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Posted: 12/21/2009 11:23:36 AM EDT

Pick it up? Or leave it?

I always still pick them up.

I know, I know, "asspennies".

Rats. I'm on jobrelatedstuff and can't post polls.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:24:18 AM EDT

[#1]

I always pick them up. ((shrugs))

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:27:52 AM EDT

[#2]

Always pick it up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:28:37 AM EDT

[#3]

I pick them up ... with my ass!

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:29:28 AM EDT

[#4]

....and all day long you'll have good luck

I'm old

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:30:15 AM EDT

[#5]

When I was a little kid I heard that pennies were unlucky unless you found them heads up and for some reason that has ingrained itself into my mind over the last several decades.

It's not worth bringing down the Lincoln equivalent of a mummy's curse just to pick up a penny is all I'm saying.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:30:46 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
I pick them up ... with my ass!

I've been using my eyelids!

It all makes sense now!!!

DAMN THAT PINK EYE!!!

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:30:56 AM EDT

[#7]

A youtube search for "ass pennies" brings up unexpected and interesting results.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f7112b01fb/ass-pennies-from-greatest-comedy-sketches

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:31:19 AM EDT

[#8]

Always pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:32:05 AM EDT

[#9]

I always yeard a penny was a dead loved one saying hi to you. Every time I see a penny I pick it up and say "Hi Dad"

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:33:58 AM EDT

[#10]

I always pick 'em up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:34:54 AM EDT

[#11]

hell if its before 1982 its 95% copper, why not pick it up?

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:36:45 AM EDT

[#12]

Nah,not worth it

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:54:21 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Nah,not worth it

I used to think that, when I had more money than time. Now that I have more time than money, I pick up any free money.

Rob

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:55:33 AM EDT

[#14]

Only if it's heads up. Picking up a tails up penny is bad luck.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:56:19 AM EDT

[#15]

I have a bad back...I will stoop to pick up a dime or a quarter but not a penny or nickle.

Posted: 12/21/2009 11:57:44 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

When I was a little kid I heard that pennies were unlucky unless you found them heads up and for some reason that has ingrained itself into my mind over the last several decades.

It's not worth bringing down the Lincoln equivalent of a mummy's curse just to pick up a penny is all I'm saying.

+1

Heads up I pick it up, Tails up I leave it lay

Kinda stupid I know

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:00:44 PM EDT

[#17]

I leave them for kids to find.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:05:20 PM EDT

[#18]

I always pick them up. I usually find quite a few different coins when the wife and I go out to the store or mall.

We keep the change in an old one gallon vodka bottle, there's probably about $20-25 dollars worth in there - just from 2009.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:22:32 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Only if it's heads up. Picking up a tails up penny is bad luck.

I always check whether it's head up or not, but I pick it up anyway. Might explain some things.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:24:47 PM EDT

[#20]

leave it, inflation-$1.00 now

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:26:52 PM EDT

[#21]

Nowadays, my time is worth more than the penny.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:28:03 PM EDT

[#22]

It has to be at least a quarter or more for me to have to go through all the trouble of bending over.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:28:58 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
I leave them for kids to find.

And if I have a couple in my pocket I'll drop that at the park or some other kid related area. I'ts a real cheap way to see a little kids eyes light up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:29:59 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
I leave them for kids to find.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:36:52 PM EDT

[#25]

I leave them, not in the tray for everyone but just laying around, I also leave all of them heads up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:38:42 PM EDT

[#26]

No longer have to retrieve such monetary items, just point and the kids retrieve them

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:40:00 PM EDT

[#27]

I have a job...no need to pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:40:30 PM EDT

[#28]

I carry a bottle of glue with me and glue them down.

Just kidding.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:41:55 PM EDT

[#29]

I rolled $50.00 worth of pennies last night many of them I picked up off the ground.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:43:06 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
When I was a little kid I heard that pennies were unlucky unless you found them heads up and for some reason that has ingrained itself into my mind over the last several decades.

It's not worth bringing down the Lincoln equivalent of a mummy's curse just to pick up a penny is all I'm saying.

Same here.

Posted: 12/21/2009 12:49:52 PM EDT

[#31]

Never pick them up. I won't even pick up a quarter...

Posted: 12/21/2009 1:38:22 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
When I was a little kid I heard that pennies were unlucky unless you found them heads up and for some reason that has ingrained itself into my mind over the last several decades.

It's not worth bringing down the Lincoln equivalent of a mummy's curse just to pick up a penny is all I'm saying.

Pick 'em up (if heads down) and immediately hand 'em to a friend. This breaks the curse & gives the friend the good luck.

Posted: 12/21/2009 1:53:35 PM EDT

[#33]

pennies no but higher denominations i will.

Posted: 12/21/2009 1:56:20 PM EDT

[#34]

If it's heads up I pick it up.

If it's tails up I leave it.

Odd stuperstition.

Posted: 12/21/2009 1:59:49 PM EDT

[#35]

aways pick them up

Posted: 12/21/2009 1:59:50 PM EDT

[#36]

I fly frequently and it is amazing how much change I can find in the security lines.....

The other day I found a dollar while getting out of my car..it was buried in some leaves....

Free money is a winner

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:00:34 PM EDT

[#37]

I don't attempt to pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:04:30 PM EDT

[#38]

Pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:07:12 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:08:49 PM EDT

[#40]

Far as I know still legal tender; I pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:10:52 PM EDT

[#41]

Almost always pick them up. They then go directly into plastic baggie inside vehicle.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:13:21 PM EDT

[#42]

Cull the two cents coppers, spend the rest.
Start rolling your nickels, they'll be back to eight cents soon enough.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:14:29 PM EDT

[#43]

I pick them up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:16:17 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Nowadays, my time is worth more than the penny.

It might be a 1933 Wheat Penny with "In Go we Trust."

You could retire.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:16:31 PM EDT

[#45]

When I was a kid I always was told to pick them up if the head was facing up....if it was tails, leave it alone.
Superstitious nonsense...but well...it stuck

If I see a wheat penny though (which is obviously tails up or I wouldnt have spotted it from a distance) I pick it up....I collect them.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:16:46 PM EDT

[#46]

I don't turn down free money. I pick 'em up.

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:16:58 PM EDT

[#47]

I pick up any coin that I see!

Posted: 12/21/2009 2:20:58 PM EDT

[#48]

pick em up. thats free money right there. Drop em in my coin counter, and roll em when i get enough.

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