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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Kurt Angle on March 10, 2004, 11:19:10 AM
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Well this woman has :laughing:
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US woman shops with fake $1m bill
A US woman has been charged with forgery after trying to use a fake $1 million bill at a supermarket.
Alice Pike, 35, pulled out the note at a Georgia Wal-Mart store to pay for $1,672 worth of goods and asked for change, police said.
The cashier immediately noticed the bill - bearing the picture of the Statue of Liberty - was fake and called her manager who alerted the police.
The US Treasury does not make $1m bills, which only go as high as $100.
In 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System discontinued banknotes in denominations of $500, $1,000 and $10,000 due to lack of use.
Police are reportedly investigating Pike\'s mental state
"This is the first time in my law enforcement career I\'ve seen someone trying to use a $1 million bill," local police chief Almond Turner was quoted as saying by the Houston Chronicle newspaper.
"It was green, but you could tell it was not a real bill," Mr Turner added.
Ms Pike had three of the $1m bills when she was arrested at the store in Covington on Tuesday, police said.
Mr Turner said she claimed she got the bills from her husband.
I gotta get me some of those bills. :D
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Apparently they gave her the opportunity to pay for the items with other cards before booking her, but she had like a dollar credit left on one and something minimal on another.
She also said that her husband gave them to her and she had 1 or 2 more.
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How the hell do you spend $1,672.00 at Wal Mart?
That would be a whole lot of CRAP.
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Ok the woman is stupid - but you really have to be at the bottom of the IQ curve to think they will give you change for that. She probably has no concept of numbers. Only in the south...
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Originally posted by GigaShadow
Ok the woman is stupid - but you really have to be at the bottom of the IQ curve to think they will give you change for that. She probably has no concept of numbers. Only in the south...
She would make a wonderful bride for SirMystiq. ;)
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I would have shit my pants right there in line. Though as Cored said, not a chance in hell I would have actually chose that line. That would be like 10 grocery carts.
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So would you be pissed if you were behind her in line or would it be so funny you would just hang out and watch the hilarity?
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I\'d watch for sure. Not every day you see a hick rollin\' with a million bucks.
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Ever seen what a $200 bill looks like. If you haven\'t you haven\'t seen everything yet. LOL!
http://thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/bushbill1.jpg
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Originally posted by Coredweller
How the hell do you spend $1,672.00 at Wal Mart?
That would be a whole lot of CRAP.
Hahaha... this man speaks the truth. I\'ve never spent more than 5 dollars at Walmart.
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I never go to walmart and when I do I pick up a shirt or something or I get something to eat.
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You eat food at Walmart?!?!
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I\'ve seen those 500 dollar bills in a church! They got a Joe Montana autographed football!!
Yeah, she should be my bride...
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Pfffftttt
Its a Fake anyway... Everyone knows the face on the $1m bill is Richard Simmons
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What\'s truly amazing is that this dummy still went to Wal-Mart with a million dollars. If I "thought" I had a real million, I\'d be shopping at a more upscale store.....like K-Mart or Target. :p
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UPDATE:
Alice Pike, the woman who gained national attention with her fake $1 million bill, says it\'s all a big misunderstanding.
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In an interview Wednesday from the Newton County Jail, Pike said she never intended to use the fake money to try to buy $1,671.55 in clothes from a Covington Wal-Mart.
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But she did think the bill was real.
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"You can\'t keep up with the U.S. Treasury [Department]," said Pike, 35, of Porterdale.
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When she was arrested Friday, Pike told police she got the money — which turned out to be a novelty bill that can be bought at a gag shop — from her estranged husband, a coin collector.
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Pike said she tried to buy the clothes — T-shirts, shoes, beachwear, beach bags and other items — with two Wal-Mart cards.
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But the cashier told Pike she had only a total of $2.32 credit available.
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That\'s when Pike says she pulled a bill from her purse with the image of the Statue of Liberty in the center and "1,000,000" on each corner.
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"All I\'ve got is this," Pike recalled telling the cashier.
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"I wasn\'t trying to pass off the bill," said Pike. "That\'s ridiculous."
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Wal-Mart, however, offered a different version.
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Store management said Pike tried to pay for the items with the fake money and even asked for change, according to a Covington Police Department report.
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Police will pass along their findings to District Attorney Ken Wynne, who said he is waiting to see the Police Department\'s final report before deciding whether to prosecute Pike on charges of first-degree forgery.
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Pike, who says she collects disability because of a mental disorder, is being represented by a public defender.
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John Strauss, Newton\'s public defender, did not return calls Wednesday.
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In the meantime, Pike says she\'s aware of all of the jokes and media attention (the incident was mentioned on the "Today" show) that have come her way.
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She appeared unfazed.
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"It\'s the irony of life," she said. "Something to write about."
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She has.....a man\'s face.
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How the hell do you spend $1,672.00 at Wal Mart?
Yeah exactly.
LIke 500 dollars is amazing. 1,000 is like wtf. Anything over 1,000 is like WHAT THE ****.
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
What\'s truly amazing is that this dummy still went to Wal-Mart with a million dollars. If I "thought" I had a real million, I\'d be shopping at a more upscale store.....like K-Mart or Target. :p
*high fives*
Yeah, I know you\'re being sarcastic, but still, Target > Wal-Mart.
And wow, imagine putting away 1600 bucks worth of go-backs.
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She thought she had one million real dollars (or more) in her pocket and she decides to shop at Walmart? :laughing:
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Originally posted by Samwise
She thought she had one million real dollars (or more) in her pocket and she decides to shop at Walmart? :laughing:
I said this already. Hobbits are always too late.
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Originally posted by SwifDi
You eat food at Walmart?!?!
Ummm yeah... They have Grocery stores in them.. Thats where I get all my food.
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I\'m waiting for someone to make an avatar out of her pic. ;)
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no one wants to see that shit on a constant basis man.
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Originally posted by SwifDi
You eat food at Walmart?!?!
If I\'m there and hungry I\'d grab something (but theres a McDonalds in the Walmart I believe and right outside is another McDonalds. Crazy :eek: )
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There can\'t be anything lower than dining at the McDonalds, in the Walmart.
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If I\'m hungry, why go out of my way to get something to eat when there\'s the same crappy food right there? Well, unless its the Walmart nearest me. Then I just go to the McDonalds thats in that same shopping mall.
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Originally posted by SwifDi
There can\'t be anything lower than dining at the McDonalds, in the Walmart.
Damn, wait we already covered this with you.
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Yes, yes... I actually took my gf to McDonalds on our first date. It was next to an Auto Zone.
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The shame is still unbearable to say the least.
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Haha, didn\'t mean it like that but this is good enough for me.
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Originally posted by SwifDi
Yes, yes... I actually took my gf to McDonalds on our first date. It was next to an Auto Zone.
The shame is still unbearable to say the least.
Hey can you do me a favor and change the "gf" to girlfriend, so I can put you in my sig.
:laughing: Im serious
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um...why?
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Because your ****ing pathetic.
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You\'re both pathetic, how about that? :p