# I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm retarded! I'm retarded!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 10, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510 "2004-03-10T17:05:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 6

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510/101 "2004-03-12T13:37:59Z")

</div>

> [@Murcielago](#):
>
> Well, now she has [an explaination](http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0304/11fakebill.html). Evidently it was a misunderstanding, or kind of like a joke…or something.
> 
> I always did wonder if Butt-Head had a sister.

From the link above.

> [@](#):
>
> Pike said she tried to buy the clothes — T-shirts, shoes, beachwear, beach bags and other items — with two Wal-Mart cards.
> 
> But the cashier told Pike she had only a total of $2.32 credit available.
> 
> That’s when Pike says she pulled a bill from her purse with the image of the Statue of Liberty in the center and “1,000,000” on each corner.
> 
> “All I’ve got is this,” Pike recalled telling the cashier.
> 
> “I wasn’t trying to pass off the bill,” said Pike. “That’s ridiculous.”

\<tugging at my collar\>

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510/102 "2004-03-12T15:27:06Z")

</div>

> [@World Eater](#):
>
> From the link above.
> 
> \<tugging at my collar\>

Also from the link above:

> [@](#):
>
> But she did think the bill was real.
> 
> “You can’t keep up with the U.S. Treasury [Department],” said Pike, 35, of Porterdale.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![htns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@htns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/htns)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510/103 "2004-03-12T19:18:31Z")

</div>

Of COURSE she’s retarded. Just look at her picture. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510/104 "2004-03-13T01:18:34Z")

</div>

> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
>
> A year or two ago, I was driving through Georgia, on my way to Orlando. I stopped at a small gas station in southern Georgia.
> 
> (snip}  
> _Ah won’t take it._
> 
> \*\*But…WHY? \*\* 😕
> 
> \*Faces wasn’t there a minute ago…it’s some kind of trick. \*
> 
> I count out ten singles & leave. FAST!

Somewhere in Georgia there’s a man who’s never looked at the back of his money.

I dunno why, but I think there may be a country-western song in that somewhere…

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rich-im-rich-im-retarded-im-retarded/233510.md?page=5)