[Cheburashka]

Security guy knows he is going to U.S. for a few days. He goes to a Moscow bank to change some rubles for American money.

When he gets to the U.S. he tries to use the the $100 bills the bank gave him, and finds out one ot the bills he was given is counterfeit. Half-wit bank teller back in Moscow doesn’t know real American money from counterfeit. Hell, I’ve known American bank tellers who can’t tell the difference.

Punchline of the story: people on Free Republic who are as dumb as the bank teller try to make this into a Communist Plot.

[knarf]

"Hell, I’ve known American bank tellers who can’t tell the difference."

I doubt that.

[listenhillary]

Why did they run away?

[jdub]

I might have agreed with you, except that he appears to have been paying close attention to the clerk, and when she found it to be fake, snatched it back and skedaddled. An innocent person would have been confused, and an innocent Russian probably wouldnt know about special pens to test high denomination currency.

If I was in a store and was told that my money was counterfeit, I don't think I would grab it and run away. Though once I had thought about it for a second, I would probably wish I had!!

[Dov in Houston]

Why did he grab it back and run away with it ? I guess he just thought he would put it in a savings account ?

He most likely knew what he was doing.