WHY OR WHY NOT?
2007-03-26 09:20:55 · 46 answers · asked by Ben G 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nope.
funny you should ask cause i walked over one yesterday and asked myself 'why'.
i figured my reasoning this way:
if, over the course of my life, i walk passed a couple hundred penny's and NEVER pick them up, then i am only out $2.00. that's my price to pay to not touch something filthy and to not stop and waste my time.
but my main reason:
my kids, like most little kids, love picking up stray pennies and nickels (etc...). so, i leave it for them. they get more joy from one penny than i ever would.
(although, i do pick them up if i am at a register, then i lay them on the counter for someone who might 'need' a penny to make change, or i put in in the charity jar at the counter if there is one.)
that thorough enough?
2007-03-26 09:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by Amy S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes I pick them up always have and then a few months ago I found this poem.
Pennies From Heaven
I found a penny today,
just laying on the ground.
But it is not just a penny,
this little coin I found.
Found pennies come from heaven,
thats what my Grandpa told me.
He said Angels toss then down,
oh how I loved that story.
He said when an Angel misses you,
they toss a penny down.
Sometimes just to cheer you up,
make a smile out of your frown.
So don't pass by that penny
when you're feeling blue.
It may be a penny from heaven,
that an Angel's tossed to you.
Author Unknown
2007-03-26 09:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a penny takes two centsto make, so its worth more than its value. Plus, pennies can accumulate to more money that I may or may not use. And if I can't use the penny, I'm sure someone else can.
2007-03-26 09:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by I 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do it one hundred cases and you have earned your self a greenback for unfastened! Do it 10 cases with a dime . . . Do it 4 cases with 1 / 4 . . . desire I say greater? An old English asserting: locate a penny, p.c.. it up, all day long you will have good success. not inevitably real, yet you're a penny richer than previously!
2016-10-19 23:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by schwalm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only pick it up if no one's looking. I don't want to look like I'm needy or greedy. A penny saved is a penny earned.
2007-03-26 09:27:40 · answer #5 · answered by jimmy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's hilarious that people won't pick it up cause it's dirty.
Do people really know how dirty "ALL" money is?
There's been test done that show a large percentage of money is tainted with drugs of some sort.
Cocaine is regularly snorted through rolled up bills.
Think those druggies wash the money after wards? lol
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2007-03-26 09:27:46 · answer #6 · answered by TLG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, if im not in a hurry. I keep it and put it in the penny box at home, or i just throw it in the closest charity box.
But most of the time i just leave it there. Dunno y, probs cos its kinda dirty (having been on the floor and stuff) and most of the time i have nothing to do with it.
2007-03-26 09:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Eryn v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because pennies make dollars.
2007-03-26 09:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes -
Why not? Because. I'm Scottish too. It's akin to littering. My kid's through them in the fountain downtown. They're pretty. I like to see if they were made when I was. Abe's profile is so interesting.
I could go on and on.
2007-03-26 09:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am numismatist but it also depends on what kind of ground. If I think it is too dirty and will cause sickly germs to my hand then I may take a second thought about it.
2007-03-26 09:31:52 · answer #10 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋