I hate pennies. Hate them, hate them, hate them. I throw them in the garbage, I throw them on the floor of my car, I stack them on people’s cubicles at work. Other people do too. Gumball machines don’t want your pennies ever again. Soda machines either. Someone who really hated them must’ve been thinking about the rest of us when he/she invented the “Take a Penny, Leave a Penny” cup at gas stations. And now they are everywhere. The idea has spread like wild fire. Is there any information on the inventor of the “Take a Penny” cup? Did he hate pennies? When are we going to get rid of pennies forever? Pennies suck.
Please see this month’s Discover Magazine for help with part of your concerns.
Guess that’d be the Oct. issue.
What’s the GQ? Who invented the `take a penny-leave a penny’ trays? When we’ll get rid of pennies completely?
'Cause this sounds more like a Pit rant.
Until they began making them out of zinc, pennies were one of the last true solid metal coins. The lonely nickle is now our last stalwart holdout.
Zenster
(Who is currently filling his second five gallon water bottle with the little devils)
The nickel is, in fact, mostly copper. A nickel has a solid copper core surrounded by a jacket of copper-nickel alloy. More information can be had here.
General Questions is for questions with factual answers. The Pit is for rants.
While the OP has a factual question or two, it is generally a rant.
If you want to start another GQ thread on the subject, feel free to try again without the ranting. If you want to rant, please feel free to open a thread in the Pit.
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