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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]: ... There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]: ... There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]].
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]].
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].
Post one[[hottip:Post Two:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]].
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].
Post one[[hottip:Post Two:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.]].
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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For posterity: \\\"This has produced some interesting interpretations of what a \\\'holy symbol\\\' could be -- one film shows a yuppie repelling a vampire with his wallet.\\\"
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].
Post one[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]]
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].
Post one[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]]
Post Two[[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]][[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]][[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post][][hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post][][hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post][[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post][[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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[[The annotations http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/carpe-jugulum.html]] on Terry Pratchett\'s Carpe Jugulum (page 91) mentions such a movie, and the proximity of the above example to the Carpe Jugulum example suggests that they were both added at once.
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[[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/carpe-jugulum.html The annotations]] on Terry Pratchett\\\'s Carpe Jugulum (page 91) mentions such a movie, and the proximity of the above example to the Carpe Jugulum example suggests that they were both added at once.
For posterity: \\\"This has produced some interesting interpretations of what a \\\'holy symbol\\\' could be -- one film shows a yuppie repelling a vampire with his wallet.\\\"
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
For posterity: \\\"This has produced some interesting interpretations of what a \\\'holy symbol\\\' could be -- one film shows a yuppie repelling a vampire with his wallet.\\\"
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
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From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
From [[{{JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake}} [=JustBugsMe/AnitaBlake=]]]:
...There is mention in the books of a yuppie warding off a vampire... with his wallet (because he worships/has faith in/whatever the power of the almighty dollar).
I couldn\\\'t find any other mention of this on the internet, but if it\\\'s as small of a tidbit in the books as is suggested here, I\\\'m not surprised that that text isn\\\'t on the internet.
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2411662&postcount=40 This post]] mentions a similar tale, but it is referenced as a short story here. The poster, Marlitharn, elaborates further in [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367509 this post]].[[hottip:Post One:I recall reading a short story, the title and author of which I will probably remember 2 seconds after hitting \\\"submit\\\", which featured a thoroughly modern vampire. Instead of hunting his victims, he utilized a mass mailing technique, sending out cards informing his intended meals that \\\"A vampire will be calling on such and such a date at such and such a time. Please remove all religious symbols and mirrors.\\\" His victims, expecting a creative kind of new salesman, complied. Anyway, the victim the story focuses on is a well-to-do executive type who, after realizing what\\\'s going on, tries the old crucifix trick. No dice. In a panic, he pulls out his wallet and tries to bribe the advancing vampire, throwing twenties and fifties at him, babbling and pleading. And guess what? The cash repels the bloodsucker, who flees shrieking through the window.
]] [[hottip:Post Two:I read a short story in which a vampire calls on a pair of uber-Yuppies in their upper Manhattan penthouse. When the he-Yuppie realizes that death is quickly approaching with sharp pointy fangs, he first tries to brandish a small cross his wife is wearing. The vamp laughs and keeps coming, and the guy panics and starts pulling cash out of his wallet and throwing it at the vamp, screaming, \\\"Take it all! Just leave us alone!\\\" The cash banished the vampire.]]
The short story version is vaguely mentioned [[http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/602881.html?thread=37695233&format=light#t37695233 here]].
From [[http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq/traditional.shtml]]:
- Repelled/harmed by religious symbols. This appears to be a subject of great debate. A very prevalent belief, is the symbol itself is useless unless the wielder possesses a strong faith in the efficacy of the symbol, as a despoiler of evil. As such, the symbol is just the vehicle for the faith of its holder, and the actual symbol need not be religious. There is a movie in which a yuppie dispels a vampire by holding up his wallet! Apparently, his faith in money was enough that he could harm the vampire. Again, it was the faith and not the symbol that mattered.
