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This week a carnival performer in Brazil wore fake bank notes.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Fi-Glos wrote:
Despite ticking the "no publicity" box when claiming her Euromillions win, Janice had already aroused the neighbours' suspicions.
5. Woundedpride wrote:
Robert Peston tries a new approach to explain monetary base expansion in credit constrained, deflationary economies.
4. CindyAccidentally wrote:
Celtic's turn to provide the pre-match entertainment in the Old Firm derby.
3. ladyofastolat wrote:
This isn't the real carnival; it's just the counter-fete.
2. eattherich wrote:
RBS announce 2011 losses using the medium of dance.
1. Gray Gable wrote:
Er... actually, a debit card will do just fine.
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Comment number 1.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Actually the Bank of Brazils's notes are no better
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Comment number 2.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Gray Gable wrote:Er.. actually, a debit card will do just fine.
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Comment number 3.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Fake? But this money's Rio ...
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Comment number 4.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Take part in the carnival they said. Make big money, they said.
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Comment number 5.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Actually the Bank of Brazil's notes are no better
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Comment number 6.
At 23rd Feb 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:It's all held together with PINs.
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Comment number 7.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:After their costumes had been reactively moderated the girls were allowed to perform.
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Comment number 8.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Sorry, Sarge - those dancers walked off with the money under our very noses
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Comment number 9.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Of course it's cash - I had to use my VISA to get into the country
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Comment number 10.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:I know the rate of inflation is massive, but printing bigger banknotes isn't going to help
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Comment number 11.
At 23rd Feb 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:I had one made of dollars but it kept falling down.
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Comment number 12.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:That size? Of course they're fake!
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Comment number 13.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:If you think these notes are worthless take a look at the greek girl tailing on behind
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Comment number 14.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Actually, the notes are real, but I'm not a qualified dancer
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Comment number 15.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Greece Is the Word
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Comment number 16.
At 23rd Feb 2012, johnc wrote:No, I said there's a few quid, buy yourself a new dress, not make one.
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Comment number 17.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Candace9839 wrote:We're in the money?!
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Comment number 18.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Gulliver enjoyed her dancing so much that he couldn't' resist stuffing money down the back of her dress
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Comment number 19.
At 23rd Feb 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:It's Armani and we'll spend it how we like.
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Comment number 20.
At 23rd Feb 2012, johnc wrote:RBS announce 2011 losses using the medium of dance.
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Comment number 21.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Candace9839 wrote:It's a bit like plastic surgery, really. We know they're fake, but we pretend they're real.
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Comment number 22.
At 23rd Feb 2012, cortez wrote:Must be a hsairloom
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Comment number 23.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:her name was Lola she was a a showgirl, you paid her and she showed
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Comment number 24.
At 23rd Feb 2012, cortez wrote:Hairloom
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Comment number 25.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Everybody enjoyed Thumbelina's dancing so much they couldn't resist stuffing money down the back of her dress
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Comment number 26.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Rolling in the D'oh
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Comment number 27.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Candace9839 wrote:Dosh, it's so nice to meet you
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Comment number 28.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Raven Clare wrote:Busby Berkeley's Bank
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Comment number 29.
At 23rd Feb 2012, johnc wrote:It was fine when just a drawing pin or paper clip went missing, but now the Borrowers had started taking cash.
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Comment number 30.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:This is what I think of cutting Adele off at the brits, she said holding up
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Comment number 31.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I used to be a banker, actually
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Comment number 32.
At 23rd Feb 2012, johnc wrote:Mardi non-Gras-tis
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Comment number 33.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:When Adele made that rude gesture to the Suits, nobody had realised how much she hated those clothes
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Comment number 34.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I don't know which is worse, having a Brasilian wax, or being waxed by a Brasilian in the market
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Comment number 35.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Greece's celebrations are criticised for being too provocative
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Comment number 36.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:More money? I'd just blow it on shoes.
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Comment number 37.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:Show, Me ...the Money
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Comment number 38.
At 23rd Feb 2012, johnc wrote:Originally I was going dressed as "The Cashless Society" but I got arrested for indecent exposure.
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Comment number 39.
At 23rd Feb 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:Celtic's turn to provide the pre-match entertainment in the Old Firm derby.
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Comment number 40.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Tremorman wrote:Her money belt had just exploded
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Comment number 41.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Pendragon wrote:Mardy Grass? Yeah, it looks like she's had too much of it.
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Comment number 42.
At 23rd Feb 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:Carmen Moneylender
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Comment number 43.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:The rounds are on her definitely
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Comment number 44.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Do you take visas?
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Comment number 45.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:The poor girl clearly hasn't got any dress cents
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Comment number 46.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:We make credit crunches fun
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Comment number 47.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:It's a crew, crew world
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Comment number 48.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:After Strictly there's an opportunity to make BIG money
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Comment number 49.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:A wig and some make-up, and Howard looked quite fetching in the latest Halifax advert
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Comment number 50.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Smile though your bank is breaking
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Comment number 51.
At 23rd Feb 2012, CindyAccidentally wrote:"Understated launch" for the Sun on Sunday's Bingo Competition
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Comment number 52.
At 23rd Feb 2012, david regan wrote:Chief Executive of the Brazilian Opera Society admitted that this was not what he had in mind when he asked for change of a tenor !!!
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Comment number 53.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Ade wrote:You think I'm made of money?
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Comment number 54.
At 23rd Feb 2012, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I'm hoping you do have high interest
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Comment number 55.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Gray Gable wrote:During the annual ‘bonus season’, in certain parts of the bank, it was dress down Friday.
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Comment number 56.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Tremorman wrote:She had just had the dress washed and was awaiting the police report on money laundering
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Comment number 57.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:I promise to pay the wearer...
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Comment number 58.
At 23rd Feb 2012, VirtuousFang wrote:She had Reals, she had pesos now all she need was a pair of knickers
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Comment number 59.
At 23rd Feb 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:Does my bonus look big in this?
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Comment number 60.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:It took me only ten seconds to get into this outfit - how's that for an exchange rate?
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Comment number 61.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:How much?! Do I look like an ATM?
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Comment number 62.
At 23rd Feb 2012, david regan wrote:Despite the huge loss in 2011, RBS employees celebrate with their bonus payments !
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Comment number 63.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:For richer, agreed, but for poorer I might have an issue...
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Comment number 64.
At 23rd Feb 2012, SkarloeyLine wrote:Under pressure from the Academy, Sacha Baron Cohen goes for a more tasteful Oscars outfit.
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Comment number 65.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Richard Branson had a difficult job trying to find a a suitable girl to front the new ad campaign for Virgin Money
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Comment number 66.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Wash sale instructions are sewn in
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Comment number 67.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:Oi! ...Hester ...guess where your bonus went
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Comment number 68.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:A pound in' rhythm
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Comment number 69.
At 23rd Feb 2012, david regan wrote:I got my PPI back, did you?
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Comment number 70.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Hey, isn't that Ronaldo over there?!
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Comment number 71.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MuteJoe wrote:No wonder Peacocks went bust!
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Comment number 72.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The running of the bulls is next up, I hear.
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Comment number 73.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Tremorman wrote:After the show was over she was going to change into something loose
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Comment number 74.
At 23rd Feb 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:Oh! Part of the BRIC ecconomies, silly me, you'll never guess what I thought you said.
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Comment number 75.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Gray Gable wrote:They’d spent thousands of pounds organising the most tasteful and romantic wedding. They’d forgotten about Aunt Betsy..
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Comment number 76.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Charley's Aunt comes from Brazil - where the notes come from
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Comment number 77.
At 23rd Feb 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:In Essex, this is classed as dressing conservatively.
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Comment number 78.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:Manchester City Talent Scouts ...spot 'em anywhere
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Comment number 79.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Tremorman wrote:Shake your money maker
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Comment number 80.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Valerie Ganne wrote:All this, and it was only £10 you won on the lottery?
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Comment number 81.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Tremorman wrote:Her dress attracted lots of interest
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Comment number 82.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Steele Hawker wrote:Brazil notes
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Comment number 83.
At 23rd Feb 2012, BaldoBingham wrote:And I thought the Greeks had hidden all the money inside a wooden horse.
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Comment number 84.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Mad hatter wrote:Stephen Hester finally loses it.
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Comment number 85.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Nobody expected Danny LaRue to steal the show
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Comment number 86.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:Cashier number #4 please...
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Comment number 87.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Woundedpride wrote:Angela Merkel's none too subtle reminder that the German economy was doing just fine isn't going down well in Athens
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Comment number 88.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:Double-dip procession
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Comment number 89.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:Fred Goodwin: The next Chapter
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Comment number 90.
At 23rd Feb 2012, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"Does my bum look inflated in these?"
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Comment number 91.
At 23rd Feb 2012, cortez wrote:It doesn't come in sizes just denominations
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Comment number 92.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Woundedpride wrote:"If you've got it flaunt it, but if you are a banker with bonus you can afford to get someone else to flaunt it for you - so I gave Jacinta here a call"
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Comment number 93.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:The Sun tries to illustrate to readers how the Eurozone economy is coping with the recession
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Comment number 94.
At 23rd Feb 2012, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"Can I borrow your kerchingkerchief?"
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Comment number 95.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Nick Fowler wrote:No, I said your dance should be physical, not fiscal
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Comment number 96.
At 23rd Feb 2012, Woundedpride wrote:RBS, the musical
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Comment number 97.
At 23rd Feb 2012, John_Sevenoaks wrote:"I didn't have time for change."
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Comment number 98.
At 23rd Feb 2012, throbgusset wrote:A carnival performer in Brazil who wears fake bank notes was taken to hospital.
Doctors report 'No change'
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Comment number 99.
At 23rd Feb 2012, cortez wrote:The dress had it's flaws, by the time she had paid for the drinks and a meal she was often going home naked
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Comment number 100.
At 23rd Feb 2012, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What happens in Vegas, indeed.
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