Reminds me of a joke that was probably making the rounds on early e-mails and bulletin boards long before social media.

A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington, DC. Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.

The driver rolls it down and asks, “What’s going on?”

“Terrorists have kidnapped the entire US Congress, and they’re asking for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, collecting donations.”

“How much is everyone giving, on an average?” the driver asks.

The man replies, “Roughly a gallon.”

Edit: if those 30 pieces of silver were American Eagle 1 oz. bullion coins, it would be around $2300 at today's prices and premiums.