March 16, 2006 | Funny Bits

Porn euros worth something

Joke porn euro dollars being distributed in Germany have fooled at least one vendor who took the bills at face value, losing 534 euros in change.

The notes are very obviously fakes even upon cursory examination: they come in denominations that don't exist in the real world;  they feature a ring of 12 hearts instead of the usual EU stars; the  word "Eros" is substituted for "Euros;" and, last but not least, they are decorated with illustrations of hunky studs and big-breasted nude women.

But Bernd Friedhelm, a Cologne newsagent, says he accepted one of the fake 600 euro notes from an unknown customer who bought two cartons of cigarettes and walked off with 534 euros in change.

Let's just say Bernd was having a very, very bad day - and hope that his 600 eros note will one day be a collectors item.

• Porn euros being passed off as real [ananova]