Captain... Posted 23 June 2013 Posted 23 June 2013 But surely this whole debate is nonsense, why should it matter what gender the person is? It just makes a nonsense of the whole debate. Ok there will be no women on the back of a note, so why don't we engage in a bit of tokenism? go on love you can have the back of the fiver, the shittiest note we have. Gender equality is not giving something to women because a man has had it. You give it to whoever deserves it the most regardless of gender. Men don't complain that there is only women on the front of a bank note, and every coin and stamp has a women's face on it. The ruling monarch is a woman so it is a woman's face on the front, the majority of great Britons are men, so the majority of people honoured on the back of the note will be men, and doing it any other way is just patronising.
The Horse's Mouth Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 Kate Middleton so I could wrap it around my cock and tug on it for hours
MPH Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 Florence Nightingale Along side Mary Seacole, hopefully...
Alf Bentley Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 Nobody's mentioned George Eliot (a.k.a. Mary Ann Evans) of Nuneaton, who has a definite claim to be the greatest British novelist ever...
Zingari Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 How about Phillipa Langley ? the bint who found Richard 3
Jimothy Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 How about Samantha Brick, seeing as she's so beautiful!
Zingari Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 How about Samantha Brick, seeing as she's so beautiful! good shout but I'd imagine there would be a great danger of £5 notes being used for other stimulating purposes and causing the notes to stick together in our wallets . How embarrassing would that be when your at the Tesco checkout ? edit; I think we should stick to females who have actually invented , discovered or done something of great benefit to society . I knew that rather restricts it to a very small number of candidates
ealingfox Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23005416 So the criteria also includes being dead which rules out a fair few in the poll. Also they can't be controversial so that rules out Thatcher. Criteria for being on a banknote Lasting contribution Broad name recognition Not controversial Accurate artwork Must be dead The contenders Jane Austen (1775-1817): Author of Pride and Prejudice Rosalind Franklin (1920-58): Pioneering scientist whose work led to discovery of DNA Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928): Leader of Suffragette movement which helped win right to vote for women Mary Seacole (1805-81): Jamaican-born nurse, who provided care for soldiers in Crimean war Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97): Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman All very fair shouts as far as I'm concerned.
MooseBreath Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 Amy Winehouse. Notes could come with an auto roll function and advanced snorting technology.
MPH Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23005416 So the criteria also includes being dead which rules out a fair few in the poll. Also they can't be controversial so that rules out Thatcher. Criteria for being on a banknote Lasting contribution Broad name recognition Not controversial Accurate artwork Must be dead The contenders Jane Austen (1775-1817): Author of Pride and Prejudice Rosalind Franklin (1920-58): Pioneering scientist whose work led to discovery of DNA Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928): Leader of Suffragette movement which helped win right to vote for women Mary Seacole (1805-81): Jamaican-born nurse, who provided care for soldiers in Crimean war Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97): Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman All very fair shouts as far as I'm concerned. Would love it to be Mary Seacole. Partly because she was a simply outstanding nurse, partly because she would finally get the recognition she deserves and be able to step out of the shadow of Nightingale. But also because it would stick two fingers up at Nightingale who refused to work with her because she was black. Seacoles' dad was a British soldier born and bred in Scotland Btw.. but I guess it's still accurate to describe her as Jamaican born.
indierich06 Posted 24 June 2013 Posted 24 June 2013 Isn't Elizabeth Fry on the fiver? The ladies have had their turn on the five pound notes, let's give it to a chap this time. Tulisa Contostavlos could go on the twenty pound note as that's her preferred method of banging a load of coke up her nose?
MPH Posted 25 June 2013 Posted 25 June 2013 Isn't Elizabeth Fry on the fiver? The ladies have had their turn on the five pound notes, let's give it to a chap this time. Tulisa Contostavlos could go on the twenty pound note as that's her preferred method of banging a load of coke up her nose?Does that mean we should have women on the 10 , 20 and 50 as men have had their turn on them!( I'm joking before anyone takes me seriously!) Plus I'm on my mobile and can't delete silly comments! :-)
Rincewind Posted 25 June 2013 Author Posted 25 June 2013 Not voted myself. Only just lkooked at the leader board. 1 Other 10 votes 2 Emily Pankhurst 3 J K Rowling 7 votes 4 Mrs T 6 votes. May vote for Emily to keep MT off. Too soon to put her on. The legacy that she left behind is still in the memories of many. My mistake thought she had 9 I'm surprised Susan Boyle got voted for but none for Camilla.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 25 June 2013 Posted 25 June 2013 My ex missus. She seemed to enjoy being close to other blokes balls a lot, the job seems tailor made for her.
Guest Posted 26 June 2013 Posted 26 June 2013 Linda Lusardi? Tits out! On your 5 pound note! Tits out! On your 5 pound note!
indierich06 Posted 26 June 2013 Posted 26 June 2013 Does that mean we should have women on the 10 , 20 and 50 as men have had their turn on them! ( I'm joking before anyone takes me seriously!) Plus I'm on my mobile and can't delete silly comments! :-) Nah, we can't put women on the proper money...
ADK Posted 26 June 2013 Posted 26 June 2013 Not voted myself. Only just lkooked at the leader board. 1 Other 10 votes 2 Emily Pankhurst 3 J K Rowling 7 votes 4 Mrs T 6 votes. May vote for Emily to keep MT off. Too soon to put her on. The legacy that she left behind is still in the memories of many. My mistake thought she had 9 I'm surprised Susan Boyle got voted for but none for Camilla. I wouldn't worry too much i don't think the foxestalk poll is going to influence the decision.
rico Posted 26 June 2013 Posted 26 June 2013 could be Jane Austen.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jun/25/jane-austen-banknotes-mervyn-king
Jimothy Posted 26 June 2013 Posted 26 June 2013 It did make me laugh when I first read campaigners (ie feminists) were kicking up a stink because a man was replacing a woman on Britain's shittiest bank note. There are 3 other notes, and there's never been any suggestion a woman wouldn't replace a man on one of those, which from the article above seems to be likely to happen. Love it when campaign groups throw their toys out the pram before the full story is told. No doubt now they'll b claiming it was their pressure that forced Mervyn King's hand.
ealingfox Posted 27 June 2013 Posted 27 June 2013 I'd have Newton on the fifties, Wollstonecraft or Pankhurst on the twenties, Churchill on the tens and Austen or Bronte etc on the fivers, seems pretty fair.
davieG Posted 24 July 2013 Posted 24 July 2013 Jane Austin - £10 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23424289
Mike Oxlong Posted 24 July 2013 Posted 24 July 2013 I can think of a better place to put a female face.
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