[The following is an update to my post of February 8, 2008, in which I broke news of an international financial scandal when I noticed I stopped getting Canadian coins in my change after the U.S. dollar plummeted below the level of the Canadian dollar.]
Well, it finally happened. At 5:46 p.m. on April 2, 2008, I received one Canadian penny with my change at the Taco John's drive-thru. It was the first Canadian coin I've gotten in my change since the currency inversion on September 20, 2007.
I was very excited. Now, for the first time ever, I got a Canadian penny and didn't have to feel cheated.
So I came home, beaming with contentment, and I looked up the exchange rate to see how much I made in the transaction. Guess what?
THE CANADIAN DOLLAR IS NOW UNDER THE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR!!! My Canadian penny, as of April 2, 2008, is worth only 0.9843 American pennies. I cannot believe it! By happily accepting the penny and not handing it back to the cashier, I lost 0.000157 dollars on the con.
There are forces of malevolence in this world that you could never comprehend.
First off... I think that is funny. To get excited about a Canadian penny. I don't believe that I have ever minded getting Canadian change. I usually just pon it off on some unsuspecting schmuck at the next place I visit. Second off... how much free time do you have to be looking up the value of the Canadian penny? Although the fact I am following this blog shows you how much free time I have or how good I am at delaying things such as my Law School homework. Keep the blogs coming. They are both informative and funny.
Posted by: Noname Emanon | April 04, 2008 at 11:46 AM