Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/11/29/englands-new-5-notes-contain-a.html
…
2 Likes
How can anybody be surprised about this, what with Churchill on the note.
20 Likes
The obvious rejoinder is that “polymer pellets” are used in just about everything and if you start looking, it will probably be hopeless to find something that is not contaminated with “a trace of tallow”.
27 Likes
It’s England’s (possessive)… but actually, it’s Britain’s…
9 Likes
I demand to only ever touch currency that has never been used to purchase animal products!
18 Likes
So only eat the £1 notes? Or is the taste just not rich enough?
16 Likes
Might be a bit hard on the teeth. We only have £1 coins now. Have not had £1 notes for so long I cannot recall them. Decades?
6 Likes
There’s an easy way out for the UK government: just blame the EU … as usual.
13 Likes
I was expecting the traces of tobacco and whiskey…the tallow was just a nice bonus.
11 Likes
Their nefarious plan becomes clearer!
1 Like
US bills come with traces of cocaine. Man up, England.
26 Likes
I liked pound notes. They got rid of them in 88, apparently, but the coins were introduced in 83. A year before they got rid of 1/2p coins…
But actually, it’s complicated.
11 Likes
The pound coin is one of my favorite pieces of currency. It just feels right.
10 Likes
I never liked them. Too heavy, and I don’t like carrying shrapnel around. But now I live in the US being stuck with no coins worth more than 25c in common circulation also seems daft.
4 Likes
If you don’t want to use the new Banknotes, don’t use them. Simple as that.
Are you going to mutiny?
12 Likes
My second favorite coin is the Japanese 500 yen piece (around 5USD, depending on the vintage of your nostalgia). Finding one of those in your couch is like a mini payday.
9 Likes
So all you vegans (etc., etc.) who don’t like the new fiver, feel free to send any you have to me.
12 Likes
Speaking of India and banknotes…
4 Likes
The Sepoy Mutiny was my first thought, too. You’d think the British would have learned this lesson by now. Maybe there’s a reason the sun sets on their empire these days.
6 Likes
