$2 Bills
Ready for a shocker? If Zoomdoggle had an awards show, the trophy for the most fun currency would have to go to $2 Bills, not the Boner Bill, not the Money Face, not Lucky Pennies, not a lot of things. Why? Nothing else gets quite the attention, causes quite the stir, or excites in quite the same way as the classic two-spot. Next time you make a withdraw, ask for it in twos. The face value might only be 200 cents, but the joy you bring others is priceless (especially when used in multiples, or given as tip).
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
my grandfather always gave us $2 – It would defs bring back good memories to get as change!
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Son of a bitch. I’ve been doing this forever… if I only had a blog to publicize it on! CURSES!
But yeah, its very cool to tip at the bar with 2′s because it looks like a 1, but its twice as much. Zing.
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Qu33 you DO have a blog you can publicize things on. THIS BLOG. Zoomdoggle is your too. Next time you’re up to something fun or have a fun idea, snap a picture or two, send it my way, and we’ll see what we can’t do. Get at me dawg, fo’ real.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
My great grandfather used to randomly give me $2 bills when I was a kid and I saved them all. I still keep them in the ring drawer of my jewelry box.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:06 am
I once found myself stuck in a mall food court with only a $50 and a $2 bill. Fearing my $50 wouldn’t be accepted at a fast food joint, I decided to go to Taco Bell for a cheap burrito.
When it came time to pay, the perplexed cashier asked if I had any other currency. “It’s either the two or a fifty”, I explained. He furrowed his brow a bit more then went to get his manager. As a kid, I had a neighbor that would always stuff my birthday cards with $2 bills, so I guess I assumed everyone else had seen them too. The cashier was young, so I assumed his manager would just quickly clarify the situation and I’d get my burrito.
Instead, the manager came out with my bill in his hand and said “Sir, I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”
“What?!” I responded. “Why?”
“Oh, I think you know why…” He said as he displayed the crisp two dollar bill on the counter.
“No, really… I don’t.”
“Sir, if you don’t leave, I’m going to have to call the police.”
“Oh this is great. Please do!”
Five minutes later, a police officer arrived and asked what was the problem.
“This gentlemen is trying to pay with a counterfeit bill” the manager told him.
The officer inspected the currency closely.
“Why would anyone counterfeit a two dollar bill” he asked the manager.
“Exactly” he quickly replied, before studying the officers expression and realizing he must of misunderstood the question and asking “They don’t make two dollar bills, do they?”
After all that hassle, the manager apologized and I got my burrito for free. This all happened to me in Cool Springs Galleria in 1991. Ever since then, I’ve always tried to have a couple $2 bills with me in hopes of procuring free foods.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I think strip clubs are more responsible than anyone else for keeping $2 bills in circulation.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:25 am
I got one, framed it immediately and now it is hanging on my wall alongside a $20 bill from 1954 that lacks ‘in god we trust’ in the back(I guess they did not trust God back then.) I cannot bring myself to spend either of them.
April 7th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Here in houston a junk yard is known for paying in $2 bills. I guess it’s not like a big thing here :/