Counterfeit
Two contafiters way up nort in Chicargo wuz makin sum contafit money an dey accidently made sum twelve dollar bill by mistake. Dey made a whole bunch of dem before dey foun dere mistake, so insted of startin over dey decide to try to pass dem off.
Dey always herd how backward people in Louisiana wuz, especially dem folks name Boudreaux frum down neer Lafayette so dey jump in dere car an drive down to Lafayette, LA an wen dey got dere dey look in da fone book an shore enuf dey fine Boudreaux's General Store an Mercantile listed rite dere in da yeller pages.
Dey went to Boudreaux's store an walk up to da man at da counter.
Da firs contafiter say, "Are you Mr. Boudreaux?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore, dat's me. Wat can Ah do fa you fellers?"
Da contafiter wisper to his frien, "This is gonna be easier than I thought."
Da contafiter say, "Can you give us change for a twelve dollar bill?"
Boudreaux say, "Mais shore Ah can! How you want dat, tree fores, fore trees, or 2 sixes?"
Originally published August 26, 2005.
