How far out of your way will you go to pick up a penny?
(Will you rescue a penny from the dust pan or from the vacuum? Will you stoop over to pick up a penny from the street? How much effort would you exert to retrieve a single penny and must it be heads up if you do? How often have you simply skipped a chance to pick up a penny or even a nickel, a dime or a quarter? How's this question for a change?)
I pick up ALL money I see, even if it is heads down!!
ReplyDeleteMy mother always said it was lucky to pick up a penny and I never heard about the head things up for years and years...so I'll pick up a penny and tuck it in my pocket when I see one. I always feel like it's a little luck tucked in my pocket.
ReplyDeleteAlmost always pick them up unless it is really really gross. Heads up I keep it, tails up I give it away.
ReplyDeleteI would pick it up if I am able...
ReplyDeletekenju -- If someone told you that you missed picking up a penny a block back, would you go back for it?
ReplyDeleteTalon -- I did not know the "Heads up" thing until a few years ago. I simply pick up pennies because if I passed on by I can hear my father's reprimand "A penny saved is a penny earned".
qandlequeen -- Does that mean you give someone else your bad luck? LOL
Changes in the wind -- My back aches just to think about stooping over to pick up anything!
I pick them up when they are heads up. If they are tails up, I'll turn them over so they'll be lucky for someone else.
ReplyDeleteI only pick them up if they are heads up. Tails up is bad luck. I also check the dates to see if they have any significance to my life. Nickels, dimes, quarters....I pick them all up not matter heads or tails.
ReplyDeleteNope I wouldn't pick them up. :D
ReplyDeleteEvery time that I see a penny on the ground I feel that it is a message from my dad....so, I immediately pick it up, smile and stash it away with the others.
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I pick them up because I think it's lucky. But I wouldn't go after anything in a vacuum cleaner. Dust is the enemy!
ReplyDeleteIn my own house I would but in the street - you don''t know where it's been:)
ReplyDeleteNot living in the US I rarely see pennies on the street. If I saw one I would pick it up as a reminder of home!!
ReplyDeleteI pick up all money and teach my grandson to do the same!
ReplyDeleteDustpan ok, vac bag no thanks! It's all how much work is it-
ReplyDeleteStill haven't spent a day with the folks downstairs dirty beer bottles to get the deposits back, cause at work in 10 minutes I can get the same $$ as a day of doing that! (Must wash them, n drive to redemption center, n not sleep!)
I do the same superstitious thing as Lynn!
Lynn – Neat idea to turn the tails-up penny over for the next person to find.
ReplyDeleteBonnie – I usually pick them all up unless I’m in a terrible hurry.
LL Cool Joe – Is that because you are a germ-a-phobe?
Grammie – I too feel like finding a penny is a message from my dad.
Riot Kitty – Come on Michelle, a little dust never hurt anybody:)I always carry hand sanitizer anyway.
Pat – We really don’t know where any of our money has been when it comes into our possession do we?
Alida – Thank you for stopping by my blog. Now I can’t wait to go and visit yours and see where you are from.
Chatty Crone – It is important to teach our grandchildren that putting a little effort into gathering lost change can become a large step toward saving.
Snaggle Tooth – If I am forced to pass a penny by, my conscience bothers me so much. However I too will leave one in the vacuum bag it it gets past me and lie to myself that I never saw it. I’m thinking I might adopt Lynn’s plan also.
DID YOU KNOW:
The cost of producing a penny today is 1.79 cents. The penny is officially called a one cent piece and we started calling it a penny coming from the pence in Britain.