Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Money laundering - my style
Last night I was ironing and discovered a note of money in a pair of trousers, not mine, but one of my son's. I remember my mother saying that it was dishonest to take money from your husband’s pockets. However, she elaborated, if you happened to gave them a good shake and something fell out, then that was fair pickings! The logic seemed sound if slightly morally flawed. The note was crumpled into a tiny ball, deep in a pocket, and I straightened it on the ironing board. Then used the iron to flatten it and was impressed how new it looked. I suddenly decided to iron all the paper money I could find. With what satisfaction I returned the crisp flat hot notes to my purse. The thing is today, it strikes me as more than a little odd to iron one’s money. Is this the first sign of madness or the last action of an anal retentive individual? As I use the bills in public I’m careful to crumple the notes a little. After all, no one needs to advertise how strange one has become to the whole world!
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Doesn't sound too good
ReplyDeleteThere's still hope for you, Colette.
ReplyDeleteI love it when the ATM dispatches crisp new notes. Not just because they're nice and new but because they are so neatly and tightly layered I can't help but think surely the counting machine has got it wrong and there will be a couple stuck together? Quickly I count my little fortune but alas..........No! A born optimist I live in hope.
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