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#26 2011-06-09 10:27:29
- scimonster
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
gettysburg11 wrote:
Ah, our great world today.
He should pay the fine entirely in pennies.
TheGameMaster1231 wrote:
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
Pennies are the worst. We should get rid of them like the Canadians. They're useless.
Canadians got rid of pennies?
Weird, cause I have a Canadian penny sitting on my desk right now. *Suspicious face*
I have several too.
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#27 2011-06-09 18:13:22
- Musicstar888
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
SpriteMaster wrote:
No lucky pennies here: Police have charged Jason West, an aggrieved medical patient in Vernal, Utah, with disorderly conduct. His alleged crime? Attempting to pay a disputed medical bill of $25 entirely in pennies.
West isn't alone in the ranks of penny protesters. A wise guy in Frederick, Maryland, showed up at the county clerk's office last summer with bags of cash to pay off his tax bill with $966.86 in change.
And a New Jersey school district a few years back punished 29 students who paid for their $2 school lunches in pennies--possibly as a prank--with two-day detentions. After parents protested, the students were pardoned. The school explained that the use of the small change slowed down the lunch line.
I posted this to see your opinions. ^Discuss^ (exerpted from a yahoo story)
Not a crime in my book. If they pay the bill, they're not breaking the law, right? It doesn't matter how you pay it, just that you pay it, period.
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#28 2011-06-09 18:28:36
- martianshark
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
It's probably not very nice to pay for expensive things in pennies - but it's totally legal. You can't really punish people for doing that.
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#29 2011-06-09 19:20:19
- soupoftomato
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Places like that have a counter to dump it all in anyway.
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#30 2011-06-09 19:48:28
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
HA WE DON'T HAVE PENNIES IN NEW ZEALAND
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#31 2011-06-09 19:50:39
- Ace-Of-Hearts
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Jonathanpb wrote:
HA WE DON'T HAVE PENNIES IN NEW ZEALAND
(cue Chrischb saying the same thing in a different way)
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#32 2011-06-09 19:53:29
Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
Jonathanpb wrote:
HA WE DON'T HAVE PENNIES IN NEW ZEALAND
(cue Chrischb saying the same thing in a different way)
No, that didn't come to mind 
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#33 2011-06-09 20:56:53
- soupoftomato
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Chrischb wrote:
Ace-Of-Hearts wrote:
Jonathanpb wrote:
HA WE DON'T HAVE PENNIES IN NEW ZEALAND
(cue Chrischb saying the same thing in a different way)
No, that didn't come to mind
He broke your posting together thing.
Barely.
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#35 2011-06-09 23:11:41
- meowmeow55
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
cheddargirl wrote:
One time I out in a $20 bill in exchange for quarters at an arcade, and even that was pretty heavy.
I did that a few times--it's not that heavy.
Yawn.
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#37 2011-06-10 03:32:19
- LordSydney
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
jfmlove6 wrote:
He payed a fee for paying a fee.
PARADOX...-
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#38 2011-06-10 03:52:21
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
Have you seen Mr. Bean? He received change in pennies to pay a parking fee only to find it didn't take pennies! 
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#39 2011-06-10 05:32:39
- LordSydney
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
jji7skyline wrote:
Have you seen Mr. Bean? He received change in pennies to pay a parking fee only to find it didn't take pennies!
Yeah lol poor him!
Mr. Been is awesome...Once, he but dynamite in a bucket of paint and painted thw whole room! lol [/offtopic]
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#40 2011-06-10 05:37:19
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
LordSydney wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Have you seen Mr. Bean? He received change in pennies to pay a parking fee only to find it didn't take pennies!
Yeah lol poor him!
Mr. Bean is awesome...Once, he but dynamite in a bucket of paint and painted thw whole room! lol [/offtopic]
Lol yeah... did you see the Johnny English one? Its hilarious!
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#41 2011-06-10 06:26:50
- SpriteMaster
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Re: Penny offense: Man fined for paying fee in pennies
jji7skyline wrote:
LordSydney wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Have you seen Mr. Bean? He received change in pennies to pay a parking fee only to find it didn't take pennies!
Yeah lol poor him!
Mr. Bean is awesome...Once, he but dynamite in a bucket of paint and painted thw whole room! lol [/offtopic]Lol yeah... did you see the Johnny English one? Its hilarious!
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