# Two Bits = 1 coin or 2?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-bits-1-coin-or-2/489988>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-bits-1-coin-or-2/489988 "2009-03-19T03:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeanArenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-bits-1-coin-or-2/489988/21 "2009-03-20T01:31:53Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> So this pirate walks into a bar, and the bird on his shoulder is squawking “Pieces of seven! Pieces of seven!”. The bartender asks “What’s with him?”, and the pirate says “Ignore him-- That’s just a one-bit parroty error”.

Is that a triple entendre?

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