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Koohii stories:

1) [Johnnyltn] 5-3-2007(214): The No. 1 currency in the world is the dollar. But, the Asian nations are fast catching up and may in reality have already surpassed it. So, let the bamboo represent the No. 2 currencies (the yen, etc.). The reverse order (bamboo on top and the dollar on the bottom) is really a look at the future.

2) [WithLoveFromExIA] 10-1-2009(101): The No.1 currency may at one time have been the dollar, but since the economic slowdown the weak dollar has been overtaken by currencies from bamboo growing countries. (Thanks to Johnnyltn for the idea.) Using the alternate writing of the dollar primitive as weak dollar.

3) [daredawg3583] 30-4-2008(63): Bamboo bling is the newest Asian Rapper, No. 1 on the charts right now.

4) [radical_tyro] 24-6-2007(19): The pole vaulter wants to be No. 1, so designs a bamboo pole with dollar signs painted on it. (The shape of a pole signifies this is the 1-stroke $).

5) [decamer0n] 21-5-2007(15): Even in the bamboo forests of Southeast Asia, the US Dollar is the No. 1 currency in demand. (well, it is true of Cambodia at least).

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