*Phone at Parliament House rings*
“Yes, hello?”
“Yes, hi. This is Australia. We’ve collectively decided that the country’s current currency of dollars and cents no longer pleases us. A petition demanding a refresher is on its way to one Malcolm Turnbull as we speak. Thought you ought to know.”
*Slams phone down*
Some Aussie legend hours ago started a petition calling on the citizens of this great nation to demand Australia’s currency be renamed to “dollarydoos”, and it’s *just now* reached it’s target of 7,000 signatories, which means it’s a done deal, which means we should have a $900 bill stamped with the bearded father of simple-minded Australian boy Tobias as soon as next week.
If you don’t get the reference, please slap yourself across the face RIGHT NOW. Then watch this Simpsons clip:
The petition creator, one Thomas Probst, gave the following explanation for the call to action (not that he needed to provide one because it’s fucking awesome and we’re wondering why no one’s done it earlier, but here ya go).
“The Australian economy is struggling. That’s why we need something to stimulate the Australian economy and that something is changing the name of the Australian currency to ‘Dollarydoos’. This will make millions of people around the world want to get their hands on some Australian currency due to the real life Simpsons reference, driving up the value of the Australian currency.”
He goes on:
“If the leaders of this great nation have any common sense at all, they will introduce legislation to parliament to change the name of our currency as soon as possible. So please sign this petition to get our nation’s leaders to finally act on this important issue.”
And sign we have.
This screenshot was taken before the 7,000-person target was hit. Obvs.
Now that the people have thrown their unanimous supporting behind the initiative, the very official document should be bundled into an envelope marked ‘VIP’ and delivered straight into the hands of PM Malc, Mathias Cormann, Bill Shorten and Richard Di Natale.
ZOMG can’t wait to pay for some shit in ~dollarydoos~ you guys! First point of business: to accept a 6-hour collect call to the States.
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