I got this e-mail from an "old" (meaning over 50) friend today. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks!

I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public.

We could have a lot of fun! The younger generation doesn't know they exist.

STORY:

On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat.

In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a $2 bill, I

can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone getting

irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill.

Me:

"Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go "

Server:

"That'll be $1.04. Eat in?"

Me:

"No, it's to go." At this point, I open my billfold and hand him the $2

bill. He looks at it kind of funny.

Server:

"Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."

He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot.

The following conversation occurs between the two of them:

Server:

"Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"

Manager:

"No.. A what?"

Server:

"A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."

Manager:

"Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill."

Server:

"Yeah, thought so."

He comes back to me and says , "We don't take these. Do you have anything

else?"

Me:

"Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"

Server:

"I don't know."

Me:

"See here where it says legal tender?"

Server:

"Yeah."

Me:

"So, why won't you take it?"

Server:

"Well, hang on a sec."

He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a shoplifter,

and says to him, "He says I have to take it."

Manager:

"Doesn't he have anything else?"

Server:

"Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change "

Manager:

"I'm not opening the safe with him in here."

Server:

"What should I d o?"

Manager:

"Tell him to come back later when he has real money."

Server:

"I can't tell him that! You tell him."

Manager:

"Just tell him."

Server:

"No way! This is weird. I'm going in back."

The manager approaches me and says, "I'm sorry, but we don't take big bills

this time of night."

Me:

"It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill."

Manager:

"We don't take those, either."

Me:

"Why Not?"

Manager:

"I think you know why."

Me:

"No really, tell me why "

Manager:

"Please leave before I call mall security."

Me:

"Excuse me?"

Manager:

"Please leave before I call mall security."

Me:

"What on earth for?"

Manager:

"Please, sir."

Me:

"Uh, go ahead, call them."

Manager:

"Would you please just leave?"

Me:

"No."

Manager:

"Fine -- have it your way then."

Me:

"Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?"

At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the phone

around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the dining area, and

I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this

45-year-oldish guy Comes in.

Guard:

"Yeah, Mike, what's up?"

Manager (whispering):

"This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money."

Guard:

"No kidding! What?"

Manager:

"Get this .. A two dollar bill."

Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?"

Manager:

"I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he has is a

fifty."

Guard:

"Oh, so the fifty's fake!"

Manager:

"No, the two dollar bill is."

Guard:

"Why would he fake a two dollar bill?"

Manager:

"I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"

Guard:

"Yeah."

Security Guard walks over to me and......

Guard:

"Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."

Me:

"Uh, no."

Guard:

"Lemme see 'em."

Me:

"Why?"

Guard:

"Do you want me to get the cops in here?"

At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat, so I say

"I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill.

I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at

him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says,

"Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"

Manager:

"It's fake."

Guard:

"It doesn't look fake to me."

Manager:

"But it's a two dollar bill."

Guard:

"Yeah?"

Manager:

"Well, there's no such thing, is there?"

The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot, and it dawns

on the guy that he has no clue.

I don't think this lets the older generation off the hook for not knowing

what an MP3 is, but it definitely levels the playing field doesn't it?

LOL!! Go Figure!

That's kind of funny, and true. I have $2 bills that were given to me, and *barely* remember them being used in circulation... but never being common. When I was a kid I volunteered in the concession stand at our neighborhood ball park, and I can so so vaguely remember people - every now and then - paying for something with a $2 bill.

My Gran-dad gave me one many years ago the first time they were issued. We were told to save them because they probably wouldn't be around for long. I kept it for the longest time until someone broke into our house and it went along with many other things.

Also, the college I went to for undergrad use to give it's faculty their bonuses in $2 so that the community could see just how much the college contributed to the economy.