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History of Money and Slang

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  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Pop quiz : without looking up on tinternet, name 4 definitions of money as offered by Pink Floyd in their seminal track on Dark Side of the Moon.

    "Money! It's a ..."

    :D
  • Generali
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    Pop quiz : without looking up on tinternet, name 4 definitions of money as offered by Pink Floyd in their seminal track on Dark Side of the Moon.

    "Money! It's a ..."

    :D

    Crime & hit are 2. Don't know the others.
  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    Where is Mazooma?
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Crime & hit are 2. Don't know the others.

    Gas is another.

    Now I'm struggling, and it was on the radio at the weekend, sigh.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,530 Forumite
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    Only read the first couple of screens as at work but it is fascinating.

    All those gold bugs arguing for a precious metal standard for currencies would all shop prices have to change every time the value of gold relative to general goods changed?!
    Generali wrote: »
    I came across this tonight:

    http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm

    (SFW)
    I think....
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Gen, I thought you had done a runner? you seem to be posting more now than before :)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • michaels
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    I believe he was concentrating on his promotion to senior vice president b(w)anker and now with a corner office and a PA he has lots more time to educate us.
    I think....
  • Generali
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    michaels wrote: »
    I believe he was concentrating on his promotion to senior vice president b(w)anker and now with a corner office and a PA he has lots more time to educate us.

    That's about it. I'll be disappearing again in a while to concentrate on something else.
  • chucknorris
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    Pop quiz : without looking up on tinternet, name 4 definitions of money as offered by Pink Floyd in their seminal track on Dark Side of the Moon.

    "Money! It's a ..."

    :D

    I can clearly hear his voice singing 'it's a drag' (or maybe my memory is going, probably because I can't think of the other 3)
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
  • chucknorris
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Gen, I thought you had done a runner? you seem to be posting more now than before :)

    He might have been keeping his head down after England's poor performance in India (being in Oz and all)
    Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop
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