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……and downgraded to an Ounce

Although my DNA results will tell you that I am, for all practical purposes, 100% pure English blood (check out the surname), I’ve never understood the British economy. As far as I know, their only products are Financial Tricks in The City of London, unreliable cars, and bad teeth. So it makes a certain amount of sense that the Great Britain Pound is making its way to one-ply toilet paper valuation status.

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