Originally Posted by
mattkorey
Totally off the subject, but germaine to the last couple responses, exactly how much is a "quid"? I've heard that forever and never have known the answer. Is it a pound, a Euro, or just slang for whatever you want it to be? I've heard "quid" and "bob" and just know they are some kind of I assume, British, currency.
A quid is slang for GBP 1.00. Similarly, a grand, if that comes up, is slang for GBP 1,000.00. A bob is a pre-decimalised unit of currency (before my time!) but is sometimes used to describe 5p, i.e. GBP 0.05.
I imagine that if we joined the Euro "quid" would remain in use but change to describe EUR 1.00.
Neil