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You take pennies?

#1 Postby Jason_B » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:52 pm

I just came across these really funny videos on youtube of this guy who goes around and tries to buy everything with pennies. Thought I'd share.

http://www.youtube.com/user/pennypranks
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#2 Postby Cryomaniac » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:34 am

My friend at school gave the librarian 99 pennies for a £1 library fine, then when the librarian counted them out he handed over a £1 coin. The librarian wasn't happy, and my friend got a 2 week ban from using the library.
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#3 Postby LaPlaceFF » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:50 am

Cryomaniac wrote:My friend at school gave the librarian 99 pennies for a £1 library fine, then when the librarian counted them out he handed over a £1 coin. The librarian wasn't happy, and my friend got a 2 week ban from using the library.



She is supposed to take that. That is legal monetary tender.
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#4 Postby gtalum » Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:03 pm

LaPlaceFF wrote:She is supposed to take that. That is legal monetary tender.


I suspect she was just angry that he made her count all the pennies and THEN asked her to take a 1 pound coin instead when he came up a penny short. ;) :D

Plus, the laws on currency acceptance may be different in the UK.
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#5 Postby DaylilyDawn » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:37 pm

Any body using a 2 dollar bill? Try buying something with one here in the US. Most teens working in fast food joints think it is a counterfeit bill when it is legal tender.
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#6 Postby CajunMama » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:18 pm

Cryomaniac wrote:My friend at school gave the librarian 99 pennies for a £1 library fine, then when the librarian counted them out he handed over a £1 coin. The librarian wasn't happy, and my friend got a 2 week ban from using the library.


I think he thought he was funny and was pulling a joke on the librarian. He knew he only had 99 pennies it seems. The joke backfired on him.
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Re: You take pennies?

#7 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:43 pm

When I was about 9 I used to pay for Pokemon cards with pennies, got away with it fine.
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