The Worst Coins I’ve Seen Yet

You call this money!?

Look at this money. Notice how there are two coins for each denomination except for the 1 Real coin on the right. Notice how the top row coins are all similarly sized. Now, just realize that thoughtful coin design might be something you take for granted. Sorting and counting change when pressed for time here is kind of an ordeal. I’m just saying.

Apparently they introduced the lower row of coins and the 1 Real coin around the same time the Euro came out (notice how Brazil copped the design) in 1998 but they’ve failed to remove the top row from circulation. I’m now realizing that Wikipedia has a very detailed article on these coins with much better pictures. Go see!

Big version of this here!

Really, the meat of this post is a photographic adventure to be enjoyed over on my flickr page.

The store pictured above is just around the corner from where I’ve been living and I love it. It’s a 24-hour grocery store and café featuring the standard Brazilian array of burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, and myriad fresh juices. See general pics of Rio Lisboa here and see a guide to making acerola/orange juice here.

If you don’t want to go there, at least look at this.

Who told you to be so delicious!?

So that hot dog is pretty pissed, right? He’s not pointing at any other illustrated character on the mayonnaise packet. He’s just pointing at the Hellmann’s logo. He’s mad at Hellman’s mayo and he’s asking “WHO TOLD YOU TO BE SO DELICIOUS?!” I’m trying to figure out what’s going on here. First of all, understand that Brazilians eat mayo on their hot dogs. Now, possible reasons for the anger:

1. Good mayo makes people eat more hot dogs, and the hot dog doesn’t want to get eaten.
2. People like the mayo more than the hot dog and the hot dog is jealous.
3. The hot dog doesn’t want to love the mayo as much as he does.

Your guess is as good as mine people. Please leave comments if you have any better ideas.