The new Washington dollars are hitting the streets tomorrow. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear the collective "who cares" being given off by the populace. Apparently they are switching the face every three months to that of a different president, but only up through Gerald Ford because Jimmy Carter isn't dead yet.
Yep, apparently there's a law somewhere that dictates that no living president can be depicted on a coin. Per the story above:
Frankly, I find this rule to be the silliest I've ever heard. Not that the presidend has to be dead - but that he has to be dead for *two years*. What, is this for fear of a dead president suddenly returning to life, digging himself out of his tomb, and suddenly developing an ego because "Now I've got a coin with my face on it, ooooOOOOOooooo! Now, MUST...FIND...BRAINS!"
Because clearly, that president would be a zombie. And there's nothing worse than a zombie president on a massive ego trip. Thank goodness our government was smart enough to pass this law ahead of time!
Edit: Oops, ya'll are right - those are *dollars*, not *quarters*.
Yep, apparently there's a law somewhere that dictates that no living president can be depicted on a coin. Per the story above:
After Washington, the presidents honored this year will be John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The program is scheduled to run into 2016. A president must have been dead at least two years to appear on a coin.
Frankly, I find this rule to be the silliest I've ever heard. Not that the presidend has to be dead - but that he has to be dead for *two years*. What, is this for fear of a dead president suddenly returning to life, digging himself out of his tomb, and suddenly developing an ego because "Now I've got a coin with my face on it, ooooOOOOOooooo! Now, MUST...FIND...BRAINS!"
Because clearly, that president would be a zombie. And there's nothing worse than a zombie president on a massive ego trip. Thank goodness our government was smart enough to pass this law ahead of time!
Edit: Oops, ya'll are right - those are *dollars*, not *quarters*.
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So see...we *have* to have laws about our dead presidents...otherwise we'd be Eurocopiers AND zombie enablers...and really, we can't be both and still face the world.
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The other reason folks are up in arms about dollar coins is that once they're in circulation it's only a matter of time before the paper dollars are phased one entirely. And then what would people put in strippers' g-strings? They'd sure look funny with little coin boxes attached to the sides...