6.29.2005

In Hollywood We Trust

So we were sitting in the car at the gas station the other day and the SO says to me as he fondles the twenty that will barely fill the tank halfway, "I hear they made the new bills to look more like movie stars so that they will look more rugged and handsome."

I hadn't heard that, but I opened my wallet and pulled out a ten-spot and gave it a long, hard look.










Familiar...but not...quite...AHA! "It's Luke Perry!" I cried triumphantly.

"Oooh! You're RIGHT!" He exclaimed, a little too giddily. "Do another one!"

I dug out a fiver.










I strained like a bag lady passing a stone. "Sortof...ummmmarrrgnahOHMIGOD! IT'S SEAN CONNERY!"

He fished in his wallet. "Ok, now do the 20."

The twenty was harder.










"Sort of Al Pacino," he offered.

"Sort of, but not quite." Ever the contradictor. "Like a cross between Al Pacino aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnddd...someone...but who? Oh this is a tough - No wait, it's FONZIE!"
















It took us a full 20 minutes to quit cracking up over the moviestar money.

Henceforth shall my bills be called The Sean, The Luke, and The Fonz.

I don't have a $50 or $100 bill to look at, but once I figure it out, I'll post an update.