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'Laundrying' Money

posted 16 years ago by Swill_Merchant
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Saw and enjoyed "Bound." I found the parts where they "laundered" the bloody cash a stretch. $2.176 million in $100 bills means 21,760 individual bills. Running them through a washing machine is probably possible, but hanging up 21,760 bills to dry, as depicted in the movie, would require over 6,600 feet of line (more than a mile and a quarter), and one would also need 21,760 clothes pins. As for ironing the bills, assuming the ironer can do one bill, both sides, in 10 seconds, with no rest--that would take 55 hours. Yet the syndicate group was on its way from the airport during that time. Someone was way out in left field on this one!

[–] Vanhugen 15 years ago

I've put wet money in the mircowave before, only ones though I wouldn't suggest it with anything else as they have magnetic strips in them. I don't know how that would work out.

[–] moviestar26 15 years ago

Did the bills dry ?, or did they burn ?.

[–] Vanhugen 14 years ago

Got to watch them to make sure they don't burn. Iron works well too.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (6468) 5 years ago

In addition to what others wrote, he didn't use clothes pins. Paper clips were sufficient.

He also had a machine for collating the bills.

[–] legnadibrom (6365) 5 years ago

have you seen the wachowskis these days?
talk about left field!

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

“There are two things in Creation that are infinite: the Universe, and human stupidity.” - Albert Einstein, after the USA used a nuclear weapon in warfare.

That also describes this topic, and the majority of this site’s archived IMDb topics and posts that I’ve seen.