You know how they've been putting out new state quarters every few months? And how they put some interesting fact or motto or something about each state on its quarter (they even chronicled North Carolina's longstanding pissing contest with Ohio over the Wright Brothers (ours reads "First Flight," theirs reads "Birthplace Of Aviation Pioneers" (seriously, just because one of the Wright Brothers was born in Ohio, that gives them the right to say their state was responsible for aviation? (that would be like some state putting "George Washington Slept Here" on the back of its quarter)))).
Anyway...
I turned over a quarter the other day and saw this:
What the hell? American Samoa? Last time I checked (re: 4th grade), American Samoa was not a state.
Apparently, we're putting U.S. territories on our quarters now. I really have no idea what a U.S. territory is. I think they're like junior states or step-states or states on double secret probation or something. Maybe they give us a percentage of their money or let us park our jet fighters in their driveways. Hell if I know.
But if we're putting U.S. territories on quarters, what's next? Other countries? Taco Bell? Cynical Dad?
(If I had any graphic skillz whatsoever, this would be where you would see a quarter with my baby head on it.)
And don't even get me started on the Illuminati...
Update: Wendy at Funny Things Are Everywhere was nice enough to email me an official Cynical Dad quarter. And I'm on the front of this baby!
BEHOLD!
50 States And Counting
