# If I had a nickel, I'd nickel in the morning

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 17, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-nickel-id-nickel-in-the-morning/749292 "2016-03-17T17:41:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-nickel-id-nickel-in-the-morning/749292/1 "2016-03-17T17:41:06Z")

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If I had a nickel for every time I said, If I had a nickel for every time I said, …

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-nickel-id-nickel-in-the-morning/749292/2 "2016-03-17T17:45:09Z")

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You’d have a dime, in which case, you’d be **OffByOne** nickel.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-had-a-nickel-id-nickel-in-the-morning/749292/3 "2016-03-18T03:50:00Z")

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Is this a pro-capitalist version of the Pete Seeger/Peter, Paul, and Mary folk song?