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Money Odour
Give each bank note denomination an individual scent. | |
I'm aware that blind people have come up with ways to distinguish a five from a one hundred dollar note. Some fold their notes in special ways, while others store them in seperate areas of their wallet or purse, and I'm sure there's many more. Still, I think they have to rely too heavily on the honesty
of others.
Unless you happen to be blind and anosmic, or blind with a cold, or blind and have just accidently snorted some chilli, I think smell is a great way to differentiate between things that are otherwise very similar to touch. You could, of course, use braille on the notes, but I don't think it would last very long in polymer challenged countries. Yes, you know who I'm referring to.
I may come across as an empathic, thoughtful human being, but this simply isn't true. The real reason I came up with this idea is because smelling money in the dark is a secret passion of mine.
German euros 'full of cocaine'
http://news.bbc.co..../europe/3021194.stm
Almost all euro banknotes circulating in Germany contain traces of cocaine, German researchers say. [Brummo, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Money Laundering
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I read that as "Monkey Odour". But the money thing is cool too... |
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the only problem i see with this is that banknotes might not smell too nice after spending some time in the trouser pocket of a fat gentleman who's just been running for a bus. perhaps some sort of slow-release scent? (+) |
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How do you stop the smells from transferring to notes of other denominations when folded up in a wallet? |
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Mmkay, so DeathNinja wants his currency to reek of monkey, and trashcanglam has voted for sweaty fat gentleman smell. Excellent. |
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[squeak] I suppose microencapsulation would be the way to go. I didn't really think about it, but I guess this would have the added bonus of being another anti counterfeit measure. |
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Scratch and sniff bucks? Dunno. Have you SEEN some of the bills floating around these days? Seems like a bad trick to make blind people hold them to their faces. |
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<Robert Duvall> "I love the smell of fifties in the morning..."</Robert Duvall> |
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No shit, DN. I thought it was Monkey Odor too. |
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"Monkey Odor. Would that be perfume for monkeys? Or perfume OF monkeys? 'Odur de Baboon Butt.' Would I buy it? Would my GIRLFRIEND buy it? Would I buy it for my girlfriend, for purposes of hot monkey love? Would she buy me saying that this turns me on?" |
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These are some of the thoughts that DID NOT go through my mind as I considered what an idea titled "Monkey Odor" could possibly be. |
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Hey, now there's an idea [renboga]! How I love the smell of money. |
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I love the smell of new money as it is, and frankly old money stinks, so no thanks. |
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hmm, scratch and sniff monkey odour. reminds me of a video clip i once saw.. |
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How about scratch and sniff? For reasons [UnaBubba] stated in his idea above .. |
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//Money stinks, unless it's brand new. This is because it collects dirt and sweat and drug residues and beer and vomit// |
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.. it'd be better to actually have to activate the smell somehow, scratching it to release a scent would be appropriate. |
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I saw today that the US Gov't has been found to be discriminating against the blind in that there is no way for a blind person to distinguish the value of the notes.
I knew there would be some ideas on the halfbakery about this. |
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Maybe it could be an electric or heat activated odour and you would use a key chain fob device to activate it. |
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Hurrah for the Blind! With their lawsuit they have rectified the last thing to piss me off about American money. When I arrived I was overjoyed to have access to $1 bills but pissed that the size and colour of the notes were the same. Anti-counterfeiting measures have added colour and now the blind have a pretty good chance of making the notes different sizes! The best of English and American money combined. Bone for the mint if they use raised numbers instead though. |
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why not have brail money. |
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note are differnt sizes anyways so they'd be able to tell the difference. but it would be nice to smell wealthy! bun from me! |
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For reasons of counterfeit avoidance, the different smells should be both unusual, hard to replicate, and very long lasting. |
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I know a certain gentleman with poor hygene that could provide some fine examples of not so pleasant potential money odors. |
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Or we could look into synthetic esters. |
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