Sound Of The Penny Dropping
(I work at an antique store. We get a lot of people call us up when they find old banknotes and coins. Mostly, they’re worthless.)
Customer: “I’ve found a really old £1 note, and I want to know if it’s worth anything?”
Colleague: “Is there a signature on the front?”
Customer: “It’s ‘DHF Somerset.'”
Colleague: “Ah, well, that note was produced in the early 1980s. It’s not worth anything.”
Customer: “No, it’s much earlier than that! It has the dates ‘1642 to 1727’ on the back, and a picture of Isaac Newton. That’s very old!”
Colleague: “Those are the dates he was alive. Besides, if it was produced back then, they couldn’t have put a picture of the current Queen on the front. Could they?”
Customer: “Oh…”
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