It's no joke - Save your coppers!!

hbl_2

nick_b wrote:

My mum always recited the rhyme "Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck", so I do this now as a matter of habit. Not too sure about the luck bit though

My mum always said to me, "find a penny, pick it up, and all day you'll have... a penny."

I found 50p on the way to work this morning.

Gryfon

I always pick up any pennies I've found on the floor. Even been known to stand on it if I'm in a shop so no-one else gets it until I can bend down to pick it up!

Also got given a coin sorter for Christmas and have already found £1 in 2ps and 50p in 1ps!

Avoriaz

An excellent Dave Allen (RIP) sketch years ago.

He sees a £20 note on the road but cannot pick it up as it is trapped under the wheel of a parked car. He goes into a crowded café across the road and sits there drinking tea and watching. After an hour or so he sees a driver return to the car and prepare to drive away.

Unfortunately everyone in the café leaps up and rushes across the road to get the £20 note. They had all been waiting:D

Probably funnier to watch than to have described.

hazzie123

After posting on this thread I found a £1 coin while I was out,I had such a cheesey grin on my face.Maybe I should post again on here tomorrow and see if I find anything.

hazzie123

Also found 5p in Tesco`s car park tonight after I had written that above post!

scuzz

I haven't found anything for months. How do you lot keep finding it all before me?!

Chocmonster7

I mentioned this thread to my Dad and he admitted that he picks up coins every day outside the newsagent he goes to - yesterday he found a £2 coin!

pinkfluffybabe

I found 5p on my doorstep tonight - dropped the cd case I was carrying in my excitement

grannybroon

I always have believed what you pick up is a luck penny. Anything we find goes in the piggy and a wee crean cake transpires! After it has been in my pocket for a week - lucky penny. Scottish?

At work we get loads of ones and two - yesterday 70p in one go - so took it down to diner ladies obviously a wee boy or girls lunch money. Meant to check today.

I put £52 a year into savings a/c for DGS. Not a lot when 18 but don't want fast cars!

GB

HeadInSand_2

pollyanna24 wrote:

If I was bored in a club, I used to wander around and look for spare change. It's amazing what gets thrown away when people are drunk.

The other day I was out with a friend and we all went to use the cashpoint. The lady before my friend very kindly left £50 for him. I'm sure she was mightily miffed when she found out, but it paid for our dinner in a local pub!! Now is that stealing? I don't know, but it was tasty!

I'd say so, and also extremely mean - especially as it was just wasted on a luxury, that may have been her shopping money for an entire week or even money to buy shoes for her child. I've been in a similar situation and the gratitude I received for being honest left me feeling far happier than being a few quid better off.