By George!

[skyring]

One of the things Sparky-Redhead introduced me to was Where's George? I immediately marked all the US currency in my possession (note to Americans, those 1c coins are really fiddly) and sent it off into the wide world. I sorta lost interest a while later, as the only notes that were ever tracked were six bills I sent to a friend in Washington to pay for a book, and she promptly turned around and gave them to a visiting Australian mate who dutifully made entries when he returned home. To Canberra.

Anyway, I got a notification this morning. Germany to Australia to Wisconsin! Either I gave the bill to Kerri on one of her trips or (more likely) I took it with me last January. Looks like the shopkeep is a WG fan!

I prefer books, but.

Comments

Re: Where's George - very cool!

[gorydetails.livejournal.com]

I think you have an unfair advantage, what with both of you traveling so much - my best distance for a WG bill so far is barely a few hundred miles. Though I did have one caught by a very cheerful Where's-Georger who had posted some of his own favorite catches - one of which was a bill that turned up in a nude dancer's G-string!

Love how some of your bills promptly came back - BC books often do that as well, so there must be a homing instinct involved. Remind me in Toronto and we can swap marked bills if you like; technically I think the Where's George people frown on deliberately trading marked bills with other WGers, but at a bill or two who's to know? [Uh, unless they read LiveJournal. Never mind.]

Ooh, but if I sign up for the Canadian equivalent, register my cash at the Toronto convention, and get Ottawabill to take me to a strip joint where there are dancers with cash-seeking G-strings... It's almost too perfect that the Canadian site is called "Where's Willy"!

Re: Where's George - very cool!

[skyring.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I've got the time and patience to go Wheresgeorging when I'm on the road BookCrossing - usually I've got a tonne of things to do online and never enough time to do them all. But I've got a few greenbacks here - I'll mark them up before I leave.

Snorted coffee out my nose at your last para. I won't comment!