BUSY BUSY BUSY

Apologies for lack of comment today, but this morning was one of the busiest mornings I've had in about 6 months. I did spot this however, which has to rank as one of the stupidest attempts at a crime ever...

COVINGTON, Ga., March 10 (UPI) -- The United States has never issued a $1 million bank note, but a suburban Atlanta-area woman allegedly tried cashing one anyway at Wal-Mart. Police in Covington say Alice Pike, 35, first tried to use two Wal-Mart cards to pay for $1,671.55 worth of items. But she only had a total of $2.32 worth of credit available on the cards. That's when she handed the cashier a $1 million bill and asked for change. The suspicious cashier called a manager, who then called police. When they arrived, Pike produced two similar bills from her wallet, saying she got them from her husband. She was being held Wednesday in the county jail on $2,550 bail on first-degree forgery charges, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said. The highest denomination bill the U.S. government issues is $100. In 1969, the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System discontinued notes in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 due to lack of use.