# Place your bets: The date US and Canada dollars match value. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356 "2007-07-19T06:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/41 "2007-09-20T15:28:50Z")
Looks to me as though **KatiRoo** was closest in post #33 at Sept. 24. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/42 "2007-09-20T15:38:36Z")
You are correct, I missed the date of **Roo** ’s guess. So what’s the prize? A shiny loonie? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/43 "2007-09-20T16:40:27Z")
Prize? A TronnaDope! 🙂 (All sorts of things happen when I’m not paying attention…) ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/44 "2007-09-20T17:24:12Z")
I think I’ve got to hand it to **Seven** who [del]guessed[/del] predicted Sept 17 back in July. He was off by a couple of days, but he was looking forward by 2 months. Even 2 days ago, I would have put the date forward by a couple of weeks. Well done to the OP. Now, who was the economist who predicted this last year, and was soundly poo-pooed? I’d like to know his feelings for the next year… ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/45 "2007-09-20T18:21:28Z")
Unless I missed someone, the guesses were as follows: rivulus - Aug 8-15 2007 Diceman - Aug 12 2007 Barbarian / amarinth - Aug 22 2007 Spoons - Sept 1 2007 ShibbOleth - Sept 5 2007 Dante - Sept 10 2007 Seven - Sept 17 2007 **PARITY Sept 20 2007** KatiRoo - Sept 24 2007 panache45 - Oct 1 2007 Sunspace - Nov 10 2007 Raygun99 - Feb 29 2008 adam yax - Mar 7 2008 Rysto - Mar 14 2007 Swallowed My Cellphone - second quarter in 2008 Full Metal Lotus - Never **KatiRoo takes it at 4 days away from parity.** KatiRoo - I’ll send you a Canadian Loonie as the prize. Email me at “seven AT [sevengraylands.com](http://sevengraylands.com)” with your mailing information. This was fun. What next? I guess a trip south for real estate ventures and American women. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/46 "2007-09-20T19:04:11Z")
New Democratic MPs in Quebec! The Canadian dollar at par! Dogs and cats living together! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/47 "2007-09-20T19:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] KatiRoo - I’ll send you a Canadian Loonie as the prize. [/QUOTE] If **Roo** hangs on to it for a bit he/she will be able to sell it for a profit! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/48 "2007-09-20T22:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] New Democratic MPs in Quebec! The Canadian dollar at par! Dogs and cats living together! [/QUOTE] See what happens when we legalise gay marriage? Imagine if we’d legalised marijuana! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/49 "2007-09-21T05:44:18Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] If **Roo** hangs on to it for a bit he/she will be able to sell it for a profit! 😛 [/QUOTE] She received it for free, dear. Selling it for a penny gives her a profit. _Sorry, just thought I’d undermine the joke…_ ---
**Author:** ![Vimp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vimp/32/4186_2.png) [@Vimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vimp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356/50 "2007-09-21T22:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] **KatiRoo takes it at 4 days away from parity.** KatiRoo - I’ll send you a Canadian Loonie as the prize. Email me at “seven AT [sevengraylands.com](http://sevengraylands.com)” with your mailing information. [/QUOTE] Wow - Even I didn’t think it would happen that fast - although maybe you really _can’t_ go wrong overestimating the weakness of the US $ I don’t think a loonie will do me much good here in the US (unless I can get a couple thousand more so I can relocate to Calgary), so please donate the pelf to your favorite hockey team Canadian, of course [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-bets-the-date-us-and-canada-dollars-match-value/412356.md?page=2)