namely beef suet.
This is despite the fact that it has a picture of Winston Churchill on one side. Mind you, he was a self proclaimed carnivore, (unlike Sir Stafford Cripps, one of his contemporaries.)
I can understand taxi drivers in India refusing the contentious rupee note, soon to be displaced; but am befuddled and bemused at this latest twist in populist monetary policy.
Should I now refuse the euro; following the dangers implicit in the Italian referendum & right wing French disquiet?
Should I switch from yuan to the Taiwan currency following Trumps tweets in the last 24 hours?
One of my old bosses many years ago advised me that when when you were in a situation where everyone was *****ing about something from their own personal viewpoint; the best thing to do was to upset them all. Then they all had one thing in common, in hating you.
So my proposal for the IMF, World Bank, Federal Reserve, Bank of England and all the rest of those citadels of monetary policy, is for each country to have bank notes that contains an ingredient of native hue.
Perhaps Lit Net members might like to suggest a few: the fish & chip pound sterling, the cheesy franc, the pasta lira (al dente) & the vodka ruble.
This is despite the fact that it has a picture of Winston Churchill on one side. Mind you, he was a self proclaimed carnivore, (unlike Sir Stafford Cripps, one of his contemporaries.)
I can understand taxi drivers in India refusing the contentious rupee note, soon to be displaced; but am befuddled and bemused at this latest twist in populist monetary policy.
Should I now refuse the euro; following the dangers implicit in the Italian referendum & right wing French disquiet?
Should I switch from yuan to the Taiwan currency following Trumps tweets in the last 24 hours?
One of my old bosses many years ago advised me that when when you were in a situation where everyone was *****ing about something from their own personal viewpoint; the best thing to do was to upset them all. Then they all had one thing in common, in hating you.
So my proposal for the IMF, World Bank, Federal Reserve, Bank of England and all the rest of those citadels of monetary policy, is for each country to have bank notes that contains an ingredient of native hue.
Perhaps Lit Net members might like to suggest a few: the fish & chip pound sterling, the cheesy franc, the pasta lira (al dente) & the vodka ruble.