Bank Of Canada Urges ‘Star Trek’ Fans To Stop ‘Spocking’ Their Fivers
Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop “Spocking” its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy’s death, Canadian folks have been “Spocking” the hell out of the five dollar bill that features a portrait of Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Sir Wilfrid now sports, on certain bills at least, pointy ears, the signature Vulcan haircut and eyebrows and Spock’s mantra “Live long and prosper.”
According to Bank of Canada it’s not illegal to do this but:
“...However, there are important reasons why it should not be done. Writing on a bank note may interfere with the security features and reduces its lifespan. Markings on a note may also prevent it from being accepted in a transaction. Furthermore, the Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride.”
I say Spock the hell out of ‘em if it ain’t illegal. Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s face wasn’t that interesting, anyway. In fact, let’s just make this a permanent improvement to the Canadian five dollar bill.
How did I not know about this? #SpockingFives http://t.co/a6cNVr85SK pic.twitter.com/CHhvRUeip8
— Tara Ciprick (@BringingOrder) February 28, 2015
SO #SpockingFives in #Canada IS NOT illegal! #LiveLongAndProsper #Canadians! pic.twitter.com/PrL6G2vbFf
— Ryan Siskow (@ryansiskow) March 2, 2015
#SpockingFives Way to go, Canada pic.twitter.com/NAbAm8bFVt
— Zach Webb (@zach_webb) March 3, 2015
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the will be a spock. for the beer.
Can someone in Canada, please send me one of these. I'll pay $10US for one.
Fascinating...
Hilarious!
Great going, Trekkies!!! Hopefully, some Spock-Fives will make it to the U.S! I will be looking! Very logical move.
Perhaps if enough people do this, then the government will be force to make it official and put Spock's picture on the 5. I say go for it!
I actually think this is great. How long is the lifespan of a bill anyway?
18 months. If they really cared about the cost of making bills, they'd replace them with coins.
Actually since we use polymer bills here in Canada the bills last at least 2.5 times as long as 'paper' (cotton) money. They are significantly more environmentally friendly to make, durable and will be recycled instead of destroyed or burnt at the end of their life. They are also immensely more secure with many security features. And of course really easy to tell the difference between the dominations. www.bankofcanada.ca/.../polymer/
Fascinating @[Arlene Schwindt](user:30069), had no idea this was the case in #Canada, thanks for sharing.
A $5 Canadian coin, now thats just looney.
No the loonie is the one dollar coin, it would be the foonie, following the logic we currently use.
logic? you dare speak of logic in a thread about Spock?
Spock it!!!!!