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July 13, 2010: $$$ Laundry
Laundering U.S. dollars, in Zimbabwe. 
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These $1 bills are essential currency in the African country and putting them through the washing machine is the only way to ensure they remain hygenic. Low denomination U.S. bank notes change hands until they fall apart, and the bills are routinely carried in underwear and shoes through crime-ridden slums. Some have become almost too smelly to handle, so Zimbabweans have taken to putting their $1 bills through a spin cycle and hanging them up to dry with clothes pins. It's the best solution - apart from rubber gloves or disinfectant wipes. |
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Cloud Tuesday Jul 13 12:14 AM
Wallets For Zimbabwe!
You can text your contribution to me.
monster Tuesday Jul 13 10:19 AM
That was really interesting, thanks 
Could someone please tell my kids that it isn't necessary for coins, though. Or rocks. Or dead worms....
Sheldonrs Tuesday Jul 13 10:28 AM
The story reminds me of when i worked at a text book store when I went to Rutgers U. A lot of students would pay for their books with tons of singles because they were working as waiters, waitresses, etc. One day, a lady came in to pick up her course books and handed me about 250.00 in singles. I asked her where she was waitressing, thinking she'd find it funny that I could guess her profession from the cash. WRONG! Not waitress, ...exotic dancer!
I washed my hands several times after she left.
Coign Tuesday Jul 13 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
The story reminds me of when i worked at a text book store when I went to Rutgers U. A lot of students would pay for their books with tons of singles because they were working as waiters, waitresses, etc. One day, a lady came in to pick up her course books and handed me about 250.00 in singles. I asked her where she was waitressing, thinking she'd find it funny that I could guess her profession from the cash. WRONG! Not waitress, ...exotic dancer!
I washed my hands several times after she left. |
This changes EVERYTHING!
Sheldonrs Tuesday Jul 13 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Coign
Wait. You are saying there actually is a stripper out there who is doing that to pay her way through college and she wasn't just lying to me?
This changes EVERYTHING! |
limey Tuesday Jul 13 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
That was really interesting, thanks
Could someone please tell my kids that it isn't necessary for coins, though. Or rocks. Or dead worms.... |
Gravdigr Tuesday Jul 13 02:10 PM
I've wished for a law, for long time now, that the people you give your money to at the fast food places can't be the same people who handle/prepare your food. Ever seen a kid ride up on his bike, go into Mickey D's, order a burger, and then reach down into his shoe (or worse) and hand the money to the teenager behind the counter?
Money is good, but, it's nasty.
tombstone Tuesday Jul 13 04:10 PM
According to the news, 90% of the one-dollar bills in Florida have cocaine on them. Might not be such a bad idea to start washing our bills here, too.
monster Tuesday Jul 13 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by tombstone
According to the news, 90% of the one-dollar bills in Florida have cocaine on them. Might not be such a bad idea to start washing our bills here, too.
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monster Tuesday Jul 13 04:51 PM
http://www.snopes.com/business/money/cocaine.asp
Sheldonrs Tuesday Jul 13 05:18 PM
Does this mean that large portions of our cocaine bears traces of money?
SPUCK Wednesday Jul 14 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
I've wished for a law, for long time now, that the people you give your money to at the fast food places can't be the same people who handle/prepare your food. Ever seen a kid ride up on his bike, go into Mickey D's, order a burger, and then reach down into his shoe (or worse) and hand the money to the teenager behind the counter?
Money is good, but, it's nasty. |
It is a law..
Gravdigr Thursday Jul 15 02:30 PM
Needs to be enforced then.
ZenGum Friday Jul 16 07:51 AM
Open your wallet. Take out a note. What do you reckon the odds are that that note has been in a stripper's G-string?
casimendocina Friday Jul 16 08:14 AM
Just a thought-would the Australian plasticky notes actually stay in a stripper's g-string? Despite being fully in favour of the advancement of knowledge and science, I'm not up for going to investigate this one. Anyone?
Gravdigr Friday Jul 16 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by casimendocina
Just a thought-would the Australian plasticky notes actually stay in a stripper's g-string? Despite being fully in favour of the advancement of knowledge and science, I'm not up for going to investigate this one. Anyone?
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ZenGum Saturday Jul 17 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
The story reminds me of when i worked at a text book store when I went to Rutgers U. A lot of students would pay for their books with tons of singles because they were working as waiters, waitresses, etc. One day, a lady came in to pick up her course books and handed me about 250.00 in singles. I asked her where she was waitressing, thinking she'd find it funny that I could guess her profession from the cash. WRONG! Not waitress, ...exotic dancer!
I washed my hands several times after she left. |
wolf Saturday Jul 17 11:34 AM
I handle a lot of other people's urine and sweat soaked money. If it's really bad I spray it with disinfectant that the label guarantees will kill HIV and H1N1. If I'm in a hurry I just put it in a plastic bag marked "use gloves" and let the secretary deal with it in the morning.
Gravdigr Saturday Jul 17 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wolf
...let the secretary deal with it...
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