The Reagan Forty Dollar Bill - it's about time

[Eye-In-TiPi]

The U.S. Treasury announced today that they have begun printing the new forty dollar bill with Ronald Reagan on the front.
story here: www.treas.gov/topics/currency/Reagan40.html (www.treas.gov/topics/currency/index.html)

I'm so happy to hear this! I've thought they should do this for years now. It's perfect. You can't buy anything for less than $40 anymore anyway. It's also good for morale. saying "I just spent $200 filling up my SUV" is just too negative. It sounds better to say "I just filled up my SUV, and it only cost 5 Reagans!" The treasury elaborated by saying that it would issue the bills directly to domestic petroleum giants, since they already have most of our money anyway and the 'trickle down' effect should get the money back to U.S. citizens quickly enough. This is the best thing the Bush Administration has done since...since... This is the best thing the Bush Administration has ever done!



April Fools!

[Rajah]

:highfive:

[Titania]

I will believe this on April second.

[MadamI'madaM]

Dammit, I thought I was going to have a reason to Reagan bash all day.

[outmywindow]

If it wasn't April 1st and I was queen of the world -- or really just the US Treasury -- I'd give everyone what they really want: a $25 bill. Why the hell do we have 25 cent pieces, but 20 dollar bills?* Base 100 monetary system, people! I've spaced out and accidentally tried to underpay things so many times, counting out four $20s and thinking I'm giving the person $100.

Or maybe instead of a $25 bill, I just need to be less retarded.

*Rhetorical. No currency buffs need answer.

[Nighthawk]

Great ... now I can overtip $40 when I'm drunk.

[eyebyte_atWork]

That will cost you two Reagans.... does not seem to roll off the tongue all that easily.

"It's all about the Reagans".

[outmywindow]

That will cost you two Reagans.... does not seem to roll off the tongue all that easily.

Are you implying that you regularly say the phrase "That'll cost you four Jacksons?" ...Or "eight Hamiltons?" Or "sixteen Lincolns?" Or "eighty Washingtons?"



Or "two Jacksons, three Hamiltons, a Lincoln, and five Washingtons?"

How about "one and three-fifths Grants?" "Four-fifths of a Franklin?"

[eyebyte_atWork]

Are you implying that you regularly say the phrase "That'll cost you four Jacksons?" ...Or "eight Hamiltons?" Or "sixteen Lincolns?" Or "eighty Washingtons?"



Or "two Jacksons, three Hamiltons, a Lincoln, and five Washingtons?"

How about "one and three-fifths Grants?" "Four-fifths of a Franklin?"


Oddly enough....

of course I am going to stop now... shit you made it sound all weird and shit.

[Oso Mocoso]

Or "two Jacksons, three Hamiltons, a Lincoln, and five Washingtons?"

How about "one and three-fifths Grants?" "Four-fifths of a Franklin?"


Welcome to Nerdsville ....






wait for it ...








... population: you.

I love it, but sometimes you worry me.

[outmywindow]

Welcome to Nerdsville ....



*excited*




wait for it ...




*more excited*




... population: you.

Aww, letdown.


I love it, but sometimes you worry me.
And I probably had more fun than I should admit coming up with those denominations, especially when I ventured into fractional Grant territory.

[dunee]

Tsk, OMW, how could you forget the Jefferson, the original odd denomination out? :dont:

[Anonymous]

I wonder how many Reagans it would cost to purchase a flying penguin (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml)?

[demagogic_schizoid]

The U.S. Treasury announced today that they have begun printing the new forty dollar bill with Ronald Reagan on the front.
story here: www.treas.gov/topics/currency/Reagan40.html (www.treas.gov/topics/currency/index.html)

I'm so happy to hear this! I've thought they should do this for years now. It's perfect. You can't buy anything for less than $40 anymore anyway. It's also good for morale. saying "I just spent $200 filling up my SUV" is just too negative. It sounds better to say "I just filled up my SUV, and it only cost 5 Reagans!" The treasury elaborated by saying that it would issue the bills directly to domestic petroleum giants, since they already have most of our money anyway and the 'trickle down' effect should get the money back to U.S. citizens quickly enough. This is the best thing the Bush Administration has done since...since... This is the best thing the Bush Administration has ever done!



April Fools!


lol

it was a good rant actually.

[outmywindow]

Tsk, OMW, how could you forget the Jefferson, the original odd denomination out? :dont:
What, you mean the Monopoly Money of legal tender? The only thing less real is the Sacagawea dollar, which feels like an arcade token.

The Susan B Anthony dollar, however, is the highly skilled assassin ninja spy of the US money world, what with her ability to hide effortlessly in a pile of quarters.

[Denzien]

Are you implying that you regularly say the phrase "That'll cost you four Jacksons?" ...Or "eight Hamiltons?" Or "sixteen Lincolns?" Or "eighty Washingtons?"



Or "two Jacksons, three Hamiltons, a Lincoln, and five Washingtons?"

How about "one and three-fifths Grants?" "Four-fifths of a Franklin?"

At the RenFaire, I would say "eighty Sacagaweas".

[outmywindow]

At the RenFaire, I would say "eighty Sacagaweas".
I was sticking with paper money. Please see my critique of the Sacagawea dollar above.

And what does Sacagawea have to do with the Italian Renaissance anyway? And what does the Italian Renaissance have to do with England in the early 1300s, which is what most Renn Faires are trying to emulate. And what does England in the early 1300s have to do with the horrible bastardized monstrosity of history, culture, language, fashion, social roles, and one pound turkey legs ('New World Food' alert!) that our modern Renn Faires are?

And what do Renn Faires have to do with the Reagan $40 bill?

[thod]

Time to get rid of the penny? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/31/080331fa_fact_owen?currentPage=1

[Rajah]

"Four-fifths of a Franklin?"Who the hell calls it a Franklin? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REycCu49Vvk)

[rawr]

If only it was real :(

[outmywindow]

Who the hell calls it a Franklin? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REycCu49Vvk)
Answer 1: I had to stick with the preexisting pattern of identifying presidents by their last names, as suddenly changing may incorrectly cause people to think I was referring to a piece of United States currency featuring the likeness of a nonexistent President Benjamin. Also, simply using the president's first name, the opportunity for confusion is increased. In this case, one may expect a dollar bill commemorating our 23rd president, Mr. Benjamin Harrison.

Answer 2: Only the really hopeless nerds.

[Rajah]

Answer 2: Only the really hopeless nerds.I'd stick with that one.

:devil:


Also, simply using the president's first name, *cough*Franklin wasn't a president*cough*


:devil: x 2

[Oso Mocoso]

In this case, one may expect a dollar bill commemorating our 23rd president, Mr. Benjamin Harrison.

No.


Answer 2: Only the really hopeless nerds.

What-? How? ZOMG!

You've ... somehow ... outnerded yourself!

[Noses]

*cough*Franklin wasn't a president*cough*


:devil: x 2

Nor was Alexander Hamilton.

Why? Because tradition sucks.

[outmywindow]

I'd stick with that one.

:devil:

*cough*Franklin wasn't a president*cough*


:devil: x 2
Aw fuck. I fail.

In which case, um, I didn't want people to think I was talking about... Shit, there are no other signers of the Constitution whose first name is Benjamin! Okay, uh, I didn't want people to think it was Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California from 1899-1919. Yeah, that's it. *shifty eyed*

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Wheeler_portrait.jpg/180px-Wheeler_portrait.jpg Does Not Equal http://www.facade.com/celebrity/photo/Benjamin_Franklin.jpg

How would you like a nice Rolexx? Only ten bucks, 20k gold!

[Mad Rabbit]

Only a bunch of uber-nerds would turn a lame April Fool's joke into a real discussion.

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Shut The Fuck Up.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Only a bunch of uber-nerds would turn a lame April Fool's joke into a real discussion.

Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Shut The Fuck Up.

Who/what is Mad Rabbit? 8 posts, all in the month of April in '07 & now in '08. hmmm... sock puppet?

I still think the Reagan would be great. I say we petition the U.S. Treasury to really start making the Reagan. Who's with me?!? The time for action is now.

[Mad Rabbit]

Who/what is Mad Rabbit? 8 posts, all in the month of April in '07 & now in '08. hmmm... sock puppet?

I still think the Reagan would be great. I say we petition the U.S. Treasury to really start making the Reagan. Who's with me?!? The time for action is now.

Take your TP, shove it in your mouth, and Shut The Fuck Up.

[outmywindow]

Take your TP, shove it in your mouth, and Shut The Fuck Up.
Mad Rabbit's just pissed that he can't post links.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Hell, mad rabbit this Is my thread. i'm nOt gonna shut My mouth. Where do you get off?

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Mad Rabbit's just pissed that he can't post links.

Yeah, but somehow he can change his banner. I can't do that for another 300 or so posts. 'sup with that?

[s0978]

Take your TP, shove it in your mouth, and Shut The Fuck Up.

hehe. Lurker, is that you?

[Mad Rabbit]

Mad Rabbit's just pissed that he can't post links.

I have a song for you (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?p=856804#post856804).


Hell, mad rabbit this Is my thread. i'm nOt gonna shut My mouth. Where do you get off?

By telling you to Shut The Fuck Up.

[Mad Rabbit]

hehe. Lurker, is that you?

Regret you gave up the Power & the Glory?

Shut The Fuck Up.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

I have a song for you (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?p=856804#post856804).



By telling you to Shut The Fuck Up.

Mad Rabbit, you're derailing my very serious thread and it hurts my feelings when you tell me to STFU. I might cry if I have to read that one more time. Now back to Reagan...
Think we should have a famous quote of his on the back of the bill? "Mr. Gorbachev, you're tearing down my wall!" ...or something like that.

[s0978]

Regret you gave up the Power & the Glory?

Shut The Fuck Up.

*cries*

I midwifed you, little bunny!


Now, you go catch some spammers and shut the fuck up.

[outmywindow]

Why was a message to me embedded into one of your posts, TP?

I feel so ...John Nash all of a sudden.

[Delilah]

Take your TP, shove it in your mouth, and Shut The Fuck Up.

I love this fucking bunny! Can I get one for personal use?

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Why was a message to me embedded into one of your posts, TP?

I feel so ...John Nash all of a sudden.

Because you have a beautiful mind... and a sock on your hand!

[Oso Mocoso]

I love this fucking bunny! Can I get one for personal use?

You've already got The Voice of the People. Just use that. And yes, I too adore the bunny. Especially when it told Blackmail! to shut the fuck up. Too bad he'll never listen.

[Delilah]

You've already got The Voice of the People. Just use that. And yes, I too adore the bunny. Especially when it told Blackmail! to shut the fuck up. Too bad he'll never listen.

Never used VOP, I don't mind saying stupid shit and having people know I said it. But there is something about that bunny, I picture it sitting on my desk cursing like it has tourettes and gnawing the faces off of everyone who comes near, and of course humping my leg now and then...........

[eyebyte_atWork]

That mad rabbit seemed a little familiar.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Never used VOP, I don't mind saying stupid shit and having people know I said it. But there is something about that bunny, I picture it sitting on my desk cursing like it has tourettes and gnawing the faces off of everyone who comes near, and of course humping my leg now and then...........

Yeah. I thought it was something like that. Seems like you're not too shy to speak your mind w/o a puppet. My coworkers always think I'm weird when I try that. It's fun, but they always make me pee in a cup right after. Great idea for a desk decoration. Voice activated STFU's would be a wonderful thing to have around.


no encoded messages. don't drive yourself nuts looking for one.

[outmywindow]

Because you have a beautiful mind... and a sock on your hand!
Nope, not me. I've never used either sock. When I get so frustrated that I yell at people viciously enough to cause them to never post again, despite the fact that they haven't been banned at all, I use my own voice.

Doesn't happen too often, but ooooh it feels good when it does.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Nope, not me. I've never used either sock. When I get so frustrated that I yell at people viciously enough to cause them to never post again, despite the fact that they haven't been banned at all, I use my own voice.

Doesn't happen too often, but ooooh it feels good when it does.

Yeah, I remember being witness to one of those incidents. We won't mention any names *ahem* Kathara
Either sock? There's another rabbit? Or were you referring to VOTP? I stumbled across the VOTP thread a while back and it felt like I had just found my daddy's car keys. I was almost tempted to take them out of the drawer and take his car for a joy ride. Maybe I will one of these days.

[Delilah]

Yeah. I thought it was something like that. Seems like you're not too shy to speak your mind w/o a puppet. My coworkers always think I'm weird when I try that. It's fun, but they always make me pee in a cup right after.

Doing it IRL is one of my favorite things, and with the right expression and tone people think it's a joke, which is a win win, I get to tell them what I feel and they laugh and walk away wondering if I was serious.
Case in point, we had a work Christmas party a few months back which I declined, so in the few days prior several of my coworkers found out I woould not be attending, they were very disappointed, and asked me why I wasn't going, I replied very seriously, looking them in the eyes, "There is no way I would hang out with you people if I wasn't getting paid for it" there was much nervous laughter and looks of surprise, I grinned slightly and walked away.
So, they think I am funny and I get to say whatever I want to them, and I do.:devil:

[Mad Rabbit]

*cries*

I midwifed you, little bunny!


Now, you go catch some spammers and shut the fuck up.

SHUT


I love this fucking bunny! Can I get one for personal use?

THE


You've already got The Voice of the People. Just use that. And yes, I too adore the bunny. Especially when it told Blackmail! to shut the fuck up. Too bad he'll never listen.

FUCK


That mad rabbit seemed a little familiar.

UP!

[Delilah]

SHUT



THE



FUCK



UP!

Ooooh, I just want to hug you and kiss you and name you Mad George! :wub:

[Mad Rabbit]

Ooooh, I just want to hug you and kiss you and name you Mad George! :wub:

What part about Shutting The Fuck Up do you not understand?

Shut The Fuck Up.

[Delilah]

What part about Shutting The Fuck Up do you not understand?

Shut The Fuck Up.

Say it again. :wub:

[stopharian]

Ooooh, I just want to hug you and kiss you and name you Mad George! :wub:

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[Yozuki]

Normally the only time I mess up on money is when dealing with ones. I have quite a few on me at any given time from all the fives I spend on Energy Drinks. If a forty dollar bill was made, I imagine it would get widespread attention through the media, and then through people.

As much as I enjoyed the idea of throwing around two dollar bills, when it came time to do it, I didn't get the surprised reactions I thought I would.

I prefer my debit card.

[matthew0028]

Normally the only time I mess up on money is when dealing with ones. I have quite a few on me at any given time from all the fives I spend on Energy Drinks. If a forty dollar bill was made, I imagine it would get widespread attention through the media, and then through people.

As much as I enjoyed the idea of throwing around two dollar bills, when it came time to do it, I didn't get the surprised reactions I thought I would.

I prefer my debit card.

I'd say I get surprised reactions about 20% of the time with $2.00 bills. It's my own little bit of fun with the world, I guess. Oh yes, and the Wal-Mart self-serve machines do in fact take $2.00 bills; I've checked.

Plus, they're not exactly inconvenient. Especially since snack/pop machines these days take dollar coins, so I'm all set there.

Besides, it's fun having totals come up to $3.50, and then handing them a two, a dollar coin, and a half dollar.

...or perhaps I'm just easily amused.