Wikipedia is full of useful information

This morning, triadruid and I stopped for a bite of breakfast at the friendly neighborhood Burger King. He kindly offered to sponsor the biscuits, and pulled a $10 bill out of his wallet.

Now, it is our custom to make an offering of meme-corruption to our various deities when we pay for things in cash, by crossing out the word 'God' in the motto on the bill and replacing it with the name of some god in particular. This seems to us more fair. After all, we trust in a lot of gods, even some that by practical standards, you shouldn't trust any farther than you can throw them. But this is the nature of our faith, that we do, in fact, trust in them to hold to their own various natures, which we respect.

But lo, the ten of this morning was an atheist ten. It did not feature the usual motto at all, and we were briefly perplexed about this, until such time as the man in the window demanded the coin of the realm from us in return for our morning protein and grease. We handed it over, and change was made, and we were sent off into the world to wonder, "Did we just pass counterfeit money?"

So, as usual, Wikipedia provides the answer. As it turns out, series 1950 ten dollar bills did not carry the "In God We Trust" motto, and also had an alteration in the wording that tells you on most bills simply that the bill is legal tender, in which it promised that the bearer would be paid ten dollars in real money upon presentation of the bill to the proper authorities. The motto was added and the reference to real money was deleted in 1963. So it was entirely possible that the bill was real, since it did contain the more ornate language about legal tender. The treasury department (I looked this up, too) estimates that the average useful life of a ten dollar bill is about 18 months, after which it becomes too decrepit for use and is replaced. So this would have been a bill that someone had held onto for quite some time without passing it from hand to hand. So that's fun.

So remember, kids, keep a small stash of cash under your mattress for years at a time. You might need it some day, and, if nothing else, you'll confuse some poor bastards when you eventually do spend it, and what's more fun than that?

Wikipedia is full of useful information

This morning, triadruid and I stopped for a bite of breakfast at the friendly neighborhood Burger King. He kindly offered to sponsor the biscuits, and pulled a $10 bill out of his wallet.

Now, it is our custom to make an offering of meme-corruption to our various deities when we pay for things in cash, by crossing out the word 'God' in the motto on the bill and replacing it with the name of some god in particular. This seems to us more fair. After all, we trust in a lot of gods, even some that by practical standards, you shouldn't trust any farther than you can throw them. But this is the nature of our faith, that we do, in fact, trust in them to hold to their own various natures, which we respect.

But lo, the ten of this morning was an atheist ten. It did not feature the usual motto at all, and we were briefly perplexed about this, until such time as the man in the window demanded the coin of the realm from us in return for our morning protein and grease. We handed it over, and change was made, and we were sent off into the world to wonder, "Did we just pass counterfeit money?"

So, as usual, Wikipedia provides the answer. As it turns out, series 1950 ten dollar bills did not carry the "In God We Trust" motto, and also had an alteration in the wording that tells you on most bills simply that the bill is legal tender, in which it promised that the bearer would be paid ten dollars in real money upon presentation of the bill to the proper authorities. The motto was added and the reference to real money was deleted in 1963. So it was entirely possible that the bill was real, since it did contain the more ornate language about legal tender. The treasury department (I looked this up, too) estimates that the average useful life of a ten dollar bill is about 18 months, after which it becomes too decrepit for use and is replaced. So this would have been a bill that someone had held onto for quite some time without passing it from hand to hand. So that's fun.

So remember, kids, keep a small stash of cash under your mattress for years at a time. You might need it some day, and, if nothing else, you'll confuse some poor bastards when you eventually do spend it, and what's more fun than that?

This cracked me the eff up

I died in the Dungeon of Featherynscale

I was killed in a candlelit burial chamber by Nfin8ndefn8 the giant spider, whilst carrying...

the Axe of Pirates, the Shield of Wolfshaman, the Shield of Sannion, the Amulet of Capriciouslass, a Figurine of Triadruid, a Figurine of Wolfieboy, the Sceptre of Ravynnfyr, the Sword of Drummel, a Figurine of Cynthiaweb, the Axe of Seantaclaus, the Wand of Honey and 151 gold pieces.

Score: 175

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Somewhere in here, wooden signs warned of not breeding, I heard the sound of meaningless debates in the distance, and bones were arrayed in the shape of game theory. :)

This cracked me the eff up

I died in the Dungeon of Featherynscale

I was killed in a candlelit burial chamber by Nfin8ndefn8 the giant spider, whilst carrying...

the Axe of Pirates, the Shield of Wolfshaman, the Shield of Sannion, the Amulet of Capriciouslass, a Figurine of Triadruid, a Figurine of Wolfieboy, the Sceptre of Ravynnfyr, the Sword of Drummel, a Figurine of Cynthiaweb, the Axe of Seantaclaus, the Wand of Honey and 151 gold pieces.

Score: 175

Explore the Dungeon of Featherynscale and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Somewhere in here, wooden signs warned of not breeding, I heard the sound of meaningless debates in the distance, and bones were arrayed in the shape of game theory. :)