83 Uses for a "Penny" - Page 2

edduns · 06-27-2007, 08:43 PM

Anyone ever put a penny (CENT) in their loafers ? They had a slit on top of the loafer for a coin.

They were are lucky shoes back in the 60's

helpmeplease · 12-03-2007, 01:07 PM

my dad once used a cent to pach a car radiator

DJP7x0s · 12-03-2007, 01:29 PM

Ive used them to balance a ceiling fan. It was the most wobbly ceiling fan ive ever seen, we thought it was gonna fall off the ceiling. Anyhow, it only took 3 cents, stretigicly placed. It took some trial and error, but I got that ceiling fan so it was the most balanced ceiling fan Ive ever seen.

Oh and one of the uses on the list was to place one over ever doorway in in your house for goodluck. Well my buddy just bought an old house and we completely gutted the place. Anyhow, we found a wheatie over every doorway in the house. The newest one we found was 1919, BU. And the best one we found was 1914D EF. All the others were either AU or BU, I wish the 14D was a BU. Anyhow, that made his lincoln set alot nicer than mine.

johndo · 12-03-2007, 06:05 PM

I patched a tin roof over my bathroom several years ago with a cent, paint some on place cent and paint again didn't leak for as lond as I lived there. We had lots of rain when the leak showed itself, 24 inches in 24 hrs hurricane related.

gatzdon · 12-03-2007, 07:05 PM

Don't forget,

Cover your car in pennies!!!

http://www.zenzibar.com/artcars/othercars.htm (the truck about half way down)

http://www.pennyvette.com/

Coinman_Ben · 05-25-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by gatzdon

Don't forget,

Cover your car in pennies!!!

That would take alot of pennies (I mean cents, lol)

hontonai · 05-25-2009, 04:30 PM

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19. Put one behind a fuse in the fuse box.

DO NOT try this - it is potentially fatal, as a circuit could heat up while overloaded, and set the building on fire while you sleep!

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64. Snap a penny in your fingers and make it shoot like a projectile. A well-placed hit can sting quite a bit.

This wouldn't be much fun either, if the projectile put someone's eye out.

tmoneyeagles · 05-25-2009, 11:22 PM

Well those were fun to read, have not read them all yet, going back to original threads, some of these are really neat, wouldn't have even thought...

byrd740 · 05-25-2009, 11:29 PM

I have done at least half of those on the list. Thanks for the entertaining read!

tmoneyeagles · 05-25-2009, 11:34 PM

Here are some of the ones I do, or have done

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Originally Posted by Treashunt

9. Collect in your change jar and cash in when full.

10. Scratch off lottery tickets.

16. Toss them in wishing wells.

17. Collect rare, valuable pennies.

30. Toss into the deep end of the pool and challenge the kids to dive and get them.

41. Put one on the back of your hand. Quickly drop your hand downward while turning it over to catch the penny on the flat palm of your hand. Reverse the action to catch it on the back of your hand.

50. Fill the slots of your penny loafers.

51. Ask someone much older than you what a penny used to buy.

61. Toss in fountains to make wishes. Just make sure there are no signs prohibiting it, especially if there are live fish in the water.

73. Pay for things with exact change.

81. Donate to charities that leave change jars near cash registers, or to the Salvation Army or other charities at Christmas.

kevcoins · 05-26-2009, 12:16 AM

I like there rules

63. Play beer games: bounce a penny on the table and into a shot glass. If you make it, you get a drink. If not, you get a drink …