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'BANKNOTE' MADE OF GRILLED SQUIDIn the something-for-that-special-banknote-collector department is this giant package of grilled squid fashioned as a banknote. -Editor 
We could all do with more cash in this current economic climate. And we found some at Don Don Donki, the place where we, er, usually part with our money. It's even edible — 'cos it's actually a 30cm by 55cm piece of grilled squid packaged to look like a cartoonishly oversized 100 million yen 'banknote'. It costs — not a million bucks — but $5.90 for a sheet. The parody money is manufactured by Japanese seafood snackmaker Yotchan Foods, which explains why there's a 'Yotchan Ginzo' (Japanese for Yotchan Bank) emblazoned on one side of the banknote. We also giggled at the authoritative-looking obverse of a man wearing a squid hat. Very clever. You're meant to share your 'wealth' with other people, since there's so much of it to go around. But we can say from... personal experience that two rabid snackers can demolish this in one sitting.
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