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One McDollar (Mc$) is guaranteed by McDonnalds to have a value of exactly one burger.
The world would be transformed. No longer would I need to change my money when travelling to other countries as I could be sure in the knowledge that they would have the standard fast food vendor willing to exchange
my currency for burgers. The people in said country would also realise this and so would be willing to trade my McDollars for other things such as real food...
The only problem of course is the name… McPounds (Mc£) would be preferable in an attempt to stop the yanks taking over the world but might give the impression that they are worth a burger that actually weighs a pound, of real meat…
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the canadian McPeso, worth a burger up here, but only a french fry in the USA. |
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Would people have to smuggle large quantities across borders? |
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A fool and his croissant are soon parted. |
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Have I just become currency? |
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May as well time the launch of this new currency for May Day. Let's see how many McDollars worth of damage gets done. |
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Do you have change for a large Coke? |
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brewmaster = The Thinking Man's ironist. |
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I suggest that name of McCredit. This is a nice idea BTW that fits well with the Economist's influencial McDonalds currency comparison survey. |
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The symbol should be "M¢" perhaps. |
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Implications:
The NYSE would move to Texas, giving the overinflated ego of Texans even more reason to gloat.
Fort Knox would be converted to a high-security cattle ranch. The Fed would control monetary policy by adjusting cattle feed supply, and something would have to be done to stem the flood of counterfeit burgers and cattle smuggling operations. I wonder, could you sew one of those little money identifier strips into a Big Mac? Would a bun support holographic technology? |
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Would there be a 'Gold standard burger?' Would my investment be FDIC-insured? |
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We have these dont we? They are called Gift Certificates. |
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Surely that would be "s2.65 in the us
apparently."? |
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Would the fed have to adjust interest rates to maintain dollar parity with the burger? |
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