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Post number 17154

yhbc — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:52:24 -0800

Of course it's just a coincidence, but ... I didn't know that this particular bit of pop culture had already been discussed on Fark, but it certainly freaked me out when one of the guys at the bar showed it to me last night. (and wait! There's even more to the conspiracy ...)

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:52:51 -0800

When I was shown the trick for the first time, it was with one of the new $5 and $10 bills as well as the $20. When all three are folded in the same way, the five seems to show two towers with nothing wrong with them, the ten seems to show flames at the very top, and the twenty is as shown. It was rumored that the $50 bill shows no towers at all, but who has that kind of money at a bar? (also, I couldn't find pix of the other bills - anyone know if they are up anywhere on the web?) Doo-dee-doo doo, doo-dee-doo doo ...

By: Marquis

Marquis — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:56:50 -0800

This is very, very um... spiffy.

By: Spoon

Spoon — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:00:54 -0800

Are you easily freaked out?

By: dnash

dnash — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:15:21 -0800

Well, I just tried it with a $5, and while the result could be said to resemble a tall building, I wouldn't say it looks like the WTC at all.

By: iceberg273

iceberg273 — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:21:50 -0800

So Al Qaida is controlling our currency? Or just getting ideas from folding it?

By: fahfooh

fahfooh — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:22:32 -0800

And I suppose its on a $20 bill because 9+11 = 20, right? Still, its creepy.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:36:16 -0800

That is creepy...now I have to find the other currency and try it. Anyone seen a hundred lying around?

By: TuxHeDoh

TuxHeDoh — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:38:29 -0800

we tried it on a 20 here in our office and actually seeing it live was much more eery than just seeing a picture of it. Still havent' tried other denominations.

By: Postroad

Postroad — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:54:47 -0800

Can I do this on a credit card?

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Wed, 15 May 2002 08:57:51 -0800

My boss looked at me weird, but... $50 - side 1, side 2

By: Sapphireblue

Sapphireblue — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:02:47 -0800

ooh! there's NOTHING THERE! which totally fits! it's just like where the towers used to be! chills, I tell you. chills.

By: fahfooh

fahfooh — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:08:04 -0800

When did the bills undergo a facelift? 2001? Hmm? Hmm? doo dee doo doo - doo dee doo doo

By: darukaru

darukaru — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:08:21 -0800

ooh! there's NOTHING THERE! which totally fits! it's just like where the towers used to be! Ziing!

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:25:21 -0800

we tried it on a 20 here in our office and actually seeing it live was much more eery than just seeing a picture of it. Funny, for me it was much less convincing when I tried it out myself, than when I saw the pictures online. Being able to see the actual detail much better only made the differences that much more obvious--the "towers" on the 20 really don't look that much like the twin towers when you look at them closely, and the bushes make unconvincing "smoke".

By: GernBlandston

GernBlandston — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:33:15 -0800

I saw something like this once with the Land O' Lakes butter girl, but it didn't show any smoke...

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:53:09 -0800

Terrorists spread information through origami. Look! It's an origami frog! Or... is it?

By: mikhail

mikhail — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:56:42 -0800

"...with the Land O' Lakes butter girl, but it didn't show any smoke..." you didn't do it right.

By: mikhail

mikhail — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:58:28 -0800

dang, forgot the link.

By: matteo

matteo — Wed, 15 May 2002 10:16:51 -0800

and the bushes make unconvincing "smoke". the Bushes?

By: mkn

mkn — Wed, 15 May 2002 10:46:42 -0800

If you look at this one close enough, you can see the face of Satan! SCARY.

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Wed, 15 May 2002 11:42:34 -0800

Okay Someone send me a hundred dollar bill and I'll try this with it and scan the results... The things I do for you people...

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Wed, 15 May 2002 13:46:04 -0800

"My boss looked at me weird, but..." why, because you actually had a 50$? i kid cuz i love.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 15 May 2002 15:11:43 -0800

Someone send me a hundred dollar bill ... The joke at the bar was that since the progression of the 5-10-20-50 ended up showing nothing there, we needed to get ahold of a $100 to see what was going to be built in its place. Can I take my tongue out of my cheek now?

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Wed, 15 May 2002 17:37:40 -0800

Think this would work with coins, too...?

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Wed, 15 May 2002 18:09:17 -0800

I don't know...try taking the coins out of your cheek, yhbc. Anything?

By: computerface

computerface — Thu, 16 May 2002 05:31:40 -0800

This was a full news story on Fox Five news at ten here in NYC. I guess nothing else really important happened yesterday.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Sun, 19 May 2002 16:20:07 -0800

Alright, I'll go ahead and get it off my chest (since MeFi is back up within a reasonable amount of time). The ever-redoubtable snopes was on the ball quickly with this one. They not only thoroughly and properly debunked the idea (with the same degree of tongue-in-cheekiness that I thought the topic deserved) but they also came up with an even better bill-folding result from an unidentified foreign currency. I always knew there was a real future in origami.