tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post4453529293393346745..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Five years is a long time, childrenrhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-10427416411961353592012-10-01T16:14:33.682-04:002012-10-01T16:14:33.682-04:00UK currency is complicated for a number of reasons...UK currency is complicated for a number of reasons:<br /><br />1) It has been around a long time so there are coins, notes etc that we still talk about even though we don't use them any more.<br /><br />2) We do still use defunct denominations such as guineas, but only if you want to buy a race horse or the services of a barrister.<br /><br />3) The now defunct duodecimal allowed for a greater variety of coinage.<br /><br />4) Coins have other names and nicknames in the same way that you have nickels and dimes in the US.<br /><br />The present decimal currency is actually quite simple and therefore quite dull.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-80307781349532053732012-10-01T14:26:46.081-04:002012-10-01T14:26:46.081-04:00Y.P., I do not have a speech impediment other than...<b>Y.P.,</b> I do not have a speech impediment other than, as Texas Governor Ann Richards (a Democrat) once said of Republican Presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush, "He was born with a silver foot in his mouth." In fact, on some days the only time I open my mouth is to exchange feet. But that is not really an impediment. More of a minor inconvenience.<br /><br /><b>Shooting Ians,</b> I'm still confused about how you in the UK do money. Crowns, pounds, guineas, oh my. Tuppence and thruppence and ha'pennies and shillings, is there no end to your inventiveness? In my youth, the pound sterling was worth five American dollars and conversion was easy.. rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-6680303880442982512012-10-01T08:28:55.511-04:002012-10-01T08:28:55.511-04:00And there was me thinking it stood for Romney Wins...And there was me thinking it stood for Romney Wins Presidency or Republicans Will Prevail.<br /><br />By the way, although we in the UK like to think that we stick to the acknowledged formula for large numbers - 1,000 x 1,000 = one million, one million x one million = one billion etc - in reality we use the same definitions as you do when it comes to money.<br /><br />But if you had gone with our definitions, your national debt wouldn't seem quite so bad.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-63473361277420823942012-10-01T08:26:06.580-04:002012-10-01T08:26:06.580-04:00I sincerely apologise if you do indeed have a spee...I sincerely apologise if you do indeed have a speech impediment. Of this, I certainly had no idea.... I guess that animosity comes from animals.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-81369229367813899082012-10-01T07:52:00.173-04:002012-10-01T07:52:00.173-04:00R.Y.P., where does all this animosity come from?
...<b>R.Y.P.,</b> where does all this animosity come from?<br /><br />RWP means Rhymes With Plague, Relatively Witty Person, Raconteur With Personality, any number of things.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-51442367767960076412012-10-01T07:33:16.633-04:002012-10-01T07:33:16.633-04:00What does RWP stand for? Real Workshire Pudding - ...What does RWP stand for? Real Workshire Pudding - with a speech impediment?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com