October 28, 2003

New $20 Bill

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the $53 million bucks the Department of Current Currency was shelling out to educate us all about the brand new 20-dollar bill. I got my first new $20 bill today. The advertising works:

Scene: Front seat of VW Beetle, stopped at red light.
Me (pulling new $20 bill out of pocket): Take a look at this!
Wife (taking new $20 bill in her hand): Thanks.
Me (watching wife put $20 bill in pocket): You're welcome.
Wife: Light's green.

Posted by Bill at October 28, 2003 07:18 PM
Comments

20 bucks is 20 bucks, new currency or not. How could the government not have figured that out?

Posted by: TW at October 28, 2003 07:41 PM

Can I see one of those, Billy?

Posted by: Kathy Howe at October 28, 2003 10:09 PM

I got a peach 20 this week too with the same maneuver. See page 14 of the Ladies Handbook, subtitled He Won't Even Know What Hit Him.

Posted by: Suzette at October 29, 2003 08:23 AM

Wish I'd thought of that when we swopped over to the euro.

Posted by: Anji at November 1, 2003 04:43 AM

Smooooooottthhhhhh move!

Posted by: kathy at November 1, 2003 12:47 PM