Human Hair Now More Valuable Than US Dollar

[Johonny]

This story gave me a chuckle

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/us/17hair.html?_r=1&src=recg

The thieves pulled the iron bars out of the windows, outsmarted the motion detector that would have triggered a burglar alarm and did not give the safe or cash register a second look. Instead they went straight for what was most valuable: human hair.

I guess part of the US economy is booming. I'm selling my gold and silver and buying hair.

[FSogol]

1. What if you don't have golden locks?

:shrug:

[damntexdem]

7. No problem -- plenty of us older folks have silver in our hair.

;-)

[damntexdem]

2. Oh no! Next will be demands that we go on the hair standard!

;-)

And we'll have follicle financing to boot.

Instead of going bankrupt, companies will go bald.

And scalpers outside ballparks really will be scalpers.

;-)

[JuniperLea]

3. Uh oh...

I was stopped on the street recently... someone offered to pay for my hair... I think I'll start braiding it... yikes.

[MorningGlow]

4. Cripes

Too bad my hair is nastily naturally kinky; I'd sell it and gladly. But my kind is not wanted. :cry:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. $150K

Knowledgeable.

[BadgerKid]

6. One wig, one centime.

Welcome to France in the 1800's.

[itsrobert]

8. Left at the scene was a Meatloaf album and a John Rich guitar

as it looks like the Donald ordered his celebrities to get him some real hair.

[MindPilot]

9. That would explain my economic situation....

bald broke.

[Uben]

10. It's a trick!

They want to change our currency to hair so they can start teaching our kids "fuzzy math".

I bet James Carville is pissed!

[LiberalEsto]

11. "Gimmee a head with hair, long beautiful hair..."

Now I'm worried that someone might snip off my long reddish-brown tresses...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. With the amount of hair remaing on my head I'd be better off taking the dollar.