Something in a European's Pocket is Bigger than an American's

[DanS]

Getting us back to the subject of manpurses...

[Peter Triggs]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
American business cards have to be small enough to fit in a compartment in a man's wallet. Maybe the same isn't true in Europe.

I feel a hypothesis coming on.

I know that UK banknotes used to be much larger than American banknotes and I have a strong recollection that Italian banknotes were huge.

So, if European banknotes are bigger than American ones, one would expect that European wallets are larger than American ones and hence can hold larger business cards.

I've never seen the new Euro notes, but someone here must know how they compare with American ones.

[ZEE]

i hafta interject to say... i think the smaller cards are kinda cool myself... wouldnt mind them being even SMALLER in this age of micro-technology... not saying i want my card to be microscopic, but you get the idea...
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[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs


I feel a hypothesis coming on.

I know that UK banknotes used to be much larger than American banknotes and I have a strong recollection that Italian banknotes were huge.

So, if European banknotes are bigger than American ones, one would expect that European wallets are larger than American ones and hence can hold larger business cards.

I've never seen the new Euro notes, but someone here must know how they compare with American ones.

I just so happen to have some Euros and Dollars on my desk....

Euro on the left, dollar at the bottom and my wallet on the right. Clearly American money is smallest.

[ZEE]

erm...Dauphin... thats NOT a U.S. dollar...

[Dauphin]

It must be a damn good forgery.

[Provost Harrison]

That's like a 50p note...ridiculous...