We should make the new penny "The one that doesn't exist".

Is it really necessary for us to pay for things in denominations of less than .05?

You'd think we could use the metal in something more useful.

Last I heard the "penny" costs about 1.2 cents to produce. By that logic we should revamp it to make millions more.

75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

They could at least make the picture something interesting - like Lincoln holding an ax buried in someone's head. Or a half-machine Terminator Lincoln on the front.

/Too bad his wife wasn't hot or I'd suggest Lincoln doing Mrs. Lincoln doggy style on the back.

Bad dates.

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Freakpower: We should make the new penny "The one that doesn't exist".

Is it really necessary for us to pay for things in denominations of less than .05?

You'd think we could use the metal in something more useful.

I hate pennies. Not that I pay in cash much anymore, but when I do, I sure as hell don't need 1 to 4 of these useless farking things in change.

Do you know who else left the saftey of his underground bunker with hopes of finding a Penny?

/hot-linked, brother.

Should we do away with the penny? Yeah, probably--it does cost more to make than it's worth.

But I still like looking for change on the ground (because it brightens up my sad life) and I'm not above bending down to pick up a penny. So I hope they keep churning them out.

baercat: Last I heard the "penny" costs about 1.2 cents to produce. By that logic we should revamp it to make millions more.

And what about to distribute?

Freakpower: We should make the new penny "The one that doesn't exist".

Is it really necessary for us to pay for things in denominations of less than .05?

You'd think we could use the metal in something more useful.

See, it works two ways.
Would you pay $200 for this item?
I bet you'd be more likely to pay $199.99.
And if we sold it for only $199.95, sure, you'd buy it if you'd buy it for $199.99 - and some people may actually be swayed by that difference of 4¢ because instead of being about $200 it is only almost $200 - but for the masses that buy it the extra 4¢ is more money in profits multiplied by the purchases.
Marketing.

Was Triumph there?

Freakpower: We should make the new penny "The one that doesn't exist".

Is it really necessary for us to pay for things in denominations of less than .05?

You'd think we could use the metal in something more useful.

This. Fark pennies.

Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

WTF???

Maybe an actual picture of the exciting new design might be, you know, helpful.

Suck it, confederate fanboys?

Pennies. It takes like 250 of them to buy a gallon of gas. I suggest we pay for everything with pennies.
Pennies, pennies.

Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

That's true Pastor Dave, all sexin is to make babies and that is it. Missionary style, eyes closed, no foreplay, crying in the shower afterword, etc.

Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

What?

TastyEloi: Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

WTF???

Indeed - just wtf??

Dirty numismatists.

I think those sickos even have their own national organization:
American Numismatic Association (wiki link)

I have stuck all of these pennies up my ass already, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

thelordofcheese: baercat: Last I heard the "penny" costs about 1.2 cents to produce. By that logic we should revamp it to make millions more.

And what about to distribute?

Freakpower: We should make the new penny "The one that doesn't exist".

Is it really necessary for us to pay for things in denominations of less than .05?

You'd think we could use the metal in something more useful.

See, it works two ways.
Would you pay $200 for this item?
I bet you'd be more likely to pay $199.99.
And if we sold it for only $199.95, sure, you'd buy it if you'd buy it for $199.99 - and some people may actually be swayed by that difference of 4¢ because instead of being about $200 it is only almost $200 - but for the masses that buy it the extra 4¢ is more money in profits multiplied by the purchases.
Marketing.

Essentially. A price ends in .99 to imply a low price, or in .95 to indicate a quality product.

It's a bit strange, but surprisingly consistent if you look at prices of things.

Another picture



/in before ass pennies

Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

There's this new invention called condoms, wave of the future

Simpsons did it...

DerDuschbagen: TastyEloi: Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

WTF???

Indeed - just wtf??

just nod politely and move on...

pennies should have been abolished LONG ago. Making more?? that's almost as bad as re-electing Bush.

Call me Godwin if you want. I don't care. Pennies suck for anything other than throwing at people or making political statements about how worthless they are.

If you pay for things with a bag full of pennies, people can actually refuse to accept it. It's CASH! But not really. It's less than worfless. It's harmful.

evajyna: Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

That's true Pastor Dave, all sexin is to make babies and that is it. Missionary style, eyes closed, no foreplay, crying in the shower afterword, etc.

As I get older I'm tending to skip everything but the crying in the shower part.

I'm sure Abraham Lincoln was quite the penny collector himself

almostrodnie: I'm sure Abraham Lincoln was quite the penny collector himself

No. That was Ben Franklin and he is on the $100 bill, not the penny.

The price to make a penny fluctuates. Sometimes it's more than a penny, sometimes less. There are some people who would argue that a coin should have a metal value equal to it's value. It prevents the government from just printing money without backing. You could argue that when you print a dollar and release it without backing you create inflation that theoretically costs the country about a dollars worth of wealth. A metal based or backed currency just puts that cost on the book for people to see. (It also limits the governments money policy quite a bit, which is why you frequently see small government advocates rallying for gold or silver based currencies.)

That's just my two cents.

I once found one of those pennies with JFK carved into it, facing Lincoln. Anybody see an Obama-Lincoln penny yet?

It's bound to happen. Keep an eye out.


I'm a fan of the penny. You can pick up several dollars worth of them on the street in the course of a year. I need the exercise.


/Not to be confused with the kissing Lincoln, double-struck 1917 penny, which currently only exists in The Simpsons cartoon world. Those will probably escape into reality as well.

I had the one with the crappy wooden hut on it back in March here in TX, I kept it and don't know where it is now amongst all my foreign coins I keep.

Meanwhile, if you GIS 'Penny Clarke' the results are astounding...

SeamusFerrell: No. That was Ben Franklin and he is on the $100 bill, not the penny.

Really? Damn you Wikipedia!

HoratioGates: The price to make a penny fluctuates. Sometimes it's more than a penny, sometimes less. There are some people who would argue that a coin should have a metal value equal to it's value. It prevents the government from just printing money without backing. You could argue that when you print a dollar and release it without backing you create inflation that theoretically costs the country about a dollars worth of wealth. A metal based or backed currency just puts that cost on the book for people to see. (It also limits the governments money policy quite a bit, which is why you frequently see small government advocates rallying for gold or silver based currencies.)

That's just my two cents.

Money that has inherent physical value? Ridiculous! I'd rather have our all-knowing financial prognosticators on Wall Street value my money for me!

thelordofcheese: See, it works two ways.
Would you pay $200 for this item?
I bet you'd be more likely to pay $199.99.
And if we sold it for only $199.95, sure, you'd buy it if you'd buy it for $199.99 - and some people may actually be swayed by that difference of 4¢ because instead of being about $200 it is only almost $200 - but for the masses that buy it the extra 4¢ is more money in profits multiplied by the purchases.
Marketing.

And gas prices are measured by 1/10th of a penny. So what? There is no such thing as a tenth penny is there? By your logic there should be.

Timmaay: pennies should have been abolished LONG ago. Making more?? that's almost as bad as re-electing Bush.

Call me Godwin if you want. I don't care. Pennies suck for anything other than throwing at people or making political statements about how worthless they are.

If you pay for things with a bag full of pennies, people can actually refuse to accept it. It's CASH! But not really. It's less than worfless. It's harmful.

Minting pennies is worse than re-electing Bush? It's harmful?

I think you have a pretty skewed sense of perspective. Or maybe I've just been duped by a troll...

Has anyone mentioned arse pennies yet?

/ cracks open a beer

No, "In God We Trust"?

This will set off a firestorm......

/but is it on the edge?
//That was really dumb, Golden Dollar....Shame on you...

Donnie Mangel of Holland, Ind., came dressed in his great-grandfather's black tails and top hat from a century ago.

"This is a lifelong dream (an Indiana penny)," he said. "I've been collecting pennies since I was 10 years old."

Donnie Mangel's not a virgin, subby. Donnie Mangel gets more head(s) and tail(s) than subby's ever dreamed of.

Why did it take a Brinks truck to transport $200 worth of pennies? Surely they could have just, you know, rolled up in a Tahoe or something. Prolly had shotty's drawn during the unloading, too.

when i was in south korea in the early 90s they had a one won piece the exchange rate at the time was about 700 won to a dollar. and things were just as expenzive as any modern city. so you could play 7 arcade games for a dollar....one won nearly wothles
//asspennies i just wanted to say asspennies

phaseolus: Suck it, confederate fanboys?

Oh, like this??


/ha...ha-ha-ha....deep breath
//ha-ha-ha!!!eleventy!

Software2: 75% of farkers look upon having children with disgust and contempt and call parents "breeders". Yet when it comes to performing the act that generates those offspring, you fail at life if you don't do it on a regular basis.

wrong thread.....

Reincarnated, and realised what a mistake he made in a past life?

Pvt Joker: I have stuck all of these pennies up my ass already, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

FTW

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: THOSE PENNIES WERE IN MY ASS!

That expelains the sperm!

YES!! EXPELAINS! doh

Get rid of the penny, which costs more than $.01 to make. Get rid of the nickel, which costs more than $.05 to make. Use the spots in the register so there's a spot for the dollar coin. Get rid of the dollar bill, it's more expensive than the coin because they don't last long and it's the lowest valued piece of paper money in the industrialized world. Quit wasting money on dumb! This is low hanging fruit.

/don't ask about the quarter