Do you ever think about how funny it is that a Canadian 2 dollar coin is called a "TOONIE," and only because our 1 dollar coin was a "LOONIE," and THAT only happened because the 1 dollar coin had a loon on it??? and I'm not high, I swear
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I used to have this book and I think I got rid of it because there were one or two strips that profoundly disturbed me 😂
aug 30, 2025, 10:28 am • 1 0 • view
I haven't been to Canada since 2007 but I still have a couple dollars from the trip and I think about this all the time
aug 29, 2025, 5:40 pm • 1 0 • view
i just came back from canada and made a point to take out cash while i was there just so i could finally get a loonie and a toonie lmao
aug 29, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
just thought the phrase “the toonie is the waluigi of canadian currency”, which may be a first
aug 30, 2025, 2:25 am • 3 2 • view
LMAO 🤣🤣
aug 30, 2025, 2:33 am • 0 0 • view
Canada is so fucking corny lol
aug 29, 2025, 4:35 pm • 1 0 • view
I really think this deserved to get a few reposts
aug 29, 2025, 1:47 pm • 5 0 • view
Did you know that the 1 dollar coin wasn't even supposed to have a loon on it? The original design was stolen from the mint
aug 29, 2025, 4:45 pm • 7 1 • view
Ok ok one more fun fact and then I'm done: "loonie" and "toonie" were trademarked by the mint in 2006
aug 29, 2025, 7:59 pm • 4 0 • view
these are all delightful facts, thank you for sharing
aug 29, 2025, 7:59 pm • 1 0 • view
The toonie has a bear on it so it should be called a “bearie”.
aug 31, 2025, 3:32 am • 0 0 • view
Please tell me you’ve seen these, they’re all I think about now whenever I hear Loonie and Toonie and I LOVE them bsky.app/profile/dmac...
aug 30, 2025, 1:56 am • 1 0 • view
YES I have, lol 😂💯
aug 30, 2025, 2:16 am • 1 0 • view
I HAVE thought about this.
aug 29, 2025, 3:55 am • 1 0 • view
I just can't believe they're LITERALLY called "loonies" and "toonies," wtf 😂
aug 29, 2025, 3:56 am • 1 0 • view
(still not high)
aug 29, 2025, 3:57 am • 1 0 • view
When they started to circulate, I remember a low-key argument on the news that you should spell it, "two-nie." They lost that fight.
aug 29, 2025, 3:59 am • 2 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 4:00 am • 0 0 • view
I was genuinely thinking about that not a week ago
aug 29, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Haha I KNEW you would appreciate this 😅
aug 29, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view
and they say there's no divine plan
aug 29, 2025, 3:32 am • 1 0 • view
as someone who just had to look up Canadian coins for the first time this week, thank you for explaining this to me I thought it was one big coordinated joke across all of Canadian internet
aug 29, 2025, 3:13 am • 2 0 • view
It suddenly dawned on me that from an outsider's perspective it must sound totally bizarre, LOL
aug 29, 2025, 3:17 am • 0 0 • view
I was thinking about when the 2 dollar coins were first introduced, and had no official name yet, and a potential name that was being floated around at the time was "dubloonie," which is even stupider
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 am • 4 1 • view
TIL, that’s hysterical 😭 That being said, I would have been on the dubloonie side of things it’s too smart to pass up
aug 29, 2025, 3:38 am • 1 0 • view
Also an early meme challenge was trying to smash apart the toonie.
aug 29, 2025, 5:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Lol, I remember that, supposedly if you put it in the freezer the two pieces would come apart more easily? I never tried 😆
aug 29, 2025, 5:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Canada is having more fun and I'm jealous
aug 29, 2025, 11:06 am • 1 0 • view
I am Canadian and it still makes me giggle.
aug 29, 2025, 6:41 pm • 1 0 • view