... but we've had a couple of bad luck events over the past few months. I was putting some coins into the safe yesterday and saw the $2 bill I've had lurking in there for about two years. I've heard $2 bills are bad luck. Folks, I took that $2 bill our of its little sleeve and used it to buy a stamp. I'm now avoiding black cats and ladders and hoping my luck improves!
I've never heard that $2 bills are bad luck. Stamps are also less than 50¢, so I hope you either got change, or more than 1 stamp.
@jester3681 Yes, $2 notes are bad luck. A few years ago, a Baltimore man tried to use them to pay for his breakfast at a Mickey D's. They refused to accept them saying they were counterfeit. After arguing a while, the manager called the Baltimore Police who arrested him, took him to the station and contacted the Secret Service in DC. When the agents arrived and were shown the notes, they asked what was wrong with them. It was a bad, bad day for Mickey D's and the Baltimore Police Department after the man filed charges for false arrest. Chris
The $2 note was first issued in 1862 and it was well accepted until the late 1800's. In the late 1800's some of the things you could do with a $2 note were: Buy a vote, Buy "services" at a brothel, or place a bet. Respectable persons feared others would think they had "earned" the "Duece" by selling their vote, their body, or as a habitual bettor. To combat the "Curse of the Deuce," many people tore corners off the note. Pregnant women who received a note with all four corners torn off believed they would have twins. Cashiers imagined themselves immune from the "Curse" if they kissed the note upon receipt — In the old days, it was believed that saliva contained magical powers that would contain a curse long enough to pass the offending article to another who would have to fine their own way of defending themselves.
