So, I get home from a trip to the dry cleaners, and I’m looking at the change I received and there is this dollar bill that is marked with a yellow hi-liter and a red stamp. “Track this bill at www.wheresgeorge.com” and “See where I’ve been. Track where I go next at www.wheresgeorge.com” Now I’m curious, so I follow the link, register an account and look up my peripatetic bill. This site is a “just for fun” type tracking site, ran by some guy, and supported by the ads he sells. It’s funny I hadn’t seen one of these before, because if the numbers from their logs can be believed, there are like a million of these marked bills out there. Turns out, my little piece of paper has just started on its journey, and I am the first reported possessor of this nice one dollar bill. The log states:
This bill has travelled 43 Miles in 47 Days, 20 Hrs, 26 Mins at an average of 0.89 Miles per day.
It is now 43 miles from its starting location.
User’s Note: Got it in change, from dry cleaner.
Bill is clean, stamped and yellow highlighted.
Apr-17-07 12:15 PM Stayton, OR
User’s Note: THIS GEORGE IS BRAND SPANKING NEW, FRESH FROM THE MINT, PLEASE SEND HIM ON HIS WAY, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
Not a very long journey yet. I will have to check back in and see where it has gone too. And for that, I will have to spend it. Think I will go buy a lottery ticket.