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You take pennies?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:52 pm
by Jason_B
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
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:34 am
by Cryomaniac
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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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:50 am
by LaPlaceFF
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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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:03 pm
by gtalum
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.
Plus, the laws on currency acceptance may be different in the UK.
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:37 pm
by DaylilyDawn
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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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:18 pm
by CajunMama
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.
Re: You take pennies?
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:43 pm
by Category 5
When I was about 9 I used to pay for Pokemon cards with pennies, got away with it fine.