# Created way to send $20 to a friend **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948 "2007-10-08T16:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/1 "2007-10-08T16:18:38Z")
I’m an Okie, my best friend is a Texan. For close to 20 years now we’ve bet a $20 fun bet on the Oklahoma - Texas game. The agreement is simple; we use the line from the USAToday on the Friday before the game. Oklahoma won the game, but didn’t cover the spread so I owe him $20.00. One of the joys has always been sending it in new an creative ways. for example; one year the loser sent to the winner… the money divided as $5.00 ‘gifts’ to his wife and kids cut into pieces and mailed individually in a tiny little baggie with white powder (during the anthrax scare) covered in duct tape folded into origami that the winner didn’t already know, and then heat laminated (we both have done dollar bill origami). When we lived closer together it was paid in pennies. You get the idea. So, I’m looking for creative ways to send him the $$ but I don’t want it to cost more than the bet. Oh, I just remembered one more; one that unexpectedly turned into a gold mine was when the bet was paid by check. Anytime we get together the check comes out and is shown to all interested parties. Much shit giving ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/2 "2007-10-08T16:22:53Z")
Get 10 Susan B. Anthony dollars from the bank. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/3 "2007-10-08T16:23:08Z")
Viagra Coupons? $20 donation in his name to NAMBLA? 20 dollar coins soldered into an “O” ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/4 "2007-10-08T16:23:12Z")
Convert to foreign currency. 10,000 baht or something equally obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/5 "2007-10-08T16:23:26Z")
Ten $2 bills? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/6 "2007-10-08T16:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Convert to foreign currency. 10,000 baht or something equally obscure. [/QUOTE] A colleague at work just suggested this too. I think I like this one; and it won’t be too expensive to implement. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/7 "2007-10-08T16:38:28Z")
Coupons clipped from the paper or wherever, totaling $20? (Cheating, perhaps.) I like the foreign currency one too. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/8 "2007-10-08T16:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] Ten $2 bills? [/QUOTE] I like it, but not devious enough. Personally I like to send it in a way that it’s difficult (but not impossible) to spend. Plus (not related to the $2 bills) I don’t mind being a little mean… I just don’t want to cross the line to ‘total asshole’. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/9 "2007-10-08T16:46:51Z")
_cough_ You could make a $20 donation in cash to the Oklahoma scholarship department. If you ask for a receipt and give his name, he could possibly claim it on his taxes for a deduction. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/10 "2007-10-08T16:48:22Z")
[QUOTE=Enright3] A colleague at work just suggested this too. I think I like this one; and it won’t be too expensive to implement. [/QUOTE] $20 is only about 630 baht at today’s exchange rate. I think, more creatively, use dollars from a currency that is also called “dollar”. The Hong Kong dollar for example - worth about 12c each. Send him HK$20, worth about $2.60, with a note saying “you didn’t specify which kind of dollar” (but make the remainer up in a second mailing, so you don’t dishonor the bet and look like a cheapskate). ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/11 "2007-10-08T17:17:04Z")
Wrap the money in plastic an embed it within some homemade Rice Krispie treats. They mail beautifully. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/12 "2007-10-08T17:33:52Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] $20 is only about 630 baht at today’s exchange rate. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I was really just pulling a number and currency out of the air, I’m pretty sure there are some out there with unreal exchange rates. \>1000/1 Another thought I had was to get 20 of the dollar coins and cast them into a paperweight, but a little quick research revealed that the cost of the casting resin is prohibitive. Another thought would be to glue the coins to a board and then apply enough coats of polyurethane to it to make a nice plaque. Or even a crisp new 20, but I don’t know that it could be recovered to be spent. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/13 "2007-10-08T17:44:31Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Another thought would be to glue the coins to a board and then apply enough coats of polyurethane to it to make a nice plaque. [/QUOTE] I like that one - you could add a nice OU sticker for looks. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/14 "2007-10-08T17:57:36Z")
Nice twist with the OU sticker. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/15 "2007-10-08T18:08:00Z")
All crisp new one dollar bills with [WHERE’S GEORGE](http://www.wheresgeorge.com) stamped on them. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/16 "2007-10-08T18:28:29Z")
According to this [site](http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic) the Jamaican dollar is running about 70 $J to the US dollar. So, $20 US comes to $J 1400. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/17 "2007-10-08T18:55:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Get 10 Susan B. Anthony dollars from the bank. No matter how many times I count, this only comes out to $10. [QUOTE=OtakuLoki] According to this [site](http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic) the Jamaican dollar is running about 70 $J to the US dollar. So, $20 US comes to $J 1400. 😃 [/QUOTE] Small change. There are more than 9,000 Indonesian Rupiah to the US Dollar. US$20 = 181,186 IDR. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/18 "2007-10-08T18:58:28Z")
Cut the $20 in half. Mail half acknowledge the debt but telling him that money is tight so you can only afford to send him half of it right now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/19 "2007-10-08T19:06:34Z")
Get an obsolete currency, if you can find one. Pre-Euro Italian lire, for example. ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948/20 "2007-10-08T19:15:13Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] The Hong Kong dollar for example - worth about 12c each. Send him HK$20, worth about $2.60, with a note saying “you didn’t specify which kind of dollar” (but make the remainer up in a second mailing, so you don’t dishonor the bet and look like a cheapskate). [/QUOTE] In that case, you might as well send Canadian dollars. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/created-way-to-send-20-to-a-friend/421948.md?page=2)