New £5 note, typical of the UK right now.
21 May 2002, 11:18 PM
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Well, this tells its own story. 
Today a new £5 note was launched, the new figure on the note is Elizabeth Fry.
Who the **** is Elizabeth Fry you say!
Elizabeth Fry is the person who pushed through prison reforms in the UK so prisoners didnt suffer, as they are not there for revenge, they are there to reform.
Discuss.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/...00/1998863.stm
Today a new £5 note was launched, the new figure on the note is Elizabeth Fry.
Who the **** is Elizabeth Fry you say!
Elizabeth Fry is the person who pushed through prison reforms in the UK so prisoners didnt suffer, as they are not there for revenge, they are there to reform.
Discuss.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/...00/1998863.stm
22 May 2002, 12:38 AM
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My Uni has a building named after her (The Elizabeth Fry building surprisingly).
I remember all those lectures in there being absolute torture, so obviously her reforms did not extend as far as buildings in her namesake.
I remember all those lectures in there being absolute torture, so obviously her reforms did not extend as far as buildings in her namesake.
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Hardly top of the list of priorites in Britain today is it 
22 May 2002, 01:09 PM
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the reason for the new note is the crap state of the current ones, so if your replacing them all you may as well change how they look. apparently these are harder to fake too.
27 May 2002, 06:17 PM
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27 May 2002, 11:55 PM
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hahaha, what a bunch of muppets.
best quote from the BBC web site is this.........
I work in a bank and I got a stack of about 50 of these new £5 notes yesterday. I accidently spilt some of my strawberry milkshake on them, and when I wiped it off the serial numbers and some of the ink came off, completely! It's really hard to tell they're meant to be £5 notes at all, let alone worrying about whether the serial numbers are visible. The ink is simply far too soluble! I hope they get replaced as soon as possible.
Jim Rimbo, England
How the **** do you acidentally spit strawberry milkshake onto a bundle of 50 £5 notes?
best quote from the BBC web site is this.........
I work in a bank and I got a stack of about 50 of these new £5 notes yesterday. I accidently spilt some of my strawberry milkshake on them, and when I wiped it off the serial numbers and some of the ink came off, completely! It's really hard to tell they're meant to be £5 notes at all, let alone worrying about whether the serial numbers are visible. The ink is simply far too soluble! I hope they get replaced as soon as possible.
Jim Rimbo, England
How the **** do you acidentally spit strawberry milkshake onto a bundle of 50 £5 notes?
28 May 2002, 12:49 PM
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Has anyone else thought about this... if we're replacing the new 5 note which is the most common, and therefore costliest to replace, does this mean Labour has decided we're not having a Euro referendum / conversion for some time, as it'd be a total waste of money to replace this note then ditch the whole lot in favour of another currency?
Hmmm, food for thought? Or maybe just another example of crap government?
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Hmmm, food for thought? Or maybe just another example of crap government?
Simon.
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