Balancing Your Money

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No – not like that. Like really, balancing money.

I love these quick little tricks that impress the boys at a restaurant or somewhere we have to sit still for a while.

Fold the dollar bill in half lengthwise

and tell them to try and balance the quarter on the edge of the dollar bill. They’ll probably stand the dollar up and attempt to balance the quarter on the edge

and it probably won’t take too many attempts before they realize it’s not too easy.

Fold the bill in half the other way and make a crease

Open back up and try again

that second crease gives just enough of a second balance point to keep the quarter from falling off.