People often say: "Money does not smell."Some understand these words literally, while others invest in them figuratively.What is the secret lies in this order nipped expression if it does not lose its relevance for more than 20 centuries?
Smell good income ...
«Money does not smell" - idiom that was born as an ironic commentary on the dialogue that occurred between the Roman Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus.
Once the Roman treasury was empty, since current revenues numerous ambitious projects Vespasian was not enough.The Emperor has found a non-trivial way out of the situation by imposing a new tax recently arranged public restrooms.
Titus began to reproach his father for an aesthetic solution.Instead of answering, Vespasian's son handed the money received from the introduction of a new tax, and asked whether he feels their scent.Titus replied in the negative.Then the emperor noticed with satisfaction that the source of money is the urine.
This episode was the basis of one of the satires of Juvenal.Loved by many cynical phrase "money does not smell" is a brief, prosaic version of one of his poetic lines.
go past the coin shop ...
Vespasian definitely lucky that at the time of his dialogue with the son of the Romans were in the course of just specie.If by the time the paper money was invented, the world would have lost the well-known sayings.
modern paper money is made from wood pulp (pulp) and a mixture of cotton and linen fibers.Specially prepared cloth soaked in gelatin to give it greater strength, and is inserted into a hologram, polymeric or metallic threads to protect the currency against counterfeiting.
Smell rubles ink ...
Russian currency is really no different to any specific smell.New Ruble smell nearly as well as newspapers.Souvenir Olympic 100-ruble pleased with the original vertical design, but did not smell anything special.Apparently, the developers have not been tasked in some way flavored domestic banknotes.
Many believe that the brand new American dollars smell of green apples.In fact, nothing North American money does not smell.The main role in the spread of the stories played the green bills, not their special apple flavor.
Not long ago, the Bank of Canada had officially denied reports that he will issue notes with the smell of maple syrup.In fact, Canada has recently moved to a fully banknotes, which are made of a transparent and good foldaway polypropylene film.
They can crumple, fold, and even machine washable.Unfortunately, the plastic money is compressed under heat and electrified.But they are much harder to fake, and they are 2.5 times more durable than conventional money.
Each denomination special smell ...
expression "money does not smell" can easily refute any cashier, according to his service faced with large amounts of cash.Bank staff working in the cash conversion enthusiastically talk about what the smell gets to him bills.
«The cash vault bring revenue wide variety of enterprises and organizations," - says the cashier of the evening box office of one of the major commercial banks."I have the smell can distinguish which of our customers today visited the collection service."Indeed, the bill for a long time was in the room with a pungent odor resistant, be sure to soak it.
Unfortunately, the daily revenue of the bakery will not please you smell of fresh baking.But the money had been in the hands of employees, bottled sodas, some time will exude the smell of pear or orange essence.
battered desyatirublevki give musty, and the favorite scent for all cashiers become the flavor of the molten plastic, which comes from the banknotes, sealed in vacuum packs.
tax only did not smell ...
Following the Emperor Vespasian, tax some of the leading European powers also decided that the money does not smell.The value of this expression is fully able to assess the athletes coming to the Austrian ski resorts.
authorities of this country have introduced the so-called "tax on the cast," which is intended to offset the cost of health care tourists injured in there and got Hospital.Availability medstrahovki, in this case, is not taken into account.
in Venice since 1993, tax on the shadow.They surrounded the owners of those buildings whose visors cast a shadow on municipal land.When calculating the amount of tax number of cloudy days per year are not taken into account.
Since 2008, the Estonian government has imposed "environmental fee" owners of cows.Local Cows were recognized as the main air pollutants in this country.
Such examples prove once again that since the Roman Empire taxation principles have not changed.The state is able to extract revenue from the most unlikely sources, as bank money does not smell, by definition.
