# My first pitting: Nickels **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364 "2004-10-09T14:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/41 "2004-10-12T17:40:06Z")
What could anyone possibly have against the $20 bill? Fuck it, give 'em to me then. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/42 "2004-10-12T17:42:02Z")
I think Herbert Hoover, history’s greatest American president, would be a good choice. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/43 "2004-10-12T18:53:21Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I think Herbert Hoover, history’s greatest American president, would be a good choice. Perhaps the tattoo of him that you have over your heart could be used as a template? ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/44 "2004-10-12T19:39:41Z")
Hello. I have heard of your problem with nickels. I am in contact with a highly-placed Nigerian diplomat who is in dire need of change, and will gladly purchase your nickels at $3.00 apiece. Due to the unstable political situation in my country, I am not able to approach banks for this much-needed small change. My associate in your country will be able to approach you for direct transfer of your nickels which we will accept from you loose. You do not need to wrap them. Tell me how many nickels you have and I will compensate you before the pickup. Please post your bank account number and routing number and I will transfer the money through international wire into your bank account. After the transfer of funds into your account, please email me at yourstupidgreedysucker@fishinabarrell.ng and I will arrange for the pickup of the exchange of your nickels. I look forward to working with you in this mutually beneficial exchange, and I am certain of our future happiness and success that will stem from it! GOD BLESS YOU. Yours in Christ, Chauncey Gardiniru Lagos, Nigeria ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/45 "2004-10-12T21:07:14Z")
> [@Chance the Gardener](#): > > After the transfer of funds into your account, please email me at yourstupidgreedysucker@fishinabarrell.ng and I will arrange for the pickup of the exchange of your nickels. Hey, I got a virus from tha address! ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/46 "2004-10-12T22:33:59Z")
Sorry, is this thread about Indian head nickels? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/47 "2004-10-12T22:47:34Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Bah. Don’t go there. > > I oppose this idea, because I don’t like having to stow a bunch of coins. Don’t you people have the Sackie, though? (side note: I had 22 loonies in my very heavy wallet this past Saturday afternoon… thank goodness for the bills in the dues later on that afternoon!) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/48 "2004-10-13T01:33:32Z")
> [@Flamsterette\_X](#): > > Don’t you people have the Sackie, though? Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we have to use them. Seriously, you simply don’t see dollar coins in the wild in the US. Americans like the paper dollar, and we think Canadians who will put up with bulky coins instead of compact, foldable bills are a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/49 "2004-10-13T01:41:09Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we have to use them. > > Seriously, you simply don’t see dollar coins in the wild in the US. Americans like the paper dollar, and we think Canadians who will put up with bulky coins instead of compact, foldable bills are a bit odd. Well, we also have toonies, which are two-dollar coins. Haven’t seen an actual $2 bill since last summer, when I got one in my change at the Oakridge Arby’s. (I’m keeping that one) I certainly hope we don’t have a five-dollar coin soon… too many coins get very heavy at times! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/50 "2004-10-13T14:39:10Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we have to use them. > > Seriously, you simply don’t see dollar coins in the wild in the US. Americans like the paper dollar, and we think Canadians who will put up with bulky coins instead of compact, foldable bills are a bit odd. This American doesn’t - I wish we’d get rid of the one dollar bill. I’m all for $1 (and $2) coins. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/51 "2004-10-13T16:53:25Z")
Wow, what a mess. I hate nickels, too. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/52 "2004-10-13T17:25:39Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > _bamf_ Ah yes, _bamf_. The sound of a nickel materializing out of thin air, usually in response to some sort of wish or, in rare cases, gypsy curse. That’s probably the source of your nickel-related frustrations. Tell me, have you recently started a sentence “If I had a nickel for every time I posted to the Straight Dope Message Boards…”? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/53 "2004-10-13T17:40:35Z")
[hijack regarding two-dollar bills] A fun thing to do when a two-dollar bill crops up is show it to a gullible person and ask them if they have ever seen the hitchhiker on the back. Give them a chance to look for him. Let them take their time. When they give up, glance at the back of the bill, and say “Huh. Must’ve gotten a ride.” Nobody ever fell harder for that one than I did when it was pulled on me. :o I perpetuate it as my misplaced revenge. [/hijack regarding two-dollar bills] ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/54 "2004-10-13T19:37:51Z")
Actually, nickels have one excellent use- Parking Maters. They have low value and high volume, and since parking meters are a stupid idea that bad for business anyway, any small legal thing you can do to mess with them is a GOOD thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/55 "2004-10-13T20:40:56Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Actually, nickels have one excellent use- Parking Maters. They have low value and high volume, and since parking meters are a stupid idea that bad for business anyway, any small legal thing you can do to mess with them is a GOOD thing. Most meters I see don’t take anything less than a dime. If they do take nickels, then the amount of time given is minuscule, like six minutes. I know some people will disagree with this statement, but IMO we do not need a coin that is worth six minutes on a parking meter. Effectively what it does is divide my wealth into ridiculously small increments. I don’t eat a chocolate bar one cubic millimeter at time, and I don’t like having my money in equally small bits…especially when they are big clunky nickels. And the same for pennies, only more so. ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/56 "2004-10-26T04:37:16Z")
> [@furt](#): > > [Marry me.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=195546&highlight=pennies) > > (You’re a girl, I hope?) Well, no. But I know someone who keeps mentioning she wants to see me make out with a guy. _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/57 "2004-10-26T05:15:07Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Yeah, but that doesn’t mean we have to use them. > > Seriously, you simply don’t see dollar coins in the wild in the US. Americans like the paper dollar, and we think Canadians who will put up with bulky coins instead of compact, foldable bills are a bit odd. I had no trouble getting a roll of Sackies at the bank today. And if you like bills, then you really ought to lobby to get rid of all coins, and just have bills all the way down to a one cent note. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/58 "2004-10-26T07:05:36Z")
Well, nickels are everywhere. They’re near, far, wherever you are… (obscure Saint-Laurent river region joke, there) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/59 "2004-10-26T13:29:32Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Tell me, have you recently started a sentence “If I had a nickel for every time I posted to the Straight Dope Message Boards…”? Huh. I’d have about $425. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364/60 "2004-10-26T16:21:54Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Huh. > > I’d have about $425. $174.15 right here. _bamf_ Whoops, make that $174.20. [sub]Stupid gypsy curse…[/sub] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-pitting-nickels/268364.md?page=2)