Funny Money Puns!

Money Puns contains puns, jokes, songs, expressions and illustrations connected with money and more besides.

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Puns about Money

A bank that never closes? River bank
Bad pennies go to a penny tentiary
Cheap wig - small price toupée

Cow pooping dollar bills - was a cash cow
Double your money - fold it in half
​Friend's money - palimony

Mohammed the accountant - prophet and loss
Paid per word - coin a phrase
Pay peanuts - get monkeys

Pennies from Heaven but pounds from a rich uncle
Poor doe didn't have a single buck

Rich baker - making dough

​Sad looking toucan faced with a large bill
Soppy dollar? Feeling centimental
Two dollars got hitched - it was matrimony

Wages are a joke - funny money
​​Wealthy nuts - cashews
What's a Greek urn?  About ten bob (Morecambe and Wise)

Penny Wise Pound Foolish Gifts

Did You Know?

The word "salary" comes from the Latin word "sal," meaning salt, because Roman soldiers were paid in salt.
The largest denomination of U.S. currency ever printed was the $100,000 bill.
The first paper currency was created in China during the Tang Dynasty.

Expressions

A fool and his money are soon parted - so be careful with it
Black swan - an unusual event
Bring home the bacon - provide for the family


Cash is king - it is real and tangible
Cost an arm and a leg - when something cost a lot!
Death and taxes - two certainties in life

Dollar a day - old minimum wage
Follow the money - when you need to know what they are up to
In the money - when you're feeling wealthy

Keep your hand on your ha'penny - old wisdom for young girls
Money doesn't grow on trees - excludes fruit farmers and logging companies
Money talks - rich people don't get ignored

On the money - when something is exactly right
​Penny for your thoughts - what are you thinking
​Put your money where your mouth is - talk is cheap

​The best things in life are free - true up to a point
​Two sides of the same coin - seemingly opposing positions are the same

You can't take it with you - death is the great equalizer

Pennies From Heaven

Famous People

Warren Buffet - the Sage of Omaha
Pat Cash - tennis player
50 Cents - singer

​Bling Crosby - singer
​Rich Hall - comic
​Claude Monet - lily painter

Dollar Parton - country singer
Loan Ranger - fights outlaws with trusty sidekick
Buck Rogers - hero

Films And Media

The Big Short - interesting take on the financial crash
Brewsters Millions - spend to inherit comedy
Catch Me If You Can – A film about a con artist making money through fraud

Fun with Dick and Jane – A comedy about a couple who turn to crime after financial struggles
It’s a Wonderful Life – While a Christmas movie, money is at the heart of George Bailey's problems
Ocean’s Eleven – A heist movie about stealing millions from a Las Vegas casino.

Trading Places - rich stockbroker and poor man swap places for laughs
Wall Street – This classic film is all about the world of high finance and big money
​Wolf of Wall Street - the glory of excess

Internet Money

eBank - buy secondhand banks next time the system crashes
FaceBill - share pics of your paper cash with friends
Grinder - relax after the daily grind

Instagrant - government handouts for spreading socially aware messages
LinkedIn - when the crash comes you need an up to date profile
OnlyBucks - check out the figures

Pinterest - make interest out of your pics
Reddit - check out how the poor people live
Slotify - listen to music while being a high-roller at Vegas

​Natural World

Black Swan - the unexpected bird
Cash Cow - isn't a real cow

Dollarbird – Named for the silver spot on its wings

Pennywort – A type of plant
Money Tree – A plant often associated with wealth
Silverfish – A small insect

Places

Dollar Bay, Michigan with a rich mining history.
Penny Lane in Liverpool - The Beatles
Silver City, Nevada built on mining wealth.

Quotes

"A million here and a million there, pretty soon you're talking about real money" - (Senator Dirksen)
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Rogers
“Money often costs too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.” – Mark Twain
“Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.” – Christopher Columbus

Sell Sell Sell!

Songs about Money

Best Things In Life Are Free - Barrett Strong
Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles
First I Look At The Purse - J Geils Band

If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies​
If I Were A Rich Man - Fiddler on the Roof
King of the Road - Roger Miller hobo song

Money - Pink Floyd
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits​
Money, Money, Money - Abba

Price Tag - Jessie J - with the kerching refrain
She Works Hard for the Money - Donna Summer
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
​​Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc
Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash - Steve Miller

Trivia

More Monopoly money bills printed annually than real U.S. currency.
The U.S. Secret Service was originally established to combat counterfeiting.
In 2005, a man legally paid his $1,000 tax bill entirely in pennies.

Words for Making Money Puns

Some handy words for thinking up puns about money.

ATM, bank, bill, billion, bucks, cash, cent, cash, change, coin, credit, debt, dime, dollar, dough, interest, million, mint, money, moolah, penny, pennies, poor, pounds, profit, purse, rich, savings, shekels, spend, wallet, vault

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