# Is it true that ATM machines.....

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565 "2013-01-27T23:15:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/61 "2013-01-29T14:55:08Z")

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What thyme is it?

Jerome! Bring me my mirror.

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/62 "2013-01-29T16:32:22Z")

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> [@Darth\_Panda](#):
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> What if the ATM Machine ran on reactive power?

Watt?

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/63 "2013-01-29T17:20:16Z")

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I was told that "the _hoi polloi_ is redundant. I don’t know Greek, so can’t confirm.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/64 "2013-01-29T17:32:42Z")

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There should be a PIN input that opens a trap door.

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**Author:** ![listedmia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/65 "2013-01-29T19:33:55Z")

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> [@lost4life](#):
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> I should try this PIN Number idea next time I use the ATM Machine to buy chai tea and naan bread, perhaps on the upcoming Mardi Gras Day.

“Mardi Gras Day” is useful when you are making a distinction between Fat Tuesday itself and “Mardi Gras Time” which includes the preceding couple of weeks, AKA Carnival.  
Ex: “The Superbowl has royally f-ed up Mardi Gras, but Mardi Gras Day should still be fun”.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/66 "2013-01-29T21:34:25Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> I was told that "the _hoi polloi_ is redundant. I don’t know Greek, so can’t confirm.

“Hoi” means “the,” so, in that sense “the hoi polloi” is redundant. Dropping “hoi,” though, loses the euphony of the phrase, so I’m fine with it.

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-atm-machines/648565/67 "2013-01-29T22:52:52Z")

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I’ll try it tomorrow (yes, I’m a crazy man). I’ll let you know.

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