During the first few months of Cromwell's reign as Lord Protector, chicken goujons were legal tender across the land. The Findus Crispy Pancake dates back to this period.
These days, the barter economy still survives in the City of London, where bits of string, rabbits' feet and fragments of aurox bone can all be used to invest in the London stock market.
The opening sequences from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey were filmed in Richmond Park, London. Originally, there had been no plans to include a giant black obelisk that confers a giant evolutionary leap on those who come into contact with it, but a genuine one happened to have been put there the Thursday before by an advanced alien civilization, so Kubrick decided to incorporate it into the film.
These days, the barter economy still survives in the City of London, where bits of string, rabbits' feet and fragments of aurox bone can all be used to invest in the London stock market.[/b]
Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason The opening sequences from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey were filmed in Richmond Park, London. Originally, there had been no plans to include a giant black obelisk that confers a giant evolutionary leap on those who come into contact with it, but a genuine one happened to have been put there the Thursday before by an advanced alien civilization, so Kubrick decided to incorporate it into the film.
It had to be a colossal cosmic joke. They simply plopped in a non-working one, obviously.