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To: Savant who wrote (4142)2/1/2001 11:46:35 PM
From: Apex  Read Replies (1) of 4201
 
oh and this one...just a little too funny

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Reuters

Thursday February 1 10:54 AM ET
Phony $200 Bill with Bush Picture Used in
Kentucky

DANVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Talk about funny
money.

Police in Kentucky are looking for a customer
who succeeded in paying for a $2 order at a
fast-food restaurant with a phony $200 bill featuring a picture of President
George W. Bush (news - web sites) and a depiction of the White House with
a lawn sign saying, ``We like broccoli.''

Authorities say the female cashier at a Dairy Queen in Danville even gave the
culprit $198 in real money as change.

``Essentially, the story is that somebody at a drive-in ordered some food and
passed a $200 novelty deal with George Bush on it,'' Danville Police
Detective Bob Williamson said.

``At a distance it looks like a real bill, it's got the green color,'' Williamson
said when asked how the cashier possibly could mistake it for genuine
money.

The cartoonish bill was accepted on Sunday evening by the Dairy Queen
cashier despite having Bush on one side and an oil well on the other. The
phony bill also depicted the White House lawn with yard signs reading ``U.S.
deserves a tax cut,'' ``No more scandals'' and ``We like broccoli,'' the last
apparently referring to Bush's father's admitted dislike for the vegetable.

No U.S. currency has a picture of Bush, let alone a reference to liking
broccoli.

Because there is no actual $200 currency, the culprit could face a charge of
theft by deception but not counterfeiting, Williamson said.
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