It is not, strictly speaking, an autograph. It is a doodle. Or series of cursive O’s.
President Obama is expected to pick Jack Lew to be the next Treasury Secretary.
If confirmed as Treasury Secretary, Lew’s autograph will be stamped on all newly printed U.S. cash. However, he may not choose to use the loopy John Hancock.
It is not, strictly speaking, an autograph. It is a doodle. Or series of cursive O's.
Here at the office, we came up with a few descriptions:
• wire bowtie
• Frieda from "Peanuts" hair
• Slinky that has lost the will to live
• centipede skeleton
• sleeping Spriograph
• some thirteen year-olds broken braces
• old phone cord
• Burger King Seasoned Sweet Potato Curly Fries
• something clogging the drain
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said that he used a neater version of his signature for the U.S. dollar rather than signing with his usual illegible scribble.
Fortunately, for the aesthetic integrity of our currency, the GOP's aversion to Jack Lew (and Congress' aversion to speedy confirmations) suggests he'll have many weeks to learn to sign his name using more than one letter.
Until then, here is a great slide showing 25 other ways to deface money.
