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muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts)
24. I think it should be triangular, but with this design on one side
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 07:21 PM
Jan 2013


Why triangular? Because it should be call the Ningi:

The Universe

"Some information to help you live in it.
...
4. Population: none.

It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.

5. Monetary Units: none.

In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.

http://hitchhikers_guide.webs.com/theuniverse.htm
I don't care what it looks like aintitfunny Jan 2013 #1
I like the 13 sides Hatchling Jan 2013 #2
Orange? How come? (n/t) derby378 Jan 2013 #4
No doubt for The Orange Man, Boehner nt Hekate Jan 2013 #46
I thought the suggestion theKed Jan 2013 #3
If Reagan's on the obverse, the reverse should incorporate this image: pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #16
I think I'd go with "In Via Muri Credimus" muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #27
Confidimus!! It's evocative of the "con" game those bums played on us! nt MADem Jan 2013 #53
Thank you. KamaAina Jan 2013 #31
'he built it' actually yellow might be better. pansypoo53219 Jan 2013 #54
Someone on the radio suggested this guy: rucky Jan 2013 #5
Not bad derby378 Jan 2013 #6
a pyramid, of course! rucky Jan 2013 #7
Bernie Madoff? GObamaGO Jan 2013 #42
For who to put on it: Reagan or Boehner JHB Jan 2013 #8
How about Boehner fellating Reagan? geardaddy Jan 2013 #60
Here ya go hootinholler Jan 2013 #9
Oooooh, a TOXIC metal! derby378 Jan 2013 #10
I was thinking uranium hootinholler Jan 2013 #12
How about all that depleted uranium we have lying around Iraq, going to waste? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #41
Dubya kissing a sheikh with Cheney's quote: Reagan proved that deficits don't matter Fumesucker Jan 2013 #11
A single $1 trillion coin is such shortsighted and timid thinking... cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #13
CZ would be a neat trick derby378 Jan 2013 #15
Maybe they can just fake it. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #17
The problem is the actual logisitcs of what would be done with the coin. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #34
Bush on the front, IN WALL STREET WE TRUST on the back. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #14
Federal law limits whose face can be on a coin to only people who are deceased. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #35
I was thinking since we're going to use a wacky scheme and accounting gimmicks to hughee99 Jan 2013 #18
See above, no living people can be on a coin under the law. RomneyLies Jan 2013 #36
Do you know something about Ken Lay most people don't? hughee99 Jan 2013 #38
D'oh! RomneyLies Jan 2013 #39
I'd make it about the size of a manhole cover Silent3 Jan 2013 #19
I'd like to see the goods such a vending machine would dispense derby378 Jan 2013 #22
I think the coin should be more 3-D and they should mint one for every state...share the $1T Sheepshank Jan 2013 #20
How about this fellow? theKed Jan 2013 #21
A good man - and a civil rights pioneer worth remembering derby378 Jan 2013 #23
Not only civil rights theKed Jan 2013 #33
I think it should be triangular, but with this design on one side muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #24
I'd like to see Mr. Burns on it. what's "release the hounds" in Latin? PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #25
Expedio a canibus? derby378 Jan 2013 #26
'Canes expedite' (or 'canes expedi'), perhaps? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #28
Probably not jmowreader Jan 2013 #30
"If it's a crime to love one's country then I'm guilty." Initech Jan 2013 #44
"Does anyone have change for a button?" PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #48
"Back in my day nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them!" Initech Jan 2013 #57
"So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time." PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #61
Make it a foot in diameter and an inch thick jmowreader Jan 2013 #29
... derby378 Jan 2013 #32
It's illegal to put the face of a living person on a coin n/t RomneyLies Jan 2013 #37
It's also illegal to allow the government to go into default because you don't like spending jmowreader Jan 2013 #63
Actually, that's legal RomneyLies Jan 2013 #65
The 14th Amendment says it isn't jmowreader Jan 2013 #66
No, it doesn't RomneyLies Jan 2013 #67
Why the Nazi measurements? Kaleva Jan 2013 #40
WHAT Nazi measurements? derby378 Jan 2013 #43
millimeters. Nazi measurements Kaleva Jan 2013 #45
HUH???? hobbit709 Jan 2013 #49
It's a joke from a comedy skit. The metric system is Nazi and thus Un-American. Kaleva Jan 2013 #59
Blame the French derby378 Jan 2013 #50
It's more sinister sounding if one says the metric system is Nazi! Kaleva Jan 2013 #58
It's gotta be Dubya! Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #47
Ronald Reagan on the coin--no contest. MADem Jan 2013 #51
Great find! derby378 Jan 2013 #55
They could inscribe "War Without End, Amen" on it--that sounds vaguely holy! nt MADem Jan 2013 #56
To stick it to our friends in the Tea Party DefenseLawyer Jan 2013 #52
I think it should be made out of lead, and be 14 feet in diameter, and 3 feet thick... SidDithers Jan 2013 #62
The "coin" could be minted in any metal, actually, Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #64
Reagan on one side and a giant middle finger on the back. Initech Jan 2013 #68
Put Ronald Reagan's Face On It AnnieBW Jan 2013 #69
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