Canada’s central bank is urging citizens to stop defacing their $5 notes in a tribute to deceased actor Leonard Nimoy.
In a trend dubbed “Spocking,” Canadians have taken to drawing pointy ears and tiled brows on top of Canada’s seventh prime minister, Sir. Wilfrid Laurier, to make him look like Mr. Spock, the half-Vulcan, half-human Star Trek character made famous by Nimoy.
The “Spocking” trend has lead to Twitter hashtags #Spocking and #Spockingfives along with pictures of people’s various designs.
#SpockingFives my new hobby, sorry Bank of Canada pic.twitter.com/urK9rxQvlK
— Gardner Westbound (@GWestbound) March 4, 2015
source: [usatoday]