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Tainted money

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2009 11:46 AM

I would have put this in the no-purpose thread, but the line of conversation there is currently a bit somber. Anyway, I paid cash for my newspapers at 7-Eleven this morning. I gave the cashier a twenty and got back three ones, a five, and a ten, along with some coins. Both the five and the ten had been written on. The ten said, in big bold letters, "I HATE HOMOS." The five said, in somewhat smaller letters, "I LOVE JORGE POSADA!" Both sentiments are pretty offensive, but in different ways. I was eager to spend them both, so I ended up making a couple of cash purchases where I might otherwise have used credit cards. I decided to get rid of the ten first, and later I got rid of the five. In neither case did the cashier seem to notice the writing on the bills. But I felt weird spending them, as if I were endorsing the statements that were defacing the money.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 27 2009 11:58 AM Re: Tainted money

="Benjamin Grimm":223pr0i1] The ten said, in big bold letters, "I HATE HOMOS." [/quote:223pr0i1] If you add the phrase "AND HETEROS WHO LOVE JORGE POSADA," then it's something you can stand behind. Edgy DC May 27 2009 12:03 PM Yeah, I'd amend it --- or refute it --- before passing it on. Or sue 7-11. For... something. Benjamin Grimm May 27 2009 12:11 PM You're right; I should have amended 'em before I spended 'em. I could have changed HATE on the ten to RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF. And on the five, JORGE POSADA could have become OMIR SANTOS. If those bills come around again, I'll be sure to do that. Swan Swan H May 27 2009 12:20 PM Shouldn't that be Omir Santos, ROY? Nymr83 May 27 2009 12:23 PM i'm going to start writing "Lets go Mets, Yankees suck" on every bill to pass through my hands! post here if you come into contact with one of my bills! TheOldMole May 27 2009 12:37 PM Don't be so sure. Fernando Martinez could still beat him out. John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2009 12:50 PM ]i'm going to start writing "Lets go Mets, Yankees suck" on every bill to pass through my hands! post here if you come into contact with one of my bills! If I ever get my hands on some money, I will. metirish May 27 2009 02:52 PM Very strange , got to say that this made me laugh ]Both sentiments are pretty offensive, but in different ways. RealityChuck May 28 2009 09:38 AM ="TheOldMole":3aybj2n9]Don't be so sure. Fernando Martinez could still beat him out.[/quote:3aybj2n9]Not unless he gets his first hit -- and also remembers to run to first base. :)