# Top Secret German Memo Reveals Euro to Be Abandoned! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510 "2015-09-10T12:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/21 "2015-09-10T16:38:13Z")
Geez, give the guy a break. He said it was a _ **top secret** _ memo, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/22 "2015-09-10T17:09:12Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Ten signs Germany is about to dump the Euro. Number 7 is a shocker! Two in the dollar, one in the holler. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/23 "2015-09-10T18:54:28Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Geez, give the guy a break. He said it was a _ **top secret** _ memo, after all. And the post has more content than ralph’s usual posts. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/24 "2015-09-10T18:59:23Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Actually, I can’t tell if the OP is presenting this scenario as something (s)he heard about that was supposed to be true, or as a hypothetical. From the OP’s last line: “Would this be the solution?” , I took it to be a hypothetical. And apparently, others have actually suggested this. Here’s an op-ed, for example, from a few months ago: [Germany, Not Greece, Should Exit the Euro](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-07-17/germany-not-greece-should-exit-the-euro), July 2015. (Yes, that’s a real link.) Just google the words Germany to exit Euro to find others. Oh, here’s another one I just noticed, from just yesterday: [Should Germany Leave the Euro?](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/should-germany-leave-the-eurozone-by-michael-heise-2015-09). So yeah, people are actually talking about this, at least as a hypothetical. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/25 "2015-09-10T19:01:01Z")
But no public ‘top secret’ memo that says it is going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/26 "2015-09-10T19:06:07Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Would this be the solution? Godwinized in the OP. And… “Why do economists hate this woman?” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/27 "2015-09-10T19:14:52Z")
It’s just a typo; they meant to say that Euro **pe** is going to be abandoned. See, everybody’s going to have themselves declared a refugee and move to the US. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/28 "2015-09-10T22:57:37Z")
I don’t think Germany should immediately abandon Euros and reinstate Marks. I think they should cushion the transition by doing it through a series of gradual steps: the Euro, the Germo, the Gummo, the Groucho, the Chico, the Harpo, the Exapno, the Zeppo, the Marxo, and then finally back to Marks. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/29 "2015-09-11T03:24:48Z")
He’s clearly posing a hypothetical. For instance, he asks what currency traders _would_ do, rather than what they _will_ do. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/30 "2015-09-11T14:10:00Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > The Tooth Whitening Trick Dentists Don’t Want You To Know About! > You Won’t Believe What This Cop Said To An 88-Year Old Driver! > Better Than Tinder! Just Click And Ask To Have Sex! No Credit Card Needed! I still expect to see someday a headline like: **This guy found a dirt cheap medicine based on dirt! Doctors hate him!** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/31 "2015-09-11T15:40:53Z")
Was it over when the Germans harmed the World Dollar?! Hell no! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/32 "2015-09-11T15:49:01Z")
Sounds like something heard on AM radio and garbled in the type-lation. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/33 "2015-09-12T02:36:30Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Sounds like something heard on AM radio and garbled in the type-lation. “Well, it’s been a week of economic panic in Lake Wobegon, Minnesota.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510/34 "2015-09-12T05:03:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > German bankers bending over in yoga pants! You _bastard!_ goes back to perusing the October issue of **German Bankers with Jumbo Jugs** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-secret-german-memo-reveals-euro-to-be-abandoned/730510.md?page=1)