The entire world has been saddened by the news of Leonard Nimoy's recent death, from his "Star Trek" co-stars to a wide range of celebrities of all kinds; however, nobody took it more to heart than America's northern neighbor, as they create Spock Canadian bills!
Just about everyone in the globe has been bored enough to decide to doodle on a bill, but nothing has come close to the new Spock Canadian bill trend, when millions of the country's people have taken to their currency to honor the man who played Mr. Spock over the course of decades.
According to QZ, while there's a new wave in the trend to Spock Canadian bills, it's actually a long-standing tradition in the country to etch the hair and eyebrows on the face of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh prime minister of the country, the face of the $5 note.
CNN reports that the new wave to Spock Canadian bills came at the hand of artistic community Canadian Design Resource, as they posted a picture of a "Spocked" bill on their Twitter page and called on their followers to do the same.
"Spock your $5 bills for Leonard Nimoy," they posted on the social media site.
It seems like the citizens took the advice, and they renewed the long-standing tradition to Spock Canadian bills, something that's so common in the country that it actually has its own term: Spocking fives.
In the last few days, Spocking fives has become so common that ultimately the Bank of Canada had to speak out, as many wondered whether the defacing of the bank notes was legal at all. The bank stated that, while it was perfectly legal to mark on the bills, it was deemed inappropriate.
"The Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on banknotes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride," said Josianne Menard, a spokesperson from the Bank of Canada, about the Spock Canadian bills campaign, according to Time Magazine.
