Euro-prat

[greek_jester]

What IS the current form of money used in the UK? Not being sarcastic, genuinely asking.

We use Sterling, which is pounds and pence (the equivalent of dollars and cents). There are 100 pennies in a pound. Much easier than the old Imperial system!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A3sd

[dalesys]

... Much easier than the old Imperial system!

AKA £sd, which Timothy Leary championed.
"That'l be a farthing thripny, miss"

[Jester]

Even an ignorant and very self absorbed American like me knows that England opted out of the Euro thing.

To be fair, I'm a relatively knowledgeable American, and my little sister not only lives in the UK, but is a dual citizen of the UK and the US, and I did NOT know that you're you couldn't use Euros in the UK. Of course, I would have asked much more politely than the jackass in the OP, or if I assumed they would be accepted and was told otherwise, would have politely accepted this information, and chalked it up to my own stupidity.

I might as well argue that NAFTA means I can spend my USD anywhere I want in Canada or Mexico.

I'm pretty sure that American dollars are welcome just about anywhere in Mexico.

[Slave to the Phone]

I'm sure that you live under a damn fine rock, Jester. I just asked my sweetie if we could use Euro's in the UK as he was walking past me to clean the litter boxes (boy, I sure do love that guy) and he didn't even hesitate before saying "No." (Of course, then he came back to me with a random trivia question. A couple that has been married 30+ years tends to develop their own customs that others might consider to be odd.)

Good to have you back, I also was wondering if you had ran off to exotic lands.

Besides plagues of locusts (killer bees swarming the front of my home and cracking a window), fires, and floods all is about the same here in the "land of we don't need any more stinking sunlight."

[Jester]

Key West is not exotic enough for you?

[Kittykat]

We use Sterling, which is pounds and pence (the equivalent of dollars and cents). There are 100 pennies in a pound. Much easier than the old Imperial system!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A3sd

Thank you!