Funny money!

[Kal]

Hurrah! Once again £1 stirling is worth $2us!

{ does a little dance round the room }

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go and get Biketobers spending money.

[slimcolo]

When I was a kid it was like 9 to a dollar and $can was 1.25 us

[Gummiente]

Hurrah! Once again £1 stirling is worth $2us!

{ does a little dance round the room }

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go and get Biketobers spending money.

Well, it's also worth $2.13CDN so you could come over here instead and entertain us by getting the holy cr*p kicked out of you for going into a bar and asking for a "packet of cigarettes".

[slimcolo]

Or go to Frisco and ask or a pack of cigarettes.

[Kal]

Sadly I can't oblige as I quit smoking six months ago.

Part of me is considering asking random people "How much?" and when they reply "huh?" say "for the state"

Would it be cruel to do this in an IHoP?

[Nibblet99]

It most definately would, so take a video camera too.

[-Holiday]

Perhaps its funny money to you, but we still have more of it


Ten Richest Countries (based on 2004 GNP per capita in US$)

1. Luxembourg ... $56,380
2. Norway ... $51,810
3. Switzerland ... $49,600
4. United States ... $41,440
5. Denmark ... $40,750
6. Iceland ... $37,920
7. Japan ... $37,050
8. Sweden ... $35,840
9. Ireland ... $34,310
10. United Kingdom ... $33,630


*Canada finished in 21st place with GNP per capita of $28,310 (again, amount is in US$).

source:
http://internationaltrade.suite101.com/ ... _countries

These are 04 figures, but I can't imagine the ranking have changed that much.

EDIT: apparently in 05 the UK fell to 13th place

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATA ... /GNIPC.pdf


--------from the same link above:



And The Winners Are...

Another measure that determines the world's richest countries is the GNP per capita based on global purchasing power parity (PPP). GNP per capita based on PPP represents the statistic converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power in a given country as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Ten Richest Countries (based on 2004 PPP GNP per capita in international$)

1. Luxembourg ... $61,610
2. United States ... $39,820
3. Norway ... $38,680
4. Switzerland ... $35,660
5. Ireland ... $32,930
6. Iceland ... $32,370
7. Austria ... $31,800
8. Denmark ... $31,770
9. Hong Kong ... $31,560
10. Belgium ... $31,530

The U.K. finished in 11th place with PPP GNP per capita of $31,430 while Canada came in 5 places lower at 16th place with $30,760 in international $.

[Sev]

I would be much more impressed by the NNP.