This morning the postman, who, in his short sleeved shirt, rumpled shorts and sandals, can only be identified as a postman because his 'uniform' is in two shades of blue that no one would willingly wear, with red trim, and he carries a red and fluorescent yellow sack on his shoulder that still (though only just?) has 'Royal Mail' printed on it, left two items., one of which was a leaflet advertising the introduction of a five pound coin.
Gruff has always thought of post gold standard coins as representing 'small denominations' of cash and it is a sign of just how little money is worth in Braun's New Britain that the penny, once the standard coin in England, is now of no use other than as change for £4.99. The Monster Raving Loony Party once proposed the introduction of a 99p coin and the idea has considerable merit; the introduction of £4, £9 and £19.99 coins would at least save banks the expense of handling so much useless metal and beggars the irritation of pretending gratitude for button sized pieces of scrap.
1 comment:
Never understood to one pee under prices.
I suppose thinking out side the box, if something is £25.99, your more likely to think your paying 25 quid rather than the actual 26 quid!
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