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- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+104 Traders promptly packaged it into a security and sold it for $40, then borrowed 400 dollars using their $40 security as collateral.
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -1/+93"We couldn't be in a better situation now. Unless of course it had been a euro."
Classic. - hijohnmark, on 10/22/2008, -5/+43Usually I can tell by the title if it's something from the Onion. This one had me in genuine shock, until I peeped at the source.
- Tweekster, on 10/22/2008, -0/+27as funny as your post was, sadly it reflects reality.
- Anonymerican, on 10/21/2008, -2/+21Abbie Hoffman's already rode this train...
- tramblings, on 10/22/2008, -1/+16Sometimes articles in the onion need to be in mainstream news and mainstream news needs to be posted in the onion.
- virtualonliner, on 10/22/2008, -1/+15"By the close of day, economists were estimating the dollar bill's net worth at just under $270 million."
Slow down there Dollar! - SEN5241, on 10/22/2008, -0/+12Someone should use that dollar to buy a lotto ticket.
- GamingForever, on 10/22/2008, -1/+10"behold, the power of $1!"
- Linguo, on 10/22/2008, -0/+8It reminds me of watching piranha's feed on Planet Earth while I'm high except this would be much more entertaining.
- vpshockwave, on 10/22/2008, -1/+9Even with the economic crap going around, you're just plain retarded if you thought this was real.
- parisii, on 10/22/2008, -2/+9*snort*
- gottadiggit, on 10/22/2008, -1/+8Sometimes The Onion is hard to decipher from reality.
- VenDrake, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6Been there:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930
Done that:
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday ... - knuppel, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6The writers @ The Onion puke pure genious.
Keep it up. - subterfuge, on 10/22/2008, -0/+6don't you mean bottom right?
- PiRATE7, on 10/22/2008, -4/+8"We couldn't be in a better situation right now," trader Patrick Kady said. "Unless of course it had been a euro."
rofl - Demener, on 10/22/2008, -0/+3Buy a Klondike bar.
- Spudster, on 10/22/2008, -1/+4Buried so others don't read it before the article.
- insanebrain, on 10/22/2008, -0/+3***** the dollar. .. The Euro will rule the next age of money.
- Puerin, on 10/22/2008, -0/+3Dollar bills - the next bubble.
- rkho, on 10/22/2008, -0/+3I thought it was real.
Then I read "Onion" at the URL line. Haha. - Puerin, on 10/22/2008, -2/+5The return on lotto tickets is looking better than stocks atm.
- collution, on 10/22/2008, -1/+3Reported for reporting based on not knowing why you report comments, baaa-ka.
- JackZim, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2The Onion has been predicting real life about 5 years in advance....
- algaeturd, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2The headline alone was ***** brilliant with the description. Didn't even need to read the story and I was lawling all over the place.
- Redequlus, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2Nobody actually snorts on Digg.
- ChiKoo, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2yeah i always read the titles of articles first and i've been getting fooled like every time. the onion is bomb.
- MeatPlow, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2I got a $50 gift card for my birthday. Damn thing is only worth $28 now.
- infiniphunk, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2I can tell from the pixels and I've spotted many a shoop over the years
- captainanndor, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2All I have to say is: thank god this is an Onion story.
Based on recent stories, I was terrified for a minute that it was actually real. - Zootex, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1that'd be funny if it wasn't so stupid lol
- maxlightz, on 10/22/2008, -0/+13 in a row from the Onion on really funny front page stories
- Demener, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1Recently someone linked a 2001 Onion directly after Bush took office. To think they thought they were doing satire...
- Zootex, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1I was laughing the whole way through lol, nice one!
- ha3er0, on 06/16/2009, -2/+3Onion delivers!
- compgeek, on 10/22/2008, -2/+3got me again you bastards
- DaviDaviDaviD, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1Today both the euro and the pound sunk to new lows against the dollar.
Although I will say that over time the dollar is on the way down. - Demener, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1Take your meds and calm down.
- venicerocco, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1Yes, it is.
- lovemorgul, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1I think that is the nicest compliment.
- slapded, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1this story could be true.. ps.. the 'shopped' guy in the photo bottom right.. nice touch
- diggdallas, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1No..the absurdity of "The Onion" is becoming alarmingly close to our reality, and sometimes these "gotcha" submissions appear to remind us that "its really not that bad" while still warning us of the direction in which we're headed.
- infiniphunk, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1I love watching them decimate the bait-ball!
- edebolt, on 10/22/2008, -0/+110/22/08 Euro/$= 1.27 nothing but air until $1.20 -- dollar bears slayed
- inactive, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1I think I hear a dingo eating your baby.
- zoydberg, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1damn onion gets me at least 1/3 of the time, they're great with their titles & descriptions plus the pic is never their logo
- feanix, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1"...and, according to eyewitnesses, at least one dog pile."
- jamaph, on 10/22/2008, -0/+1just wait till dow goes back up 9000 traders will be fighting over that same dollar
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