He asks the nurse: “Where am I?” “Washington DC,” the nurse replies. “And the
trade war with Canada?” “We won that years ago.” Elated, he asks, “And how much
does a carton of eggs cost?” “Just one toonie eh?”
He asks the nurse: “Where am I?”
“Washington DC,” the nurse replies.
“And the trade war with Canada?”
“We won that years ago.”
Elated, he asks, “And how much does a carton of eggs cost?”
“Just one toonie eh?”
Shouldn’t that last line be :
“Just one loonie, eh ?”
Nope, “toonie” is the nickname of the two-dollar coin and perfectly fine in context. (I suppose it’s also a double-whammy, since I don’t recall the US having a two-dollar denomination . . .)
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He asks the nurse: “Where am I?”
“Washington DC,” the nurse replies.
“And the trade war with Canada?”
“We won that years ago.”
Elated, he asks, “And how much does a carton of eggs cost?”
“Just one
toonieeh?”Shouldn’t that last line be :
“Just one loonie, eh ?”
Nope, “toonie” is the nickname of the two-dollar coin and perfectly fine in context. (I suppose it’s also a double-whammy, since I don’t recall the US having a two-dollar denomination . . .)