Happy Andy, Sad Andy (was Happy Queen, Sad Queen)

[bigmacbear]

Folks, here's a fun trick to play with the new US $20 bill:

1. With the front of the bill facing you, fold the bill (parallel to the shorter dimension of the bill) down the center of the mouth of the portrait of Andrew Jackson, so the point of the crease also faces you.


2. Fold the bill again about 1/8" to either side of the first fold, so you have a little ridge like an inverted "V" running down the middle of the portrait but the rest of the bill lies flat.


3. Now pick up the bill and hold it in front of you, with Jackson facing you and the little ridge you just made sticking out in front.


4. Tilt the bill up so it is nearly vertical. Notice how happy Andy looks.


5. Tilt the bill back so it is nearly horizontal. Notice how sad Andy looks.

You can repeat the last two steps as often as you like, and go from "happy Andy" to "sad Andy" and back over and over again.

I originally learned this trick from djjo using the Canadian $20 bill, which bears a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II -- so that bill goes "happy Queen, sad Queen" instead of "happy Andy, sad Andy".

It appears to work best on currency with portraits of poker-faced people who neither smiled nor frowned when sitting for their portraits. And usually the portrait has to be facing just slightly to one side of the viewer -- neither a full-face portrait nor a profile will work.

Have fun! ;-)