Jason English
Spending the Five-Dollar Bill I Found
by Jason English - August 31, 2009 - 1:55 PM

Last week, after I found a five-dollar bill (for the second time in four days), I asked you guys for help spending it. After 111 suggestions, and after conferring with my jury of interns, here are my three favorite suggestions:

1. An Older Five-Dollar Bill

Suggested By: Thomasl714

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Almost three years ago, I wrote about the credit card minimum-purchase requirement at my local Hallmark. With my anniversary, my wife’s birthday and Leif Erikson Day all on the horizon, I’ll surely find myself back there in search of greeting cards, and odds are I won’t have the necessary cash. When I’m told I need to throw in a Marmaduke snow globe if I want to use my Visa, I can whip out a Confederate five and see what happens.

2. Invisible Spray for Your Car

Suggested by: C.A.
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I know what you’re thinking. “It’s gotta be a scam, right?” Wrong! I’m not actually buying magic aerosol. I’m signing up for an affiliate program where I could potentially earn $2,500 – $10,000 a month. And they’re not kidding. (It says so: “No kidding!”)

3. The Way to a Man’s Heart Is Through His Manwich and Here Are 50 Famous Manwich Recipes

Suggested by: Sarah
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This one’s purely for material. There’s a brilliant quiz in there somewhere. “__________ or Famous Manwich Recipe?”

Thomas, C.A. & Sarah have all won mental_floss t-shirts. I’ll be in touch to work out the details. Thanks for all the great suggestions! Productivity came to a halt once your comments started pouring in.

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Comments (10)

  1. 1) Seems like a lateral move.
    2) Do they make that stuff for my butt and thighs?. If they do, I’m in.
    3) “Found on IMDB or Famous Manwich Recipe?”

    posted by Amy on 8-31-2009 at 2:40 pm

  2. That car spray is completely illegal–but I want some anyway for when my EZ Pass fails and those bastards are no help over the phone or through email–yea!

    posted by Wayne on 8-31-2009 at 2:55 pm

  3. As for the spray blocker, I actually bought one, but I have two kids and realized, “What if my car gets stolen (and worse, with my kids in it!)??” I decided the risk of getting a ticket (when it was my fault for speeding), was not worth losing traffic/speed/toll cameras at the Police’s disposal to track down my car/kids. Just my 2 cents.

    posted by Tony Booth on 8-31-2009 at 2:56 pm

  4. 1. CONFEDERATE $5: Might actually be worth more than 5 bucks- a wide investment.
    2. CAR SPRAY: Hmmm… buying it is one thing, knowingly spending 5 bucks to join a pyramid scheme is another.
    3.MANWICH: I think this is the winner, hands down the best way to spend 5 bucks you found randomly.

    posted by Katrina on 8-31-2009 at 4:10 pm

  5. 1. I honestly think that out of all the links I visited, none were as funny or impractical as this. Definitely worth the buy. (you can frame it and display it on your desk too!)
    2. If you saw the episode of Mythbusters, you know the spray won’t work. The scam ‘COUGH’ program however seems legit.
    3. “NOOOOO! MY MANWICH!”

    posted by Steven on 8-31-2009 at 4:24 pm

  6. Hey, no kidding, go with:

    #3 – An article from the Mental Floss Archive or Famous Manwich Recipe?

    posted by buddz on 8-31-2009 at 5:13 pm

  7. Do they make Confederate invisible manwich spray?

    posted by Brady on 8-31-2009 at 8:32 pm

  8. Brady just described the new perfume I want to buy when I find 5 bucks.

    posted by holly on 8-31-2009 at 11:16 pm

  9. Darn. I found $20 a month ago and could have gotten all three and a beer. Too bad this post was a few weeks too late…

    posted by C on 9-1-2009 at 1:31 pm

  10. I forgot what i was going to…Oh yeah.

    posted by Jabber on 1-19-2011 at 12:10 am

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