Althouse: Rat eats 1.3 million rupees

२३ जून, २०१८

Rat eats 1.3 million rupees — $19,000.

In an ATM machine in Gauhati, India.

२५ टिप्पण्या:

David Begley म्हणाले...: Was that the winning rat?

And his name?; २३/६/१८, ५:५७ AM
rhhardin म्हणाले...: The loss is a matter of what the government does. It reduces the money supply - the rat ate paper, not money - so the govenment could just replace it and everything's equal. That produces a moral hazard though.; २३/६/१८, ६:१२ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: @David Begley.

No, that's Virgil. The winning rat, the official rat of the Althouse blog, is Rattatz.; २३/६/१८, ६:१६ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: Virgil came in second, but doing this post today, I just thought he looked more likely to eat money.; २३/६/१८, ६:१७ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Rattatz or Rattataz?
I voted for Virgil the fist time around.
The pictire in your post keeps changing size, Ann. Is that you or me?; २३/६/१८, ६:३१ AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: picture, dummy.; २३/६/१८, ६:३१ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: It's you, Rusty.; २३/६/१८, ६:३३ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: Ugh! It was weird on Meade's iPad too.

I tried to code it a different way. Try it now.; २३/६/१८, ६:३५ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: Flickr and Blogger did not play well together.

I took the code from Flickr and then made it smaller it through Blogger. That created a flashing effect on some devices. I correct the problem by getting code for the smaller size directly from Flickr.; २३/६/१८, ६:३७ AM
MayBee म्हणाले...: Awww The rat drawing contest. Good times.; २३/६/१८, ६:४८ AM
MayBee म्हणाले...: Virgil came in second, but doing this post today, I just thought he looked more likely to eat money.

hahahhahahhha!; २३/६/१८, ६:५० AM
David Begley म्हणाले...: When does Althouse sell rat coffee mugs? Full sets and individual rat characters. Look out Walt!; २३/६/१८, ७:०० AM
Bob Boyd म्हणाले...: It's not the rupees to dollars exchange rate Virgil has to worry about, it's the rupee to poopy rate. That money could be tied up for a long time.; २३/६/१८, ७:०५ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: The rats were drawn with a finger back when that was a new function in the iPhone texting app. It was hard to do that, so it forced a very primitive style that felt cute at the time. I guess I stopped because things like that lose their charm after a very short while.; २३/६/१८, ७:१८ AM
Mary Beth म्हणाले...: It took them 22 days from the time the ATM broke until they went to fix it. Is money usually left sitting in a broken ATM?; २३/६/१८, ७:१८ AM
Ann Althouse म्हणाले...: The rats were drawn with a finger back when that was a new function in the iPhone texting app. It was hard to do that, so it forced a very primitive style that felt cute at the time. I guess I stopped because things like that lose their charm after a very short while.; २३/६/१८, ७:१९ AM
Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...: Just reloaded. StI'll not playing well with my oldest iPad. Will try with a newer one. The problem with the flashing is that the tho pictures take up different amounts of screen space, which means that the larger (or taller) pushes everything down, and the smaller/shorter pulls it back up, which makes everything below the drawings flash up and down at a pretty good clip - fast enough that it was difficult to get into this comment thread, because the link kept jumping up and down, much faster than I could click on.; २३/६/१८, ७:४४ AM
Bob Boyd म्हणाले...: I just see a little part of Virgil, an ear and one eye peeking at me. It makes him more like a real rat.; २३/६/१८, ७:४९ AM
Fritz म्हणाले...: In Venezuela, you could at least use Bolivars to lure rates to eat.; २३/६/१८, ७:५५ AM
Hammond X. Gritzkofe म्हणाले...: ATM machine: automatic teller machine machine; २३/६/१८, ८:५४ AM
Bruce Hayden म्हणाले...: Newest iPad seems to be working just fine, but only the one pix is showing.; २३/६/१८, ९:४१ AM
Darrell म्हणाले...: Our rats go through most of $3.8 trillion.; २३/६/१८, १०:०० AM
Rusty म्हणाले...: Blogger Ann Althouse said...
It's you, Rusty.

6/23/18, 6:33 AM

(sigh)Isn't it always.; २३/६/१८, १०:३७ AM
Wilbur म्हणाले...: Reminds Wilbur of Biggie Rat, from the early-60's cartoon King Leonardo.

Biggie Rat's associate in perfidy, the King's brother, had one of the greatest names ever: Itchy Brother. I learn now it has already been used by a band, who I read was a precursor to The Kentucky Headhunters.; २३/६/१८, १०:४२ AM
Char Char Binks, Esq. म्हणाले...: Virgil definitely looks like the rat that ate the rupee. Or should that be the rat who ate the rupee?; २३/६/१८, ५:३५ PM