Thousands support renaming Australian currency 'dollarydoos'

By Colin Sallee

Published: Oct 21, 2015, 6 AM

A Change.org petition asking that Australian currency be renamed based on a reference from "The Simpsons" has garnered more than 50,000 signatures.

Screenshot of www.change.org/p/change-the-australian-currency-name-to-dollarydoos

1. Petition seeks to rename Australian dollar

A proposal to rename the Australian dollar the "dollarydoo," after a popular Simpsons reference, has received significant support.

9News, a local MSN affiliate in Sydney reported that an online petition had gained over 5,000 signatures when the report aired.

As of 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 21, that number ballooned to more than 58,725.

The author of the petition, Thomas Probst, suggests the change would "make millions of people around the world want to get their hands on some Australian currency due to the real life Simpsons reference, driving up the value of the Australian currency."

The report also cites the economic decline of exported commodities and the daily fluctuations of the dollar.

Read the story and learn the humorous history of the "dollarydoo."

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