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Laurie Street — 9/7/2006 3:49:21 PM (archived)

Of course, "the Queen with a bear behind" was dubbed "the moonie".

When the two dollar coin first came out, the CDN$ was worth about 65 cents US, so one of the names proposed for the coin was "a US dollar". (Since then, of course, the loonie has gone up to over 90 cents US, making it harder on tourists coming to Canada and exporters, but better for Canadians going south - though I don't think cross-border shopping has rebounded too well.)

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"So you think you know everything?" - Robert - 9/6/2006 5:21:20 PM
- re: "So you think you know everything?" (n/t) - Brennan Riddle - 9/17/2006 11:24:41 PM
- Full Moon - nick hoffman - 9/8/2006 10:35:05 AM
  - You know... - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2006 5:40:10 AM
- $2 Canadian - Fox - 9/7/2006 2:59:34 AM
  - try this... - podrock - 9/8/2006 3:52:31 AM
  - Chinese reproduction practices. - Bowser - 9/7/2006 1:48:41 PM
  - Moron the toonie... - McFly - 9/7/2006 1:08:06 PM
    - re: Moron the toonie... - Laurie Street - 9/7/2006 3:49:21 PM
      - LOL - McFly - 9/7/2006 4:15:29 PM
    - Could it be...? - Mary Anne - 9/7/2006 1:55:34 PM
- The only one that I knew.... - FrankC - 9/7/2006 12:37:13 AM
- Fun. Dragonflies, though, live up to 6 months, and eat mosquitoes. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/6/2006 6:54:49 PM
  - The writer might have gotten them confused with "mayflies." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2006 6:57:52 PM
    - True. Mayflies don't even last a month. Go figure. - Bowser - 9/6/2006 7:50:50 PM
      - I suppose you could call them "dayflies." - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2006 9:28:24 PM
        
        "You don't get the kind of sun now that you used to get," - Tony - 9/7/2006 3:49:55 PM
        
        The red ones "Mayday" flies. Or is that the dying ones? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/7/2006 1:00:12 AM
        
        Most mayflies I've seen are green - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2006 1:26:03 AM
        
        Duh! The live in nature! Maybe those are "day in May flies". (n/t) - Bowser - 9/7/2006 1:47:41 AM
        
        Probably why we don't see many "day in June" flies. Too rare. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2006 3:20:41 AM
        
        I think those are called "junebugs". - Bowser - 9/7/2006 5:15:25 AM
        
        re: I think those are called "junebugs". - Laurie Street - 9/7/2006 3:54:17 PM
        
        YUCK! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/8/2006 1:16:03 AM
- No. But I know where to find it. - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2006 6:36:00 PM
- The other side of the coin - Robert - 9/6/2006 5:23:37 PM
  - 3! - Tony - 9/6/2006 5:36:13 PM
    - I got the hundred years war answer right... - alcaray - 9/6/2006 6:14:51 PM

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