Would you pick up a 10 CENTS coin from the street? - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

a1ka1ine · 09-05-2006, 11:15 AM

51 coins picked up! :D

madawgz · 09-05-2006, 11:19 AM

yes i probbly would pick it up, but not pennies

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 09-05-2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna_O

And if you instead of looking for dimes spent that time thinking of new ideas to make money, I bet those ideas would bring in lots more than $36 per year...

i don't mean spend all day long searching for dimes on the ground, but say you're walking down the street and you just watch the ground and see a dime... yeah.. its not gonna hurt... money is money, what if you had $50 in your pocket and were walking down the street, and saw a dime, didn't care, kept walking, and then had to pay for something and it came out to be $50.10? oh damn, i don't have an extra dime... fuck...

Magix · 09-05-2006, 12:22 PM

yes, i think so

jasonir · 09-05-2006, 12:23 PM

I have been known to throw several dollars of change in the trash.

It takes more time sorting it than it's worth.

media · 09-05-2006, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Ghost

Yes.. and even a nickel. A penny is 50/50.... depending on if it's heads up.

Same here...

CamJack · 09-05-2006, 12:26 PM

I know a guy that's in a wheelchair for the rest of his life because of that. Totally not worth it.

andrej_NDC · 09-05-2006, 12:51 PM

Sure, why not double the daily income.

andrej_NDC · 09-05-2006, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoGUERILLA

I know a guy that's in a wheelchair for the rest of his life because of that. Totally not worth it.

There are people who had a deadly accident in the shower, but I still take a shower everyday.

Doctor Dre · 09-05-2006, 12:55 PM

I guess I'm lazy... but no

KrisKross · 09-05-2006, 07:14 PM

Say it takes you 5 seconds to pick up a dime. That's $1.20 a minute and $72 an hour. I'd say that's worth it.

selena · 09-05-2006, 07:21 PM

Hell yes I would bend over to pick up a dime.

MaddCaz · 09-05-2006, 07:37 PM

goddamn right I would

Vitasoy · 09-05-2006, 07:48 PM

I won't go out of my way for it, but if it's within arm reach sure why not

jerseygto · 09-05-2006, 08:14 PM

hell yes a... penny definitly and all other coins are game!!! hey i gotta pay for promotion somehow HA!

polish_aristocrat · 09-06-2006, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevsh

Probably one of the most pointless polls in recent GFY memory.
And that's saying a lot ... still, already 49 replies and counting.

haha

some people disagree...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob_MrSkinCash

Great question...even better answers.

And, yes, pick it up!

polish_aristocrat · 04-15-2007, 02:02 AM

g$$$ · 04-15-2007, 02:03 AM

depends on where it was...is the floor clean? i think quarter or better...

scottybuzz · 04-15-2007, 05:03 AM

save the pennies and they will grow into pounds.

Webby · 04-15-2007, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a1ka1ine

hell yeh!

i found a £2 coin superglued to the floor one day, tried to pick it up, realised it was glued, then saw it was outside an office with blacked out windows. must have been having so muhc fun all day!

that night i came back down with a chisel and prised it out, got myself £2 and a big fuck you to the guys in the office!

felt so good :D although if the police found me with a chisel doing shit with the pavement at 2am.. heh

Only in Manchester!! *lol*

Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE · 04-15-2007, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notabook

lmao? this thread reminds me of the time when I was in my youth. I got a bottle of superglue and superglued a quarter to the ground at a K-mart, leaving my foot over it and letting it dry. I then casually went in the store and came back out a few minutes later and just watched as person after person tried to pick up the coin, get frustrated, then leave..

This local tattoo shop did that out side of there front door with a bunch of change

As far as the poll goes.. I can't answer it, because it is 50/50 for me..

If it is heads up I grab it, heads down I leave it

Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE · 04-15-2007, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a1ka1ine

hell yeh!

i found a £2 coin superglued to the floor one day, tried to pick it up, realised it was glued, then saw it was outside an office with blacked out windows. must have been having so muhc fun all day!

that night i came back down with a chisel and prised it out, got myself £2 and a big fuck you to the guys in the office!

felt so good :D although if the police found me with a chisel doing shit with the pavement at 2am.. heh

Nazgrel · 04-15-2007, 06:41 AM

Yes I would.

But only becouse its a rather rare find on the streets of Norway.
Had it been the lowest value norwegian coin however, I probably wouldnt.

Ssv · 04-15-2007, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cool1

Sure, never pass up free money, even if it is only a dime or even a nickle.
Pennies are not worth bending over to pick up, those I let my kids to grab

woj · 04-15-2007, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by notabook

lmao? this thread reminds me of the time when I was in my youth. I got a bottle of superglue and superglued a quarter to the ground at a K-mart, leaving my foot over it and letting it dry. I then casually went in the store and came back out a few minutes later and just watched as person after person tried to pick up the coin, get frustrated, then leave.

I watched for about an hour then went home. I came back the next day with a friend and we watched some more (god damn it, we were bored as fuck ok?). For some reason it was one of the most entertaining things to watch. Finally after about two hours (we went and ate some lunch and came back) some asshole with some steel-toed boots kicked and kicked at the coin until it came undone and picked it up. I still hate that guy.

That said, hell yes I would try to pick it up. The only thing I won?t pick up is a penny because pennies are forbidden in the Archiot religion. Anything brown is.

mailman · 04-15-2007, 09:59 AM

Pennies make nickles, nickles make dimes, dimes make dollars ;)

CDSmith · 04-15-2007, 10:00 AM

This one time as I was approaching the entrance to a big department store I saw a coin in the parking lot. It didn't take long to realize it was glued to the pavement, so I went in the store, bought a screw driver along with the rest of the stuff I was there for, and on my way out I scraped that coin off the pavement and put it in me pocket.

I was raised to believe that found money is good luck.... ESPECIALLY a penny.

Fuck you all you penny haters. :D

Strickie · 04-15-2007, 10:02 AM

I'm picking it up

CDSmith · 04-15-2007, 10:05 AM

Btw, later that same week I won $10 on a $2 scratch ticket.

(Which means the screwdriver was free)

jonesonyou · 04-15-2007, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by damian2001

You need a "if nobodies looking" option.

Goodings Media · 04-15-2007, 10:15 AM

yeah, you don't get many of them in England

Pumba · 04-15-2007, 10:51 AM

Why not?

psili · 04-15-2007, 11:05 AM

Are you saying you won't eat a brown M&M?

I know they're not as cool as the green, "home run" M&M's, but that brown one offering the delicate squishiness of vagina just can't be passed up. *shrug*

Quote:

Originally Posted by notabook

lmao? this thread reminds me of the time when I was in my youth. I got a bottle of superglue and superglued a quarter to the ground at a K-mart, leaving my foot over it and letting it dry. I then casually went in the store and came back out a few minutes later and just watched as person after person tried to pick up the coin, get frustrated, then leave.

I watched for about an hour then went home. I came back the next day with a friend and we watched some more (god damn it, we were bored as fuck ok?). For some reason it was one of the most entertaining things to watch. Finally after about two hours (we went and ate some lunch and came back) some asshole with some steel-toed boots kicked and kicked at the coin until it came undone and picked it up. I still hate that guy.

That said, hell yes I would try to pick it up. The only thing I won?t pick up is a penny because pennies are forbidden in the Archiot religion. Anything brown is.

2012 · 04-15-2007, 11:12 AM

no, I'm afraid of the koodies ...

psili · 04-15-2007, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KrisKross

Say it takes you 5 seconds to pick up a dime. That's $1.20 a minute and $72 an hour. I'd say that's worth it.

This reminds me of that phrase that went around; how it wasn't worth Bill Gate's time to spend the seconds to pick up a dollar he saw while walking down the street, or something...

Also reminds me of my last road trip with the wife... We stopped at a gas station and she spied a toy car. Picked it up and said "Look what I found!". She showed it to me then threw it back on the pavement.

I think it was the moment of finding "something" that made her pick it up, all happy she was, in the middle of bumb-fuck-Egypt, that made the moment special. The realization of it being just a toy car and adding unnecessary clutter to life, I think, made her throw it back.

A dime, on the other hand, can be thrown in a coin jar and eventually cashed in.... So yea, I'd pick up the dime.

RayBonga · 04-15-2007, 11:48 AM

Sure, why not

VicD · 04-15-2007, 12:46 PM

i voted "yes" ofcourse

$5 submissions · 04-15-2007, 01:42 PM

Polish's question reminds me of a very BASIC economics class scenario: Is it worth Bill Gates' time to pick up a $100 bill?

If you apply the principles of COST/BENEFIT analysis and OPPORTUNITY COSTS, the answer normally is NO. Why? Assuming that Bill Gates makes TENS OF THOUSANDS an hour (or more) just by helping to manage his company, the cost of picking up a $100 bill would be in the thousands of dollars. His benefit would be $100. In this case, he shouldn't pick up the bill. The same analysis applies for Opportunity costs. If the REPLACEMENT activity for making thousands of bucks yields only $100, then the activity shouldn't be replaced.

A critique of this economics analysis is that people aren't ALWAYS rational..... meaning, due to their emotional nature or maybe cultural or group dynamics, they don't always make the most rational decisions.

Anyway, just doing a little brain dump off an interesting thread...r

BlackCrayon · 04-15-2007, 01:46 PM

anything under a buck, no. and even then if it looks filth encrusted, no.

vj69 · 04-15-2007, 01:48 PM

I don't pick up pennies but anything bigger, yes.

After Shock Media · 04-15-2007, 02:49 PM

Yes I would.

When I was thirteen I picked up a 1909 S VDB penny, that really made my year. I still have that coin, even though it is only in VG condition.

Now the odds of that ever happening again are beyond remote, it still would not stop me. When I found that penny it was on a busy sidewalk and several people if not hundreds must of passed it over.

After Shock Media · 04-15-2007, 02:54 PM

bad board.....

Barefootsies · 04-15-2007, 04:07 PM

No I would not.

gecko · 04-15-2007, 10:37 PM

Yes.. they're good luck

SomeCreep · 04-15-2007, 10:53 PM

Of course, 1 dime is 3 months worth of interest on a dollar.

wyldworx · 04-15-2007, 11:10 PM

my new custom is to pick up the 10c and replace it with a $1 coin.

shahab6 · 04-15-2007, 11:22 PM

I only pick up paper money, not change.

Matt 26z · 04-15-2007, 11:24 PM

I put my finger in the coin return of payphones when I walk by them.

soulbleed · 04-15-2007, 11:27 PM

fuck no..

calibra · 04-16-2007, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a1ka1ine

hell yeh!

i found a £2 coin superglued to the floor one day, tried to pick it up, realised it was glued, then saw it was outside an office with blacked out windows. must have been having so muhc fun all day!

that night i came back down with a chisel and prised it out, got myself £2 and a big fuck you to the guys in the office!

felt so good :D although if the police found me with a chisel doing shit with the pavement at 2am.. heh

Well done

No, I wouldn't pick up a 10 cents coin but I'd pick up everything that's more than $0,99

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04-15-2007, 09:59 AM	#76
mailman Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,311	Pennies make nickles, nickles make dimes, dimes make dollars ;)

04-15-2007, 10:00 AM	#77
CDSmith Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: My network is hosted at TECHIEMEDIA.net ...Wait, you meant where am I located at? Oh... okay, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. Oops. :) Posts: 51,460	This one time as I was approaching the entrance to a big department store I saw a coin in the parking lot. It didn't take long to realize it was glued to the pavement, so I went in the store, bought a screw driver along with the rest of the stuff I was there for, and on my way out I scraped that coin off the pavement and put it in me pocket. I was raised to believe that found money is good luck.... ESPECIALLY a penny. Fuck you all you penny haters. :D __________________ *Promote Wildmatch, ImLive, Sexier.com, and more!!* ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PAYOUTS: Big Bux/ImLive SIGNUP ON NOW!!! Put some PUSSYCA$H in your pocket. ICQ me at: 31024634

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04-15-2007, 10:51 AM	#82
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04-15-2007, 11:48 AM	#86
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04-15-2007, 01:42 PM	#88
$5 submissions I help you SUCCEED Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Pearl of the Orient Seas Posts: 32,195	Polish's question reminds me of a very BASIC economics class scenario: Is it worth Bill Gates' time to pick up a $100 bill? If you apply the principles of COST/BENEFIT analysis and OPPORTUNITY COSTS, the answer normally is NO. Why? Assuming that Bill Gates makes TENS OF THOUSANDS an hour (or more) just by helping to manage his company, the cost of picking up a $100 bill would be in the thousands of dollars. His benefit would be $100. In this case, he shouldn't pick up the bill. The same analysis applies for Opportunity costs. If the REPLACEMENT activity for making thousands of bucks yields only $100, then the activity shouldn't be replaced. A critique of this economics analysis is that people aren't ALWAYS rational..... meaning, due to their emotional nature or maybe cultural or group dynamics, they don't always make the most rational decisions. Anyway, just doing a little brain dump off an interesting thread...r __________________ Need a NON-ADULT income stream? We build your YOUTUBE CHANNEL for only $20 per video! For Hire: $3/hour or $400 per month Marketing Specialist Virtual Assistants Last edited by $5 submissions; 04-15-2007 at 01:44 PM..

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04-15-2007, 01:48 PM	#90
vj69 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5	I don't pick up pennies but anything bigger, yes.

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04-15-2007, 02:54 PM	#92
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04-15-2007, 11:10 PM	#96
wyldworx So Fucking Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: oz-trailer Posts: 5,144	my new custom is to pick up the 10c and replace it with a $1 coin.

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