Sunday, January 08, 2006

Wanna see my new sheets?

From the Department of Highway Robb.......... errrr .......Engraving and Printing (is there really such a department?), comes a unique grift idea........... errrrr .......I mean gift idea - uncut sheets of fresh, crisp, new American greenbacks. Cost? A sheet of 30 will set you back $50. That's not a misprint.

That's right, you have to do the cutting, but they've just tacked on a 66% markup. OK, so what I want to know is - who is going to want a sheet of 30 uncut bills? It might be OK if you like going around flaunting your money all over the place, but come on - can you say "target"? I can see it now - stories of muggers going around and stealing poster tubes off of people all over the news. Imagine if that's how bills were actually dispensed? You get these sheets of 30 one dollar bills and it's up to you to find a way to store it on your person, then cut it up to use it. Could be fun though - if you were really unhappy with your service at the restaurant for example, you could wad the money up into a ball and throw it at the server. I wonder how sturdy paper money would be for making clothes? If you could do that, then when someone solicits you for a donation for something, you could give some cash and walk away knowing they're going to say things about you like, "that guy just gave me the shirt off his back".
Thanks to J-Walk.

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