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Horror of Horrors: US Dollar Now as Worthless as Canadian Dollar!

by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) on Sep 21st 2007 at 10:30AM

Well, I guess Americans such as myself can no longer make fun of our neighbors to the north.

It wasn't so long ago that the almighty American dollar was so strong in Canada that I could wander across the border and with the loose change in my pocket buy a couple of Canadian manservants to clean my house and wash my laundry.

This is not the case anymore. The US dollar, after hitting an all-time low against the euro earlier this week, has continued its dismal slide to the point where one US dollar is now equal to one Canadian dollar.

Yes, folks, it's a 1-to-1 exchange rate with the Canucks!

Can it get any worse?!?!? Not only has Canada become an expensive travel destination for us poor American mopes, but now our entire nation is going to be "on sale" as legions of Canadians pour across the border in search of shiny trinkets and cheap baseball hats.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris M. Sep 21st 2007 11:31AM

It's true, myself and some fellow Canucks are already planning a Thanksgiving weekend trip...That's Canadian Thanksgiving, which is the second Monday in October...Or maybe a trip during American Thanksgiving and subsequently Black Friday would be more advantageous?

Eric W Sep 21st 2007 3:31PM

We're also planning to buy up your cheap sub-prime debacle real estate with our powerful loonies. be prepared for swarms of canucks invading your nicest cities.

Neil Sep 21st 2007 3:34PM

We'll give you back Shatner and Michael J. Fox if you don't swoop up all our real estate!
Neil

Adrienne Sep 25th 2007 11:19AM

I felt the wrath of the Canadian dollar earlier this month in oh-so expensive Vancouver, B.C.

Ouch!

http://adrienne-is.com/blog/?p=460

Adrienne

Marilyn Terrell Sep 22nd 2007 4:55AM

Does that mean our dollar's gone looney?

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