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Phony $200 bill with Bush picture used in Kentucky

DANVILLE, Ky., Jan 30 (Reuters) - Talk about funny money.

Police in Kentucky are looking for a customer who succeeded in paying for a

$2 order at a fast-food restaurant with a phony $200 bill featuring a

picture

of President W. Bush and a depiction of the White House with a lawn

sign saying, " We like broccoli. "

Authorities say the female cashier at a Dairy Queen in Danville even gave

the

culprit $198 in real money as change.

" Essentially, the story is that somebody at a drive-in ordered some food

and

passed a $200 novelty deal with Bush on it, " Danville Police

Detective

Bob on said.

" At a distance it looks like a real bill, it's got the green color, "

on said when asked how the cashier possibly could mistake it for

genuine money.

The cartoonish bill was accepted on Sunday evening by the Dairy Queen

cashier

despite having Bush on one side and an oil well on the other. The phony

bill

also depicted the White House lawn with yard signs reading " U.S. deserves a

tax cut, " " No more scandals " and " We like broccoli, " the last apparently

referring to Bush's father's admitted dislike for the vegetable.

No U.S. currency has a picture of Bush, let alone a reference to liking

broccoli.

Because there is no actual $200 currency, the culprit could face a charge

of

theft by deception but not counterfeiting, on said.

16:03 01-30-01

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