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Old 03-19-2011, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ducati1974 View Post
Don't leave us in suspense- what's the premise behind this club?
In Canada, we don't have $1 and $2 dollar bills. We have a coin with a picture of a Loon which is worth $1. As soon as it was introduced, it was promptly nicknamed a Loonie by Canadians. A few years later, as a cost savings device, the government replaced the $2 paper bill with a coin. And the $2 coin was promptly nicknamed a Toonie. Obviously Canadians like rhymes!
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