A Cruel Joke

Mexico has come out with some new banknotes.

The 500 peso note is blue. It has a picture of Benito Juarez on it. It’s worth a little more than $25 U.S.

The old 20 peso note is blue, too. It, too, has a picture of Benito Juarez on it. It’s worth a few pennies more than a U.S. dollar.

Imagine that you’re in some crepuscular cantina in Ciudad Juarez. Imagine you’ve had a couple of shots of Don Pedro. Then imagine you had a couple more.

(It might be easier for me to imagine all those things than for you to imagine them.)

Seems like you might accidentally tip your server $25 U.S. instead of the $1 U.S. you intended.

I mean, maybe.

It hasn’t happened to me yet, but it could.

I mean, maybe.

I’m breaking that 500 peso note next chance I get.

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