Just Say No to Purple Five-Dollar Bills

Poe.com ^ | April 2, 2008 | Richard Lawrence Poe

[Blue Highway]

maybe a ploy to usher in new found support for the amero

[penowa]

Looks like “funny money.” Actually, quite appropriate under the present circumstances.

[wallcrawlr]

you must have alot of extra time to create so many fancy links

[MtnClimber]

It must be the gay bill. The IsukEuro.

[centurion316]

You clearly have too much time on your hands. Get a hobby or call Eliot Spitzer and get some telephone numbers for a few of his “companions”

[Ezekiel]

What’s the problem... it *is* play money. Art imitates life.

[mysterio]

The government is printing money at a breakneck pace. Who cares if a couple counterfeiters do the same? Be like Uncle Sam and fire up those printers!

[The_Reader_David]

Probably a supporter of one of K-State’s sports rivals (or Northwestern’s rivals).

Purple $5’s are popular here in Manhattan, KS, and probably in Evanston, IL as well.

[al baby]

Barney Bucks

[Ronin]

Someone needs to chill out. I’ve seen the new $5 bill and it doesn’t look that bad. You should see some of the currencies is use around the world.

It make sense to use different sizes and colors for different bills. It makes it a lot easier for people to handle them in a hurry, helps prevent counterfeiting, and makes it a lot less likely you are going to hand someone the wrong bill when you’re drunk.

The author of this thing needs to step away from the straight vodka, stop worrying about the purity of his natural bodily fluids, and get a grip.

[vox_freedom]

Barney Bucks

Barney is as queer as a new five dollar bill.

[Hunble]

I want something as fancy as Mexican money. I love the clear plastic "windows" in their paper money and the use of two metals in their coins.

Why are American dollars so butt ugly?

[Vermont Lt]

My God, what would they have said if it were red instead of purple?

[blam]

[elkfersupper]

Until a $5 dollar bill buys more than a gallon of fuel, a gallon of milk, or a pack of cigarettes, I don’t give a crap what it looks like.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

We've had purple $10 bills for decades in Canada. And blue $5 bills, green $20s, etc. Wouldn't have it any other way.

[vox_freedom]

I’ve seen the new $5 bill and it doesn’t look that bad. You should see some of the currencies is use around the world.

So you want US currency to look like other countries funny money?

[BunnySlippers]

I wont one ...

[FReepaholic]

My question is: when they dump all these new bills into circulation do they remove an equal number of old bills? If not then doesn’t that cause inflation?