Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Track This Bill

The other day, I came across a very unusual 1 Dollar bill.

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The colorful stamps with the writing "Track this bill: www.wheresgeorge.com" and
"See where I've been and Track where I go next!" piqued my interest.

So I went to the tracking site, entered the serial number of the bill, my zip code and - bam! - it gave me the history of the bill. It said:

This bill has travelled 264 Miles in 117 Days, 23 Mins at an average of 2.3 Miles per day. It went from Springfield, OR to Vancouver, WA and finally landed here in La Pine.

How cool is that?

But. Is it an utter waste of human time and resources - or the most clever and pervasive marketing idea to ever hit this universe? (the site has various ads, but for a small contribution, you can become a member and see the site without ads).

I can't decide. One part of my brain says "Man, this is soooo freaking pointless." The other part says "Man, this is so freaking cool."

What do *you* think? And have you ever found a marked bill like that?
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