Do you pick up pennies?

Flint · 12-25-2008, 10:41 PM

I mean, sure you do. But...what if the penny is tails-up?

Heads-up is good luck, or so I heard, somewhere, at some point.

I suggest that, furthermore, tails-up pennies must be bad luck. Right?

Now I know that picking up a tails-up penny won't physically cause bad things to happen to me, but the damn power of suggestive thinking is there, and I don't want to have to worry that I will subconsciously sabotage myself due to an over-abundance of these bad penny-signals. Everything is this complicated, to me.

Now here's a real quandary:
I saw two pennies on the ground. One tails-up, one tails-down. What did I do?

I didn't pick up either of them. The good one was tainted by the bad one. I guess that makes me a glass half-full kind of guy.

...

Supplemental. How much money am I losing out on, in a lifetime, by refusing to pick up tails-up pennies? Maybe one of you smart-types who know all about math and whatnot.

lumberjim · 12-25-2008, 10:44 PM

got into the speed tonight?

Flint · 12-25-2008, 10:52 PM

I found a word document with thread ideas I had compiled over time from scribbled notes etc.

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:28 PM

I think that list should be destroyed. You're wasting bandwidth.

SteveDallas · 12-25-2008, 11:33 PM

Bandwidth is cheap. Psychoanalysis, however, is not.

Flint · 12-25-2008, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I think that list should be destroyed.

Your face should be destroyed. Metaphorically, of course. . . . Bukkake.

Aliantha · 12-25-2008, 11:35 PM

Mmmmm...mature...lol

Flint · 12-25-2008, 11:37 PM

Mature Bukkake is okay, but I prefer Interracial Upskirt Japanese Handjob Bukkake. POV.

Sundae · 12-26-2008, 07:36 AM

Coins found in the street are the thoughts of angels.
If someone who loved you died and is thinking of you in heaven, they will send a coin for you to pick up, so you know that love never really dies.

You're thwarting the divine plan by not picking them up, Flint.

sweetwater · 12-26-2008, 08:19 AM

See a penny / pick it up
And all day / you'll have good luck.

I learned that before I heard the 'heads' and 'tails' difference. They all spend, so if they're not in goo I pick 'em up.

wolf · 12-26-2008, 10:25 AM

All found pennies are good. Heads up, heads down, they're all lucky.

Just make sure you wash your hands, afterwards. You don't know where it's been. Somebody could have spit on that patch of sidewalk.

You are nuts.

classicman · 12-26-2008, 01:17 PM

What if the penny is on its side? Huh? then what?

lumberjim · 12-26-2008, 04:34 PM

I think you've stumped them.

Flint · 12-26-2008, 04:35 PM

If it is on its side, time stops for everybody except the person who tossed that coin.

TheMercenary · 12-27-2008, 07:50 AM

I don't pick them up. But since our days in college we have always superglued a dime or nickle to the step outside of our house or on the driveway. People go to great lengths to try and pick them up. It is really funny. If they do get them up I just replace them in another place with another one.

12-25-2008, 10:41 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Do you pick up pennies? I mean, sure you do. But...what if the penny is tails-up? Heads-up is good luck, or so I heard, somewhere, at some point. I suggest that, furthermore, tails-up pennies must be bad luck. Right? Now I know that picking up a tails-up penny won't physically cause bad things to happen to me, but the damn power of suggestive thinking is there, and I don't want to have to worry that I will subconsciously sabotage myself due to an over-abundance of these bad penny-signals. Everything is this complicated, to me. Now here's a real quandary: I saw two pennies on the ground. One tails-up, one tails-down. What did I do? I didn't pick up either of them. The good one was tainted by the bad one. I guess that makes me a glass half-full kind of guy. ... Supplemental. How much money am I losing out on, in a lifetime, by refusing to pick up tails-up pennies? Maybe one of you smart-types who know all about math and whatnot. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 12-25-2008 at 11:32 PM. Reason: inconsistent punctuation convention implementation

12-25-2008, 10:44 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	got into the speed tonight? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-25-2008, 10:52 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I found a word document with thread ideas I had compiled over time from scribbled notes etc. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-25-2008, 11:28 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think that list should be destroyed. You're wasting bandwidth. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-25-2008, 11:35 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Mmmmm...mature...lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-25-2008, 11:33 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Bandwidth is cheap. Psychoanalysis, however, is not.

12-25-2008, 11:37 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Mature Bukkake is okay, but I prefer Interracial Upskirt Japanese Handjob Bukkake. POV. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-26-2008, 07:36 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Coins found in the street are the thoughts of angels. If someone who loved you died and is thinking of you in heaven, they will send a coin for you to pick up, so you know that love never really dies. You're thwarting the divine plan by not picking them up, Flint.

12-26-2008, 08:19 AM	#10
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	See a penny / pick it up And all day / you'll have good luck. I learned that before I heard the 'heads' and 'tails' difference. They all spend, so if they're not in goo I pick 'em up. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

12-26-2008, 10:25 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	All found pennies are good. Heads up, heads down, they're all lucky. Just make sure you wash your hands, afterwards. You don't know where it's been. Somebody could have spit on that patch of sidewalk. You are nuts. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-26-2008, 01:17 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	What if the penny is on its side? Huh? then what? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-26-2008, 04:34 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I think you've stumped them. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-26-2008, 04:35 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	If it is on its side, time stops for everybody except the person who tossed that coin. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-27-2008, 07:50 AM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I don't pick them up. But since our days in college we have always superglued a dime or nickle to the step outside of our house or on the driveway. People go to great lengths to try and pick them up. It is really funny. If they do get them up I just replace them in another place with another one. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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