October 29, 2007: Big bucks on the wall

Undertoad · 10-29-2007, 11:30 AM

hat tip xoB. Blog Wall$treetFighter finds and documents five different pubs in the US where people have gone into the habit of attaching dollar bills to the wall, visitor by visitor. People write a message on the bill and tack or paste it up. Thievery is supposedly low. After years of operation, some of these places are worth serious money just for their unserious money. The winner, the No Name Pub, is shown above with some of their estimated $750,000 in singles, collected during 30 years of donations.

12 more shots of the five top-dollar pubs are at the link.

lumberjim · 10-29-2007, 12:01 PM

I wonder if that costs them extra in fire insurance.

I also wonder if they could get in trouble with the Feds over that.

ZenGum · 10-29-2007, 01:55 PM

Yeah, both a fire hazard and a valuable flammable asset.
I wonder if it is good insulation. Given the downward trend of the US$, and the upward trend of oil, this may soon become an economically viable means of insulation.

lookout123 · 10-29-2007, 02:10 PM

think of the blackmail possibilities. drunk guy with mistress writes stupid message on dollar bill and tacks it to wall... could make some money if you could match the idiot with the message.

Kumbulu · 10-29-2007, 02:53 PM

Want.

binky · 10-29-2007, 02:55 PM

We used to stop at a place where they did this and we put ours up. One day when we stopped there, they were all gone-the owner said that someone told her that it was a federal offense to deface currency, so she took them all down

LabRat · 10-29-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

I wonder if that costs them extra in fire insurance.

Totally what I was thinking. Cool, but SO dangerous. Especially in a bar. Cigarettes, flicked ashes, FWOOSH!!!!!!

The A-frame lodge at our annual vacation spot has money (mostly singles) hanging from the hooks of lures above the bar. Every year there is a few more.

Sheldonrs · 10-29-2007, 03:22 PM

Sometimes my nightstand looks like that as well.

HungLikeJesus · 10-29-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Sometimes my nightstand looks like that as well.

...after you've emptied out the g-string?

10-29-2007, 04:08 PM

There is a place in the Keys that does the same thing.

Sheldonrs · 10-29-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

...after you've emptied out the g-string?

More like a G-rope. ;-)

Sundae · 10-29-2007, 05:49 PM

Where is Brianna?

There is a pub in the UK that has all kinds of foreign currency on the walls and ceiling - visitors are encouraged to submit theirs. It was in the Weirdest Pubs in Britain or something like that, which I know she has.

Adam · 10-29-2007, 06:01 PM

Yikes.
Here in Providence, all decorations of every kind came down after the Station nightclub fire in 2003 killed 100 people.
That wall o' money is probably in serious violation of fire code, but maybe it's not such a big deal now that smoking's been banned...

Coign · 10-29-2007, 06:22 PM

I have seen money burn, I have a bill with burnt edges around it becuase it looks kinda cool and is a bit symbolic, and money doesn't actually burn all that well. I would actually be surprised if a cigerette would start that wall on fire.

It is 50% paper and 50% cotton. It is not like they are hanging a ton of paper on the walls. Just 1/2 a ton of paper.

(And yes I know cotton burns too, it just deosn't do it as well.)

spudcon · 10-29-2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Coign

I have seen money burn, I have a bill with burnt edges around it becuase it looks kinda cool and is a bit symbolic, and money doesn't actually burn all that well. I would actually be surprised if a cigerette would start that wall on fire.

It is 50% paper and 50% cotton. It is not like they are hanging a ton of paper on the walls. Just 1/2 a ton of paper.

(And yes I know cotton burns too, it just deosn't do it as well.)

No, problem if you hang up one dollar coigns.

10-29-2007, 11:30 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 29, 2007: Big bucks on the wall hat tip xoB. Blog Wall$treetFighter finds and documents five different pubs in the US where people have gone into the habit of attaching dollar bills to the wall, visitor by visitor. People write a message on the bill and tack or paste it up. Thievery is supposedly low. After years of operation, some of these places are worth serious money just for their unserious money. The winner, the No Name Pub, is shown above with some of their estimated $750,000 in singles, collected during 30 years of donations. 12 more shots of the five top-dollar pubs are at the link.

10-29-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I wonder if that costs them extra in fire insurance. I also wonder if they could get in trouble with the Feds over that. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-29-2007, 01:55 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Yeah, both a fire hazard and a valuable flammable asset. I wonder if it is good insulation. Given the downward trend of the US$, and the upward trend of oil, this may soon become an economically viable means of insulation. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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10-29-2007, 04:08 PM	#10
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10-29-2007, 05:49 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Where is Brianna? There is a pub in the UK that has all kinds of foreign currency on the walls and ceiling - visitors are encouraged to submit theirs. It was in the Weirdest Pubs in Britain or something like that, which I know she has. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-29-2007, 06:01 PM	#13
Adam Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 16	Yikes. Here in Providence, all decorations of every kind came down after the Station nightclub fire in 2003 killed 100 people. That wall o' money is probably in serious violation of fire code, but maybe it's not such a big deal now that smoking's been banned...

10-29-2007, 06:22 PM	#14
Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	I have seen money burn, I have a bill with burnt edges around it becuase it looks kinda cool and is a bit symbolic, and money doesn't actually burn all that well. I would actually be surprised if a cigerette would start that wall on fire. It is 50% paper and 50% cotton. It is not like they are hanging a ton of paper on the walls. Just 1/2 a ton of paper. (And yes I know cotton burns too, it just deosn't do it as well.) __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

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