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30 May 2007

Man arrested, cuffed after using $2 bills Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."

post by: StickyCarpet at: 12:09 | 12 comments

Here's the post about this from the blue.

posted by fallenposters 30 May | 12:23

For god's sake!

posted by Specklet 30 May | 12:37

Didn't this happen two years ago?

posted by malaprohibita 30 May | 12:50

For some reason, the first time I saw this, I read that a man was cuffed using $2 bills. And I was like, wow!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 May | 13:20

Barney Fife lives on!

posted by ericb 30 May | 13:51

Man, I wish digg would check their stories for timeliness, and metafilter doubles.

I often ask at the bank if they have any twos. Usually they have a couple. One time the teller looked kind of said and gave me like twenty that she'd been hoarding in her cash drawer. Another time they had a wad of silver certificate twos that some old lady had just brought in. People seem to enjoy getting them as a tip.

posted by StickyCarpet 30 May | 14:24

2 dollar bill dude needs to get out of the pre-9/11 mindset. God damn sushi-eatin' mothafucker.

posted by Hellbient 30 May | 14:39

2005 is the date of origin, according to snopes.

posted by plinth 30 May | 15:39

Speaking of legal currency, the Feds are mighty pissed at 20th Century Fox and The Franklin Mint!

posted by ericb 30 May | 16:11

I have a handful of $2 bills--my grandpa used get them in an attempt to be eccentric. I should take 'em around town seeing if I can get myself in trouble.

posted by mullacc 30 May | 16:17

Did the MetaChat database crash, or what?

posted by stilicho 30 May | 16:23

Heh, you should see when that damn vending machine wouldn't accept my trillion-dollar bill.

Come on, it's legal tender!

posted by qvantamon 30 May | 21:48

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