Archive for the ‘Fun Money Facts’ Category

PF Bloggers: Trademark your frugal names quick!

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Many of my colleagues have heard about the recent cease and desistery regarding the trademarking of what I thought was a fairly common term for a frugal woman which, by the way, rhymes with barista.  (Here's some context.) But I'm not here to take sides.  No-sir-ee-bob.  I'm just here to provide ...

Check your currency for errors

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

I got a bit of a bonanza at the credit union today.  I've been in the habit of asking for funny money when I go there mainly because it's fun to spend money that's a little unusual.  Today I was able to withdraw a substantial number of $2 bills and ...

Funny money celebrity mash-ups

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

I spend way too much time on Digg for the amount of useful material it brings me, but this one was pretty funny:Money Celebrity PicturesThese are way better than turning George Washington into a mushroom.  I mean, where else can you find Mr. Bean mashed up with currency from the ...

Presidential $1 coins for this year

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Another year, another four Presidential $1 coins from the US Mint.  I actually saw the first pictures of the new coins over at Consumerism Commentary.  Flexo uses the coins about as much as I do; the first couple of them I was showing everyone like I'd minted them myself.  The ...