Following the recent tragic death of Leonard Nimoy mic.com is reporting a renewed interest in "Spocking" Canadian five dollar bills.
As it turns out, the late Nimoy resembles former Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), whose profile just so happens to grace the Canadian five-dollar banknote. It didn't take long for Canadians to discover that with just a few strokes of a pen, the bill suddenly becomes a tribute to Spock
There is additional background at Quartz which notes that:
“Spocking fives,” as it’s called, is not a new campaign but in fact a fine Canadian tradition that involves etching the beloved Vulcan’s profile over Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the five-dollar banknote.
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Defacing banknotes is illegal in Canada but they remain usable for commercial transactions, according to Falkowsky. “People have always played with money this way… love notes, return to sender, birthday greetings and remixing the images. I am not sure if it makes them harder to use but I’ve tried one in a parking garage and it worked no problem,” he says.
(Score: 2) by tynin on Monday March 02 2015, @03:50PM
But doing some research this has been going on for quite a while. Wouldn't this be considered defacing currency? I thought all Canadians were upright folks?
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Monday March 02 2015, @07:19PM
It's called refacing.
And that's what we keep telling everyone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2015, @09:08PM
Refacing currency notes is a uniquely Canadian act of defiance.
(Score: 2) by Geezer on Monday March 02 2015, @04:18PM
If Americans tried something similar, the Treasury Department, FBI, and no doubt DHS would have the swat teams out arresting people for counterfeiting Vulcan currency...to support terrorists.
(Score: 3, Funny) by TLA on Monday March 02 2015, @06:20PM
doesn't have quite the same effect...
Altohugh, the Amy Winehouse [thepoke.co.uk] one (#2) is fucking hilarious.
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(Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Monday March 02 2015, @08:30PM
Is that a site where I would get in trouble at work for? Seriously it seems like something I would get a kick out of but don't want to get hauled up to HR over.
T-Shirts and bumper stickers [zazzle.com] to offend someone
(Score: 3, Informative) by lhsi on Monday March 02 2015, @09:59PM
That page just has photos of notes with faces drawn on. The site in general is a bit like Buzzfeed for "lads" I think, with the clickbait "pages from around the web" at the bottom of the listicle.
TL; DR: site is probably safe, content might be shite
(Score: 1) by TLA on Monday March 02 2015, @10:41PM
nah it's fine, unless you're in Canada.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by kbahey on Monday March 02 2015, @09:07PM
Turns out that Spocking is not illegal, as per Bank of Canada [www.cbc.ca].
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