Canadian Tire Money

You like Canadian Tire money.

This won't mean much to people from other countries. But we have a hardware store chain - big box before the term was invented - that issues its own money. When you buy something, you get a small percentage of what you spent back as Canadian Tire cash (check it out here: http://www2.canadiantire.ca/CTenglish/ctmoney.html).

Look, I'm not stupid. I know they're just coupons. But they go all out for this program. The bills look cool, like they're really cash, and they're even printed on the paper they use for real money. It's like there's an entire Canadian Tire nation within Canada.

I'm not the only person who's crazy about these fake bucks. People make a point of collecting them. I've got a handful of two-dollar bills - the largest denomination they issue - and they're my pride and joy. I'd smother a homeless Guatemalan with a sweaty tube sock for a stack of two-buck CT bills.