# Ooh! I got my first hit on wheresgeorge.com! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950 "2004-06-30T21:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/1 "2004-06-30T21:10:30Z")
60 days ago I spent a $20 bill on … well, something. I can’t remember. Before I did, though, I wrote “[www.wheresgeorge.com](http://www.wheresgeorge.com)” on the bill and went to the website and registered it (serial number, series, etc.). Today I get an email from someone 5 hours away that ended up with it and went to the website. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/2 "2004-06-30T21:15:52Z")
It took me about 2 months to get a hit too. Congrats! Its a lot of fun. Can’t convince my wife of that. I look forward to getting one of your georges. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/3 "2004-06-30T21:16:22Z")
Hey, that’s kinda neat. The biggest bill I have on me at the moment is a $1, but hey, it really _is_ a George. I’ll give it a try and see what happens! ---
**Author:** ![Zoltarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dc4da7/32.png) [@Zoltarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoltarb)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/4 "2004-06-30T21:21:45Z")
Somebody in Illinios has been getting a lot of action from here in Brooklyn. We got a wheresgeorge dollar and looked it up. It started out from that land somewhere beyond the coast but has been trapped in Kings County for some time. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/5 "2004-06-30T21:27:22Z")
> [@Zoltarb](#): > > Somebody in Illinios has been getting a lot of action from here in Brooklyn. We got a wheresgeorge dollar and looked it up. It started out from that land somewhere beyond the coast but has been trapped in Kings County for some time. That would be me and not **Zoltarb**. Although he’d tell you the same story. Except in his own words. And probably with his own username. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/6 "2004-06-30T21:41:44Z")
How funny! I just finished entering a stamped bill I got in change (at Eppley Airport in Omaha NE) into the site, then I saw this thread. The bill I entered had last been had in Fremont NE. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dryfreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dryfreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryfreeze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/7 "2004-06-30T22:02:59Z")
That’s it _Everyone watches in amazement as Dryfreeze breaks out his wallet!_ I have to get in on this. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/8 "2004-06-30T22:26:38Z")
For those of you who’ve done this already: where do you write the website on the bill? I write it on the front on the bottom because I figure the average person probably looks at the front of the bill most of the time. I find that, writing space wise, writing it on the side on the back tends to be easiest. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/9 "2004-06-30T22:27:24Z")
::swats moths that emerge from **Dryfreeze** ’s wallet out of the way:: I wish there was something like this in the UK, ah well, I will just have to settle for trying to enter every note I spend in the US this summer on the site, and see where they go 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/10 "2004-06-30T22:29:19Z")
Damn, that would have been so much more effective one post up :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/11 "2004-06-30T22:33:48Z")
Did quite a few a long time ago, but haven’t had a hit in probably a year now… ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/12 "2004-06-30T22:37:00Z")
\*\*Hybrid \*\*- Try this: [http://www.doshtracker.co.uk/](http://www.doshtracker.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/13 "2004-07-01T04:33:40Z")
Is there a Canadian website for something like this? Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/14 "2004-07-01T04:54:10Z")
> [@Beauty Personified](#): > > Is there a Canadian website for something like this? [Nope](http://www.whereswilly.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/15 "2004-07-01T06:05:57Z")
:smack: Since I live in Canada, I didn’t bother actually going to the _Where’s George_ website. :rolleyes: _Now_ I feel like a doofus. Thanks for the link though. Time to deface some money! 😃 Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/16 "2004-07-01T09:44:13Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > \*\*Hybrid \*\*- > > Try this: [http://www.doshtracker.co.uk/](http://www.doshtracker.co.uk/) Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/17 "2004-07-01T14:20:24Z")
> [@](#): > > For those of you who’ve done this already: where do you write the website on the bill? I got a stamp. With water proof ink. Yes I’m a geek. On Where’s George I use the same name if you get any of my bills. > [@](#): > > Is there a Canadian website for something like this? I was going to mention[Wheres Willy](http://www.whereswilly.com/) then I noticed Q.E.D.'s whoosh. I linked in anyway in case you didn’t click on it before. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-i-got-my-first-hit-on-wheresgeorge-com/252950/18 "2004-07-01T19:41:13Z")
I write “[http://www.wheresgeorge.com](http://www.wheresgeorge.com)” on one short margin on the front of the bill, and on the other short margin I write “Please enter my series & serial #!” using an ultrafine point Sharpie. However, my second Georgeaversary is coming up (i.e., for you normals, I joined Where’s George in July of 2002) and from that day forward I’m planning to save a few bajillion letters on the _next_ 2000 bills I enter by just writing “[wheresgeorge.com](http://wheresgeorge.com)” (which anyone who hasn’t been living in a cave on Mars for the past five years should be able to interpret) in one margin and . . . uh . . . something else in the other one. I can’t decide what, yet. “Track this bill online!” seems to be the hip new thing to write. “See where I’ve been! Track where I go!” is too long. Eh, I’ll come up with something. Or maybe I’ll just bail on the handwriting and get a stamp.