Talk to the Goat
Don't abuse public toilets. Plumbers cost a lot more than a penny. I don't share your disdain for the penny because I too come from a generation that remembers buying 2 mojos or 4 Swedish berries or 3 blackballs for a penny. However, I agree that pennies are a nuisance. In business, it sucks to have to always have enough of them around. And I was continually running low until recently. I adjusted all my prices so that once the tax was added on, the totals would be rounded to the quarter. Pennies and nickels aren't worth much to anyone either. This is better. So much better. I think the customers like it too.
On the other hand, I don't get upset with people looking to give the exact change. With the sheer weight of coins we have now with the loony and twoony, you can lose 5 pounds buying a sundae so folks wanting to get rid of as much as they can is understandable.
I know how much plumbers cost.
That's why I do all my flush non-flushable objects in public toilets and not the one in my home.
Duh.
Besides, by the smell of those things, I'm not the only one abusing them. In fact, I'd say that flushing non-flushables is one of the nicer things that goes on in there.
I think my son (turning 6 in July) would agree with you. When I was helping him count the money in his piggy-bank, I told him it would take 100 pennies to make as much as those four quarters, it sounded pretty ridiculous.
Nevertheless, although I rarely buy things with cash, when I do I try to make exact change so I can get rid of pennies.
And I'm proposing that we shouldn't have to structure our lives around getting rid of the things! If we view our own hard earned money as an inconvenience, doesn't that tell us something?
i love the idea of him selling hot dogs!!! i can just picture him in that stupid little hat. i'd even leave him a penny tip.
Just think, if the copper folks are correct (the people who think wearing copper braclets bring them good health, good luck or turn them into the universe, then what would having a pocket full of pennies do for you?
That said, pennies don't make sense, but if deflation hits....
Poor pennies! But I agree. And I hate getting a penny back as change.
I think they made up that stupid saying so people wouldn't leave pennies on the ground. 
We should just get rid of pennies all together.
If you see a man wearing rubber gloves digging around in the drain outside your pad it will be me salvaging your flushed pennies.
Fascinating post.
I will pick up 10p or 20p or more because they can pay for coffees using the work machine.
Pennies suck. So does king Harper. They were truly meant to be together I guess.
I just took a bag of pennies I found in a closet (mine, not stolen!) and I turned them into a $20.00 gift card to Starbucks.
Great rant!
As for pennies being in circulation, I think most of them are piling up in jars of change. Thank God for those machines that tally up loose change & give you money for it. Made a small fortune doing that recently. So what if they take 10%?
I should be thanking Penny for enlightening me, but ever since she took my second-husband-father-of-my-unborn-child I just cannot touch pennies unless they are on their way into the closest trash bin. I HATE PENNIES. I really need to grow up.
To paraphrase Terry Pratchett:
Find a penny
pick it up
all day long
you'll have a penny
I'm sorry that your prime minister is a Conservative.
Who'd've thought that, after eight years of Bush, we'd get Obama while you guys would be stuck with Canada's version of a Republican?
I hope you kick him out soon.
Embrace deflation!
We lost our 1s and 2s many moons ago.
You know what happens when you lose your 1s and 2s?
You start looking at your 5s and think "worthless little coins"...
Its the old last wagon trick they play on you.
Oh man. I'm one of those with a huge jar full of old pennies just sitting there doing nothing. I keep saying I'm going to take the jar down to one of those machines that will count and wrap them all up, but the jar just keeps sitting there on the floor.
do you think Harper has any current Canadian pennies in his collection? maybe he should be paid his salary in cash...specifically? pennies.
What jeanie said. Our 1c and 2c coins were very cute, but i don't miss having a pocket full of annoying copper, and it's true - there's talk about phasing out the 5c, but things are still priced at $X.99, which is weird.
Brilliant post. I'd give you a million dollars for it.
I always stick the penny in my shoe when I find one ... it's supposed to bring good luck.
My penny loafers are both outraged and saddened by your incendiary comments.
The pennies are vital for me to keep my four year old busy polluting the mall fountains ... while I get my 3 minutes for a peaceful coffee. So that in itself is worth its weight in copper, at least for now...
I agree, the penny is ridiculous. However, I have come to the realization that it isn't going anywhere so I use it or I trade five pennies for a nickel so I can use the tampon dispenser at my work.
Don't kid about the sock full of pennies. You're probably extremely correct. Especially in Harper's case.
p.s. "Or a gift card to the liquor store." -You rule!
Karen, I would donate all my pennies to your cause.
Martini, thank you dear. I have one in my wallet now and would love to get us both some martini fixings.
Do you think Harper's goons will soon be knocking on my door?
That reminds me... I found a quarter in the laundry room!
*digs around in the clean laundry*
From South Carolina. It's real pretty. Do they really make different coins for every state in the US?
Great post, Jay. I totally agree with you on the pennies. They should go!
A guy say's to a girl friend.
"If I put two red hot ten cent coins in your hand what would you do"
"Drop em" she replied.
Some girls are cheap, mostly the ugly ones, the Miss brown paper bag contestants.
No pennies for your thoughts. Just appreciation.
Pennies are worthless in the States, too, except in various figures of speech. I've always been insulted by the coy idiocy of "penny for your thoughts" and offended by those who sacrifice reasonable progress because "if it was good enough for my daddy, it's good enough for me."
Most politicians are idiots.
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