Got up ridiculously early this morning (5am LA time) and decided I'd check my hotmail seeing as I had 20 mins to kill. So, in my sleepy eyed stupor, I put one of your silly green bills into the internet machine....and then wonder why its just giving me a an hour on the timer.
Turns out I put a $10 bill in, instead of the $1 bill I thought I had. Bo**ox!
And no, it doesn't do refunds. So, all you yankee doodle dandees, answer me this, WHY IS ALL YOUR MONEY THE SAME COLOUR???
Oh, and why do you persist with $1 bills. I keep thinking I'm really well off and then I realise I have a wallet full of them.
ps America is quite cool.
Oi Americans, why is all your money the same colour?
*LOL* - that is wierd - guess it is because it forces the population to look at the presidents so they don't forget them 
(j/k)
Well thankfully we have more colours on bills here in Denmark (not that I have any so I can give you an example) - the only thing to mistake here is a 1,2,5 kr. (different size) and a 10,20 d.kr (different size) but these are coins, and a 20 d.kr is about 2 us $
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(j/k)Well thankfully we have more colours on bills here in Denmark (not that I have any so I can give you an example) - the only thing to mistake here is a 1,2,5 kr. (different size) and a 10,20 d.kr (different size) but these are coins, and a 20 d.kr is about 2 us $
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Now usually, other peoples money is fascinating But I like the Aussie dollar, even if it isn't worth 2 cents american
But I like the Aussie dollar, even if it isn't worth 2 cents american Cartoon Law III
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Not sure why its all the same - I think they figure its just as expensive trying to stop counterfeiters as it is losing money that way.
But there is a *lot* you can do withh $1 bills. I mostly stuff them down women's g-strings.
But there is a *lot* you can do withh $1 bills. I mostly stuff them down women's g-strings.
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Hey, you knocking our beaches?Originally posted by vixen:
<STRONG><snip> At least it will break the monotony of the 'ooh thats a nice beach...and another!' photo show when I get home.</STRONG>
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Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
I am sure those pics of you on the beach are fantasticOriginally posted by vixen:
<STRONG>@Sleep- don't know yet- I am flying kangaroo air there in a couple of hours.
LA rocks though- did the tourist thing yesterday and I have lots of photos of celebrities handprints now. At least it will break the monotony of the 'ooh thats a nice beach...and another!' photo show when I get home.</STRONG>
So are there a lot of celebreties still stuck in conrete?
@Grunt, yo uare just so charming
I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility...And those Pink elephants I'd see.
LMAO! You could charge admission, kick the ass of Bette Midler, one dollar a bootOriginally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>So are there a lot of celebreties still stuck in conrete?</STRONG>
Then Gruntie would have something else to do with his money
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Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
I think at least five bucks for her, there'd still be a cue a mile longOriginally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>LOL
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Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
A cue bigger than her nose? Is that possible?Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>I'm thinking more like 10 miles
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Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its perimeter. Also called the silhouette of passage, this phenomenon is the speciality of victims of directed-pressure explosions and of reckless cowards who are so eager to escape that they exit directly through the wall of a house, leaving a cookie-cutout-perfect hole. The threat of skunks or matrimony often catalyzes this reaction.
Hello vixen, nice to see you!Originally posted by vixen:
<STRONG>And no, it doesn't do refunds. So, all you yankee doodle dandees, answer me this, WHY IS ALL YOUR MONEY THE SAME COLOUR???
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I have actually been wondering the same, so let's hope our hamburger friends can still our curiosity.
When I've been to the US (3 times, I think? Or 4?) I've been constantly staring at the bills every time I pay for something. With my totally deficit face memory, it doesn't matter there are different presidents on them
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In that case Ms Elegans, I'll swap all your Grants for an equal number of my Washingtons.
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Just to be helpful, I would like to point out that our pennies are a different color!Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>Hello vixen, nice to see you!
I have actually been wondering the same, so let's hope our hamburger friends can still our curiosity.
When I've been to the US (3 times, I think? Or 4?) I've been constantly staring at the bills every time I pay for something. With my totally deficit face memory, it doesn't matter there are different presidents on them
Also, I find it works better to look at the numbers on the bill rather than the faces. Most Americans don't even know who those guys are! But we all know the difference between a 1 and a 20!
That there; exactly the kinda diversion we coulda used.
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American culture is into lockstep uniformity in some respects. Our money is all green, and our street names are all generic things, like Oak, Main, 5th, Broad, etc. The French custom of naming streets after cultural avatars died a-borning in the early 19th century. Besides, whenever we do honor somebody on money or by naming means of transportation after them, it's invariably a politician, and industrialist, or a sports figure.
I'll lay odds now that Bill Gates gets his name on US money after he dies. Simply because he has so much of it, and America worships anybody who collects their favorite form of paper.
I'll lay odds now that Bill Gates gets his name on US money after he dies. Simply because he has so much of it, and America worships anybody who collects their favorite form of paper.
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