# Is that a nickel in your pocket or are you just happy to se me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005 "2005-07-25T04:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/1 "2005-07-25T04:14:28Z")
I got my first new nickel yesterday and I was surprised by one aspect of the new design. [Do you see what I see?](http://conecaonline.org/image/2005D5cBisonDroppedT300px.jpg) Looks like something was ensuing at the mint. I know, it’s probably just some fur but did anyone consider this design might be a little undignified? I won’t even get into the way the front of the coin makes it looks like Jefferson got there late and slid into the coin at the last second. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/2 "2005-07-25T05:14:23Z")
What the heck is that little tuft, anyway? In searching the web for images, [http://www.bearcountryusa.com/gallery.asp?ID=10](http://www.bearcountryusa.com/gallery.asp?ID=10) I see that not all of them have it. Is it a girl thing, a boy thing, a breed thing? I must admit, I’ve never studied the nether regions of a buffalo. And where the hell is the back of Jefferson’s head? After the recent changes to the paper money, and now this, I think the People In Charge of Everything must be smoking crack. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/3 "2005-07-25T05:35:34Z")
Yep…it’s bison dick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/4 "2005-07-25T07:41:39Z")
I’ve heard buffalo meat is becoming popular but this isn’t what I had imagined. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/5 "2005-07-25T09:03:36Z")
The animal on the old [Indian Head/Buffalo nickel](http://www.coinfacts.com/nickels/buffalo_nickels/buffalo_nickels.html), minted from 1913-1938, had a bit of a dick but nothing as impressive as this fellow’s. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/6 "2005-07-25T12:26:42Z")
This has come u recently on this Board before. Technically, I’m told, it’s a _Prepuce Tuft_ – a bit of hair attached to the front of the bison dong, not the sex organ itself. Quit getting worked up about it. It’s 'cause of people like you that we had the Justice Department’s boob covered up. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/7 "2005-07-25T12:38:45Z")
Bison Tube Steak. It’s wot’s fer dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/8 "2005-07-25T16:42:20Z")
> [@](#): > > This has come u recently on this Board before. In my defense, I ran a search on “Jefferson nickel buffalo penis” and came up empty. > [@](#): > > It’s 'cause of people like you that we had the Justice Department’s boob covered up. The Justice Department has repeatedly demonstrated it had no interest in my opinions on how this country should be run. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-a-nickel-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-se-me/314005/9 "2005-07-25T17:52:00Z")
Old Thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323245&highlight=buffalo+balls](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=323245&highlight=buffalo+balls) Please note that my posts should have been accompanied by a smiley, where appropriate: 🙂