# Ongoing thread: The story of a five-dollar bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089 "2002-11-16T23:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/21 "2002-11-18T00:37:36Z")
the boy, having already called his girfreind, gave 26f as well as another 5$ bill to the fbi dude when he asked for change ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/22 "2002-11-18T00:47:14Z")
**Blackeyes** : > [@](#): > > BTW, is there any significance to the phone number you mentioned, Hunter?šŸ˜ƒ Dial it and see šŸ˜‰ {continuing, as long as Iā€™m here} The FBI dude walked into the lab where the effects of the victim were laid out to be tagged and subjected to analysis, and was so busily peering through his magnifying glass he didnā€™t notice when his wallet, containing 26F, fell out his back pocket onto the floorā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/23 "2002-11-18T00:55:10Z")
only to be swept up by the dorky janitor that was too busy trying to look at ā€œreal FBI stuffā€ to notice what he was doingā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/24 "2002-11-18T01:04:50Z")
and promptly thrown into the DumpterĀ® brand trash receptacle outside. The FBI Dudeā€™s wallet remained unnoticed the following Tuesday, whenā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/25 "2002-11-18T02:55:16Z")
the dumptruck[holding the garbage from the dumpster] was hijacked by a bunch of garbage lovers who were looking for some lint. They felt the garbage bag the wallet was in, and since it was too squishy for lint, they threw it on the side of the road where it was promptlyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/26 "2002-11-18T03:51:51Z")
Picked up by a priest, who after taking the $5 bill tossed the wallet into the trash. He went to the local supermarket and spent the 5 onā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/27 "2002-11-18T04:10:28Z")
J&J Extra Virgin Baby Oil. The supermarket manager gave the the $5 bill as part of a prize to the cashier of the month, who got the award because she gave the bestā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![TheLadyLion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@TheLadyLion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLadyLion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/28 "2002-11-18T04:13:32Z")
ā€¦ customer service in the entire store. She had been working hard for three months for this honor. Now she had the money and the certificate for being cashier of the month. She went home that evening and told her boyfriend about it. When she was asleep, he got into her purse, took 26F along with the other bills and went toā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/29 "2002-11-18T04:21:24Z")
ā€¦score some white powder type substance. Although our $5 bill wasnā€™t used to pay, but was rolled up and put to use as a major constituent of some sort of snorting device. Now high, he visited a strip joint and placed the money down the front of a strpperā€™sā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/30 "2002-11-18T05:09:01Z")
ā€¦ boots, wishing that he hadnā€™t gotten so high, so that he didnā€™t have to spend the evening lying on the floor, unable to get a good view of the goodies above him. After the show, the stripper, whose name was Candee, used the $5 bill to buy aā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/31 "2002-11-18T05:20:05Z")
ā€¦meal for her 6-year-old daughter at a fast food joint. The cashier didnā€™t have change for $5, so a well-dressed gentleman behind her changed it for four ones and a ten. He could tell she needed the extra cash, so he slipped it in there without her knowing. He put 26F in his wallet and ironically traded it later forā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/32 "2002-11-18T05:25:14Z")
a happy meal for her 5 year old daughter, who was very upset because her best friend was moving away. The fiver made it to the bank in a deposit. The banker gave it out the next day toā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/33 "2002-11-18T05:26:25Z")
lmao ā€“ whatmove-- great minds think alike, ehh? ---
**Author:** ![whatmove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecc23a/32.png) [@whatmove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatmove)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/34 "2002-11-18T05:26:55Z")
wow ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/35 "2002-11-18T05:58:34Z")
(continuing from **whatmove** ) ā€¦ four ones and four quarters a the 7-11. He had to make a phone call to the FBI. The clerk at 7-11 placed 26F in the night deposit bag that his partner was just about to run to the bank. Unfortunately, on his way to the bank, the second 7-11 clerk was ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/36 "2002-11-18T06:12:13Z")
a prostitute. Her pimp used the fiver for a shoe shine at the bus station and the lucky homeless man in receipt of 26F hid it under his hatā€¦ [made to work with both mistee and whatmoveā€™s posts] ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/37 "2002-11-18T06:14:28Z")
whoa I was way late, sorry about that but I guess it sort of works with **TVGuy** ā€™s post too so letā€™s roll with it ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/38 "2002-11-18T07:17:49Z")
ā€¦and wandered up the street, back to the same 7-11. In a moment of clarity, he bought a piece ofā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/39 "2002-11-18T07:23:35Z")
ā€¦ angel food cake from a bake sale for the elementary school down the street. He used 26F to pay for the cake, and entered the store while exiting this portion of our story. The fifth-grader working the stand gave the bill to the parent holding the cash box, who thenā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089/40 "2002-11-18T10:49:28Z")
ā€¦accidentally set it on fireā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-thread-the-story-of-a-five-dollar-bill/137089.md?page=3)