# Let's play heads or tails.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 11, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407 "2015-02-11T19:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NurseBernard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/1 "2015-02-11T19:17:42Z")
Heads ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/2 "2015-02-11T19:42:37Z")
Tails never fails! ---
**Author:** ![NurseBernard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/3 "2015-02-11T20:03:28Z")
stop 'em dead, play a head. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/4 "2015-02-11T20:16:33Z")
Damn quarter landed on edge. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/5 "2015-02-11T21:16:40Z")
so is that like the roulette wheel hitting a 0? ---
**Author:** ![NurseBernard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/6 "2015-02-12T17:41:33Z")
It’s just a dud play because of inept coin tossing. You have to make sure you toss the coin into the middle of the table, like this… Heads. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/7 "2015-02-12T17:46:54Z")
I’ll play. But can you lend me $50 so I can go and get some change? I’l be right back, honest. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/8 "2015-02-12T17:59:02Z")
Heads. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/9 "2015-02-13T01:28:17Z")
" Rosencrantz: [flips coin which lands as ‘heads’] 78 in a row. A new record, I imagine. Guildenstern: Is that what you imagine? A new record? Rosencrantz: Well… Guildenstern: No questions? Not a flicker of doubt? Rosencrantz: I could be wrong. " -Tom Stoppard, _Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead_ ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/10 "2015-02-13T03:51:55Z")
The penny, dime and quarter are heads and the nickel and Susan B. Anthony dollar are tails. I don’t have a Kennedy half. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/11 "2015-02-13T15:10:54Z")
Did you just call Susan B. Anthony a piece of tail? Heads up. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/12 "2015-02-13T15:51:20Z")
Heads. And the statistics are wrong. The odds of getting tail are 49.999999999%. ---
**Author:** ![NurseBernard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NurseBernard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseBernard)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/13 "2015-02-14T12:36:45Z")
Stanford reckon that vigoursly flipped coins come down the same way in which they started, see: [http://statweb.stanford.edu/~susan/papers/headswithJ.pdf](http://statweb.stanford.edu/~susan/papers/headswithJ.pdf) Heads. I win. That’s £10k, pls. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/14 "2015-02-14T21:20:06Z")
I’m using a [Mount Rushmore quarter,](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/atb/?local=MountRushmore) so it’s heads no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/15 "2015-02-15T15:33:06Z")
God is in the de-tails. ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/16 "2015-02-18T20:04:06Z")
This commemorative coin is blank on this side. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/17 "2015-02-18T20:18:56Z")
We’re just livin’ on the edge. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/18 "2015-02-18T20:20:18Z")
Did anyone flip the damn coin yet? I’ve been waiting with baited breath since post #8! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/19 "2015-02-19T04:57:02Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’ve been waiting with baited breath since post #8! Stop eating worms then. (It’s actually “bated” breath. As in “held”.) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407/20 "2015-02-19T05:05:40Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Stop eating worms then. This makes no cents. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-heads-or-tails/712407.md?page=2)