Money Loose change on the ground. Do you pick it up? - Page 5

**Rain Man** · 11-18-2015, 02:34 PM

On my walk home from work yesterday, I found 87 cents on the ground. I'm not sure why there was 87 cents on the ground, but it was three quarters and twelve pennies all lying together. I'm not going to pass up 87 cents.

However, I wasn't born yesterday. Before I picked it up, I looked around to be sure it wasn't a trap. There were no snares, no people hiding in the bushes, and the coins didn't look like they'd been superheated. So I scooped them up.

There's a little bit of context for picking up coinage on the ground. If I'm in a busy pedestrian area, I generally won't stop for anything under a quarter. But if I'm walking by myself and see a penny, heck yeah. You invest that penny in google, and you probably end up with a quarter by the time you retire.

What's the smallest amount of money that's worth stopping and bending down for? For poll purposes, you can assume that you're walking by yourself in a non-crowded area where you don't know anyone.

**Baby Lee** · 11-19-2015, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

One time I was in Fargo, and I saw something in the distance with a ice scraper sticking out of the snow with a bunch of reddish snow around it. I lumbered out into the snow covered field and found about 6 Million dollars. Do you think if I leave I owe you notes that will suffice? I'm going to pay whoever's it is back. I promise. My I owe you notes are as good as gold

One time I went to the movies and met a girl. We hit it off and decided to run off together. Stopped by her house to pack a bag and inadvertently grabbed her pimp's cocaine stash instead. Sold it to a Hollywood bigwig and funded a vacation to Aruba.

**Rain Man** · 11-19-2015, 04:11 PM

This thread has made me feel more secure about picking up pennies. I was worried that I was the only one.

mr. tegu · 11-19-2015, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

This thread has made me feel more secure about picking up pennies. I was worried that I was the only one.

If you were the only one you would be rich picking up the endless piles of pennies everywhere.

**SAUTO** · 11-19-2015, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Detoxing

I'm the guy who drops change and doesn't pick it up. Dime slipped out of my hands? Oh well, someone will pick it up and have an extra 10 cents.

Me too

**TinyEvel** · 11-19-2015, 06:02 PM

In before Guru picks up my penny.

BucEyedPea · 11-19-2015, 06:04 PM

I've picked up a $5 bill before.

**Rain Man** · 11-19-2015, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

If you were the only one you would be rich picking up the endless piles of pennies everywhere.

That would be awesome. I would just put on a backpack and go walking every day, hunting in the manner of my cro-magnon ancestors.

**Rain Man** · 11-19-2015, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

I've picked up a $5 bill before.

That's not a male prostitute allusion, is it?

**TimBone** · 11-19-2015, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

How do you even know a clip like that exists?

**TimBone** · 11-19-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I've heard finding pennies on heads up are good luck so I'll stop for pretty much everything that isn't a penny on tails up.

I think about how ridiculous that is every time I do it.

Exact same.

seclark · 11-19-2015, 06:17 PM

had a cousin could stick a penny up one nostril and squeeze it out the other.
nasty, why pick one up?
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**Rain Man** · 11-19-2015, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by seclark

had a cousin could stick a penny up one nostril and squeeze it out the other.
nasty, why pick one up?
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That's why. I want a penny that can do that kind of trick.

**The Franchise** · 11-24-2015, 01:29 PM

Squalor2 · 11-24-2015, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

No. I presume that it has been in someone's anus.

are you scottish too? they fry things that have been in an anus. the rest of the world eats well so far away from the anus. someone's anus? are you stephen fry?

seclark · 11-24-2015, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Squalor2

are you scottish too? they fry things that have been in an anus. the rest of the world eats well so far away from the anus. someone's anus? are you stephen fry?

yeah, i really don't know what the **** this guy is talking about.
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View Poll Results: The smallest amount of on-the-ground money I will stop to pick up is...
A penny. Hey, currency is currency and it adds up.	34	39.53%
A nickel. You can still buy stuff with a nickel, kind of.	11	12.79%
A dime. I'm a fan of Roosevelt.	6	6.98%
A quarter. Quarters are quite useful in everyday life.	23	26.74%
A dollar (bill or coin). It gives me a reason to approach the stripper on stage.	7	8.14%
$5 bill. That and a quarter will buy me something at Starbucks.	1	1.16%
$10 bill. In 1979 that would buy an entire Styx album.	0	0%
$20 bill. That will cover all my Christmas shopping.	2	2.33%
$100 bill. I can use it to light my cigar with.	0	0%
I never pick up money off the ground. You don't know where it's been, other than the ground.	0	0%
I live in a non-currency-based society. Ask me about walrus tusk or mollusk shells.	2	2.33%
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll

11-18-2015, 02:34 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-582449 VARSITY	Loose change on the ground. Do you pick it up? On my walk home from work yesterday, I found 87 cents on the ground. I'm not sure why there was 87 cents on the ground, but it was three quarters and twelve pennies all lying together. I'm not going to pass up 87 cents. However, I wasn't born yesterday. Before I picked it up, I looked around to be sure it wasn't a trap. There were no snares, no people hiding in the bushes, and the coins didn't look like they'd been superheated. So I scooped them up. There's a little bit of context for picking up coinage on the ground. If I'm in a busy pedestrian area, I generally won't stop for anything under a quarter. But if I'm walking by myself and see a penny, heck yeah. You invest that penny in google, and you probably end up with a quarter by the time you retire. What's the smallest amount of money that's worth stopping and bending down for? For poll purposes, you can assume that you're walking by yourself in a non-crowded area where you don't know anyone.
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11-19-2015, 04:11 PM	#62
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11-19-2015, 06:02 PM	#65
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BucEyedPea Here comes Peter Cottontail! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: None of your business Casino cash: $-200037	I've picked up a $5 bill before. __________________ Hello, Bearcat. Two Questions: Are you Malcor? Because call-out threads don't get moved to the Romper Room, but asking who Malcor is, as in being mult was moved there. Only a mod can do that. Why is DC getting over-moderated these days?
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11-19-2015, 06:17 PM	#71
seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $-410100	had a cousin could stick a penny up one nostril and squeeze it out the other. nasty, why pick one up? sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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