2007-02-26 18:30:27 · 17 answers · asked by some chic 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
one upmanship.
LR
2007-02-26 18:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by Lone Ranger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two cents worth:
Meaning: Offer an opinion. Origin:
Poker games often required a small bet to be made by a new player before they could join the game. Notionally offering two cents (or two bits) late came to be used as a way of entering your opinion in a conversation.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/393950.html
A Penny For Your Thoughts:
As the twenty-first century approaches, e-mail and fax transmissions have changed the face of long distance communication, much the same way postcards changed the face of communication at the dawn of the twentieth century. In both instances, speed was a primary consideration. Today, the lightning speeds available in high-powered computers and Internet connections have created expectations of instant communication between people at any distance. In contrast, a century ago two major changes in the U.S. postal system allowed people the freedom to send quick messages to friends and retailers using the new penny postcard.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=2
2007-02-27 02:41:33 · answer #2 · answered by Golden Smile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone walks up to you and says a penny for your thoughts they are wanting to know what you are thinking.
When someone walks up to you and asks if he can put his two cents worth in, he is offering to give an opinion.
2007-02-27 03:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by ~Sheila~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because one 'cent' deserves another and you never give me the penny for my thoughts anyway! How about the ten points at least?
2007-02-27 02:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by the Tramp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 heads 2 tails 3 priceless
2007-02-27 03:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by locovito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because my two penny coins are fake...
2007-02-27 03:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by menina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To cover the cost of Inflation.
2007-02-27 02:36:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
one penny is a retainer
2007-02-27 02:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One for the money, two for the show.
2007-02-27 02:44:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the irs wants a piece of the action
2007-02-27 05:01:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A diller, a dollar, a twelve o'clock scholar.
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2007-02-27 16:30:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋