Canuck Buck Struck By Ducks

“World currency markets hiccupped and the Canadian dollar dropped
in value Monday when news broke on the Web that longtime Canadian
finance minister and Parliament member Paul Martin planned to
retire. Martin "will retire to a quieter life outside of the
limelight to devote greater time to his wife and to a burgeoning
hobby interest in the breeding of prize Charolais cattle and
handsome fawn runner ducks," read a report on political gossip
site Bourque.org. "It is expected that his sudden exit will rock
Official Ottawa. ... The Bank of Canada is said ready to
intervene with the Canadian dollar to stabilize it on world
markets if necessary."

The fact that the report was a rather obvious joke, complete with
hyperlinks to pictures of ducks and a page proclaiming "Happy
April Fool's Day!" didn't keep the Canadian dollar from sinking
to a one-month low, though it recovered all of that value later
in the day. "I find it kind of hard to believe that an April
Fools' joke on a Web site can affect a currency like that," says
Pierre Bourque, the author of the spoof. "I don't know if it was
a slow news day, or what." Martin's representatives did not
return calls for comment.

David M. Ewalt
InformationWeek Daily”

“Its amazeing what happens when you open your mouth and words fall out!!!!

8)”

“Maybe I should've attached this to the "investment" thread... <G>”

“Boy, lucky it wasn't a story of the Russians invading Canada by coming over the north pole...we would have a lot of missiles pointed our way from the U.S.”

“Yep! We're lucky all the markets didn't crash. Between all the crooks and idiots on Wall Street these days... I think I'll go with real estate, <G>. Hey, the 90's were great, but let's get real here...”

“What happened to NewCanuckKid?”

“Now There's a tangent for ya...”

“I know, I think tangentially.

But I miss that little bugger!”