Iceland to Adopt Canadian Dollars as Currency?

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Syt

#30
March 04, 2012, 01:53:12 AM
That is true.

On the other hand you have Slovakian chicks who tend to be hot, but girly-bitchy. In fact, my new colleague is a young Slovakian chick, very hot - she spent 10 years in Michigan, and now she seems to combine the worst aspects of young, candy-sweet American 20-somethings and Eastern materialist-consumerists.
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Viking

#31
March 04, 2012, 04:40:10 AM
Quote from: Drakken on March 03, 2012, 07:27:53 PM

Canada isn't a Dominion since 1982. If you are to use our currency with the face of Her Majesty on it and become our colony, better get your facts straight. ;)

Typically Canadian to be vague about stuff like that by not actually formally changing the name but rather just pretending that the long form name never existed.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

crazy canuck

#32
March 04, 2012, 10:41:24 AM
Quote from: Viking on March 04, 2012, 04:40:10 AM
Quote from: Drakken on March 03, 2012, 07:27:53 PM

Canada isn't a Dominion since 1982. If you are to use our currency with the face of Her Majesty on it and become our colony, better get your facts straight. ;)

Typically Canadian to be vague about stuff like that by not actually formally changing the name but rather just pretending that the long form name never existed.

Sounds like someone needs a timeout from using our currency.

viper37

#33
March 04, 2012, 01:33:22 PM
Quote from: Drakken on March 03, 2012, 07:27:53 PM
Canada isn't a Dominion since 1982. If you are to use our currency with the face of Her Majesty on it and become our colony, better get your facts straight. ;)

actually, it still is a Dominion.  Well, the name is still Dominion of Canada, because it's never been officially changed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Canada#Use_of_Canada_and_Dominion_of_Canada
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Viking

#34
March 04, 2012, 01:39:02 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 04, 2012, 01:33:22 PM
Quote from: Drakken on March 03, 2012, 07:27:53 PM
Canada isn't a Dominion since 1982. If you are to use our currency with the face of Her Majesty on it and become our colony, better get your facts straight. ;)

actually, it still is a Dominion.  Well, the name is still Dominion of Canada, because it's never been officially changed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Canada#Use_of_Canada_and_Dominion_of_Canada

Oh? Still?

Well, I remember once having to convince a Canadian that the Queen was Canada's head of state.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Neil

#35
March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Although it's not really the Dominion of Canada, and republicans like viper who feel that the US has an example to offer us just like to get riled up about that sort of thing.

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Viking

#36
March 04, 2012, 02:43:40 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.

OK, so with the UK monarch also being monarch of canada....
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Neil

#37
March 04, 2012, 03:03:34 PM
Quote from: Viking on March 04, 2012, 02:43:40 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
OK, so with the UK monarch also being monarch of canada....
She's Queen of Canada.  Canada is no longer part of 'and the British Dominions beyond the Seas'
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Iormlund

#38
March 04, 2012, 03:37:44 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 04, 2012, 01:01:32 AMArgentina is ok for Tango and Steaks.

And women. Plus it's the only decent accent in whole Latinamerica.

viper37

#39
March 05, 2012, 03:04:52 PM Last Edit: March 05, 2012, 03:08:43 PM by viper37
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Although it's not really the Dominion of Canada, and republicans like viper who feel that the US has an example to offer us just like to get riled up about that sort of thing.

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
Reminds me of my grandfather.  He was called Oscar all his life.  But his birth name was Edgar.  Up until his death, to the government, he was Edgar.

So, unless you make it official, simply calling yourself "Canada" does not change anything, we're still in the (British) Dominion of Canada and your government truly wants to remind us at every turn that we're still a colony.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

garbon

#40
March 05, 2012, 03:35:19 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 04, 2012, 01:33:22 PM
actually, it still is a Dominion.  Well, the name is still Dominion of Canada, because it's never been officially changed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Canada#Use_of_Canada_and_Dominion_of_Canada

I'm not seeing how you get the name is still that. Article seems to suggest that you could potentially use that but no one would.
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Malthus

#41
March 05, 2012, 03:46:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 05, 2012, 03:35:19 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 04, 2012, 01:33:22 PM
actually, it still is a Dominion.  Well, the name is still Dominion of Canada, because it's never been officially changed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Canada#Use_of_Canada_and_Dominion_of_Canada

I'm not seeing how you get the name is still that. Article seems to suggest that you could potentially use that but no one would.

viperism (vi-per-ism) n. The state of being riled up about the inconsequential, particularly in relation to perceived slights to nationalism or republicanism. "Don't mind his rants, he's just suffering from an acute attack of viperism brought on by that portrait of the Queen".

;)
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Neil

#42
March 05, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 05, 2012, 03:04:52 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Although it's not really the Dominion of Canada, and republicans like viper who feel that the US has an example to offer us just like to get riled up about that sort of thing.

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
Reminds me of my grandfather.  He was called Oscar all his life.  But his birth name was Edgar.  Up until his death, to the government, he was Edgar.

So, unless you make it official, simply calling yourself "Canada" does not change anything, we're still in the (British) Dominion of Canada and your government truly wants to remind us at every turn that we're still a colony.
Terrible analogy, almost Martinus-esque.  A 'domionion' isn't just a word, but a description of a particular political relationship to the UK.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

garbon

#43
March 05, 2012, 03:58:22 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 05, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 05, 2012, 03:04:52 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Although it's not really the Dominion of Canada, and republicans like viper who feel that the US has an example to offer us just like to get riled up about that sort of thing.

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
Reminds me of my grandfather.  He was called Oscar all his life.  But his birth name was Edgar.  Up until his death, to the government, he was Edgar.

So, unless you make it official, simply calling yourself "Canada" does not change anything, we're still in the (British) Dominion of Canada and your government truly wants to remind us at every turn that we're still a colony.
Terrible analogy, almost Martinus-esque.  A 'domionion' isn't just a word, but a description of a particular political relationship to the UK.

But it is also a term of oppression. :(
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Neil

#44
March 05, 2012, 04:58:18 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 05, 2012, 03:58:22 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 05, 2012, 03:54:40 PM
Quote from: viper37 on March 05, 2012, 03:04:52 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 04, 2012, 02:41:04 PM
Although it's not really the Dominion of Canada, and republicans like viper who feel that the US has an example to offer us just like to get riled up about that sort of thing.

Without a particular legal relation to the UK, you're not a Dominion.
Reminds me of my grandfather.  He was called Oscar all his life.  But his birth name was Edgar.  Up until his death, to the government, he was Edgar.

So, unless you make it official, simply calling yourself "Canada" does not change anything, we're still in the (British) Dominion of Canada and your government truly wants to remind us at every turn that we're still a colony.
Terrible analogy, almost Martinus-esque.  A 'domionion' isn't just a word, but a description of a particular political relationship to the UK.
But it is also a term of oppression. :(
Not necessarily.  You only see that because of your victim complex.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.
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