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[-] bamboo 57 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fun fact, it's not counterfeiting if the denomination doesn't exist, so the charge would be theft by deception. In the early 2000s, there were several cases of people using a $200 bill and getting change back on their purchases, and not able to be charged with counterfeiting.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6491668

https://www.deseret.com/2001/2/1/19566991/phony-200-bill-with-bush-picture-used-in-kentucky/

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 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.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago
[-] bamboo 12 points 11 months ago

Apparently both George Bushs despised broccoli so much, there's a whole Wikipedia page about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush_broccoli_comments

[-] Denvil@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago

Raw broccoli is fine in my book, but the second it's cooked it's dead to me. And no don't say to add cheese, imo that makes it 100x worse D:

[-] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

That just means you ate poorly cooked broccoli. Roasting at high heat is the best way to eat broccoli. Cut to increase surface area. Add some salt and oil before roasting, wait until it’s dark brown, and squeeze lemon juice on top in the end. Much, much better than raw broccoli. No need to thank me.

[-] Denvil@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

I swear to god if one more motherfucker tells me I just haven't had it right I'm going to launch a crusade against humanity as a whole

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I hear the best way to crusade against humanity as a whole is also to roast it at high heat

[-] Novi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

After cutting it to increase surface area...

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That quote is art.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've seen those Bush bills. I had one where he was visibly beaten up and the seal with the country name instead said "The Embarrassed States of America."

The only way I could see someone actually accepting those bills is if they literally didn't even look at them because they were so obviously jokes.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah that sounds more like fraud (not saying it is because I have no idea, but it sounds like it would be fraud)

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