Woodbloke wrote:I'll up Pete's bid 25 Altairian dollars
'The Altairian dollar is the principal medium of exchange throughout the Milky Way galaxy, partly due to the general incompatibility (and/or illusory nature) of most other forms of currency. According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a competent hitchhiker should be able to see the galaxy on less than thirty Altairian dollars a day, although costs around the Guide's headquarters make this, ironically, almost impossible.' - Rob
According to the same estimable reference source in relation to the only true hard currencies:'The Altarian Dollar has recently collapsed (again), the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change.'
Be wary of Rob's offer.