October 22nd, 2009
Magic Trick
It’s the only magic trick I can do.
The original art for this strip comes with its very own Boner Dolla.
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It’s the only magic trick I can do.
The original art for this strip comes with its very own Boner Dolla.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pm
OH MY GOD. Right now i’m really wishing we had one dollar bills in Canada.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
That is so you Erika. Keep up the great work.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I heard the the dollar becomes invalid once written.
But that doesn’t stop me from writing on it.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
You know whats funny? Its a federal offense to write on money.
Well, it is in Canada at least. I’m sure if its illegal in Canada, its illegal in the states.
Which is sad because I write on every bill I get the Dead Kennedys logo and lyrics to whatever I’m listening to at the moment.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
You should do this to all of your change bills at cons, so people remember the transaction later!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I am definitely going to do this with the next one I happen across.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
This is best idea, ever. The government might arrest you though.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Oh U. <3
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
LMAO… okay, *that* was worth it. :3
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:53 pm
hee hee! Must… resist urge.. to add letters…
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Fan-freakin’-tastic. I see much currency defacing in my future.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I wish I were American so I could do this too. Damn you Canada, and your dollar coins!
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Will next week comic about writing F—A—R—T- on the other side ?
Like here :
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/06/juvenile-dollar-mod.html
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 am
Oh you. LOL
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 am
The other trick we had (back in junior high) was to fold the bill so that it read “The U-S-S-R” across the top.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:58 am
I’ll buy that for a dollar!
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:03 am
Damn you Australia for one dollar coins as well!
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:30 am
it perfectly legal to write on bills- it’s writing on other things and then pretendning that they are bills that causes the problem. Technically, doing anything to a bill that removes it from circulation is iffy, so, you know, if somebody was so offended by boner that they turned it into the bank to be retired, but hey! it’s funnier than that!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 am
Haha; even at the third panel I was predicting what was going to happen.
It’s not an offense to write on the bills everywhere though; I’m not sure about Sweden (which would be where I live, if anyone wonders why the hell I’d mention it out of the blue), but on a vacation in Turkey we could spot people writing little messages and reminders on the lira bills, which afterwards would still work perfectly well for paying with.
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 am
No, it’s only illegal to “deface money” if done with intent to defraud. (Or with intent to damage paper money such that it’s “unfit to reissue”.)
That’s why those “Where’s George?” people aren’t in jail.
Write on your bills all you want! Live free!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:51 am
Damn! I almost got arrested for spending a dollar like that :( http://bp1.blogger.com/_5i3y3TQ_K4g/Ru7gHwwC3VI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ptUU5GCOHzU/s1600-h/ad2.jpg
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
That’s priceless!
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Actually Gavin it appears that the dollar you show is in fact illegal as it lacks the serial tracking numbers telling what batch it was made in and the federal bank that issued
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I remember the exact moment she found out how to do that.
Good times.
Good times on the Erika Moen Super Fun Fun Show.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Rocket has a pic of a BONER dollar on her MySpace page – she received it as a tip. Now I’m wondering who gave it to her??? : P
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
HAHA! Erika wins!
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I hope someday I get a bill with BONER written on it.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Let us know if the Secret Service shows up on your door. http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=426715
Good luck! :)
October 24th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Though I suppose it has not been made unfit for circulation…. unless it ends up in the bible belt that is….
October 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Interesting thought on defaced dollars (based on an idea by Robert Anton Wilson)
Think about the value of the following:
1. A dollar
2. A dollar signed by a random ordinary person
3. A dollar signed by a famous artist
4. A dollar signed by a famous artist before he was famous
5. A dollar signed by a famous artist you’ve never heard of so you don’t recognise the name
6. An exact duplicate of a dollar made by a criminal (i.e. a forgery)
7. An exact duplicate of a dollar made by a famous artist (i.e. a piece of art)
If you work for a bank you should be thinking 1-5 are worth a dollar, but 6 & 7 are worth nothing (and could get you into trouble). Everyone else would be crazy to think like that.
October 24th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Nah, nah… just fold it up, and tell people it’s a subliminal advertisement for Baskin Robbins (BR) ice cream. =)
October 25th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Us high-school kids on the east coast have been doing this for ages
October 25th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@Hrmm removed digitally from the scan. The actual bill had a different letter on it as well
October 25th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
ugh.. I work in retail and see that on dollar bills ALL THE TIME…. along with that “where’s george?” stamp…
October 25th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
When I was a kid, we used to fold dollar bills so that the back said “TITS OF AMERICA”.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Oh my god. You just made my night. : )
October 27th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
And then Topknot proceeded to do this to every one dolor bill in her boyfriend’s wallet.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
holy crappers you have an office depot card…kind of weird to see a card from the place you work at in a webcomic you read
October 28th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Hahaha~ you would always do anything for fun XD
October 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I know this is a little late, but my wife works at a bank and this is the official bit of it.
1. Any defacing of money IS illegal. Since it’s hard to pin-point who defaced money, it is rarely enforced. You have to remember though, currency is more or less the property of the government which it lets its citizens use to represent their wealth. Defacing money is a federal crime.
2. Every time money is defaced it will, when it gets to a bank, be destroyed. All money that has any writing on it will be taken, counted, and sent to official shredders. The bank then receives new money to replace the defaced money.
3. My wife has, on a few occasions, seen the ‘Boner’ bills. She laughed, but as is policy, they were sent to the shredders.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:04 am
Carvin, in what country?
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Haha.
MLIA?
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
My brother once worked at a LGBT bookstore in Dallas. As a political act they stamped “Queer Money” on all the paper currency. My brother said that the bank finked them out to the US Secret Service, who then threatened criminal charges unless they stopped doing it. Like one count of defacement per bill. Pretty stupid, huh?
November 7th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Tualha-
United States.
November 7th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
So can I blame you for having to hide those things at the bottom of my till to keep them away from unsuspecting little old ladies with bad hearts? lol, just kidding
November 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
not illegal in uk as far as i know. The banks and businesses write numbers all over notes. even if you destroy the whole note as long as you keep the section with the code on the banks will replace the note
November 8th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
it is illegal to deface the queens head on coins though, but i’ve never heard of anyone ever being charged for it
November 25th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
coincidentally i just showed this trick to a friend, before i read this strip!
December 13th, 2009 at 7:36 am
genius! Reminds me when I used to work at a gas station; when we’d get 100 dollar bills we’d have to check them with this special pen, and I’d draw all over Benyamin. Make him look like a pirate or a lady or a pimp.
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
found one of these in my till today
January 7th, 2010 at 4:34 am
There is a Flickr group dedicated to this.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1286615@N20/
January 7th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Up here in Canada, all we can do is the Spock-Five.
February 27th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
guess who’s doing this to her all of her lunch money~
March 5th, 2010 at 11:14 am
And here all I’ve been doing is the Hoodoo money drawing spell on my $20’s and the “I grew Hemp” speech bubble over George!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
OMG I lol so much.
my friend got one like these as a tip at her job
May 16th, 2010 at 5:36 am
I’d never have guessed so many 12yo boys read (and write) DAR.
August 12th, 2010 at 7:05 am
… ok so i’ve been obsessively reading your comics the last two days and I love them! but ironicaly I got a dollar bill for change and it had the BONER written on the back. Cracked me up.