The Euro gains value...

...well, at least this Euro has - it has an image of Homer Simpson on it!

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/articleslideshow?articleId=USL872708020080808&channelName=televisionNews#a=1

-- R Flowers

I saved that image and blew it up in my editor, and it looks like someone has buffed or ground the original portrait off and then used an engraving tool to replace it with Homer's head (excellent job, too!) Other shots from other news sources make this even more obvious. Guess it's 'headed' for eBay!

(The head on the genuine coin looks a bit like Superintendent Chalmers when you look at it closely.)

Paul

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 at 15:35:39, Paul Bartram wrote in alt.tv.simpsons :

Wonder how much it'll sell for?

"Paul Hyett" wrote

I'm keeping an eye open for it (eBay collates auctions from all regional areas if you ask it to) but nothing yet. I don't doubt that shopkeeper has been alerted to the possibility of selling it for mucho bucks.

I did find one interesting item though: http://tinyurl.com/6kmu2m Got a few bids, too.

Why Bart should be floating past the Sydney Opera House is a bit of a mystery, you'd think he wouldn't go near Australia again for fear of a booting...

Paul

On Aug 9, 10:35 pm, "Paul Bartram" <p.bartram AT OR NEAR mysoul.com.au> wrote:

Yeah it does...creepy...SkinNER!!

On Aug 11, 1:20 pm, Armillaria caligata wrote:

It is against the law to deface currency in the USA. But over in Europe and those other backward countries, nobody cares!

"When are you going to fire that FREAK Skinner!?!?!" - Leopold

Mr. Museum

If this story was about paper money, we would be able to use the line about the currency being "so gay" from that episode where Homer was kidnapped in Brazil.

Mr. Museum