What if the 5p has fallen on the slippy type floor you get in many shops, they can be a bugger to pick up. You may look a right SPACKER trying to push that 5p around trying to get your nails underneath it. Boot it away and look cool instead I reckon.
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Whats the MINIMUM coin curency you would STOOP to pick up off the floor ?
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What if the 5p has fallen on the slippy type floor you get in many shops, they can be a bugger to pick up. You may look a right SPACKER trying to push that 5p around trying to get your nails underneath it. Boot it away and look cool instead I reckon.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I remember talking to a social worker a few years back about a couple of kids she had once encountered, standing over a gutter by the side of the road, dropping coins into it.
It turned out that they'd nicked a handful of cash from the till of the local corner shop and were having difficulty with the maths that was needed to ensure that the loot was fairly - and exactly - shared out between the two of them. They'd each pocketed half the notes and pound coins, but the small change was proving too complicated. So they were throwing it away.
It turned out that they'd nicked a handful of cash from the till of the local corner shop and were having difficulty with the maths that was needed to ensure that the loot was fairly - and exactly - shared out between the two of them. They'd each pocketed half the notes and pound coins, but the small change was proving too complicated. So they were throwing it away.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Reading through the thread I was thinking this. If I spotted money on the floor it'd have to be 50p at least, and even then I'd have to think about it. But if it's my money that I've dropped I'll pick up everything from 5p up on a point of principle, and if I'm indoors (in a shop or similar) I'd pick up anything I dropped, even a penny.
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
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Unbelievable is the word you're looking for.
If there's NO ONE about, I'd pick up a 10p. If not, I'd only pick up 50p +.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
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But then someone might think I'd not noticed I'd dropped it, which could lead to an unwanted and unwelcome "hang on mate, you dropped this..." scenario with a total stranger. *cringe*
Even worse was a couple of years ago when I picked a quid up off the floor in Haywards Heath Clintons, only to hear someone behind me say "Oi, thats mine".
"I don't see your name on it" I said, without looking. Then I turned round and its only the Queen standing there innit. Her name was indeed on the coin, as she proceeded to point out. Picture of her bloody head and all. Shut me right up that did, so I just handed it over. Well you have to, don't you. *
* may not actually have happened.
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
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£1.49
I said 'elo to you on Monday Night, but you seemed a million miles away
.You was walking up The Droveway, towards Dyke Road at about 7.
I said 'elo to you on Monday Night, but you seemed a million miles away
You was walking up The Droveway, towards Dyke Road at about 7.
Did you?
Must have been sleep walking home from work again
brakespear
Doctor Worm
It would have to be a note, couldn't pick a coin up, it might have ben in ALL SORTS.
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
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Did you?
Must have been sleep walking home from work again
Whereabouts you work?
Portsmouth!
Paxton Dazo
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Ah I see! Walking home from 'ove station..
I found a fiver by the counter in Costa coffee last week and said in a not to loud voice, ''Has anyone lost some money''.
No one answered apart from the guy behind the counter who said , ''There`s a tip jar on the top.''
Well I had to put it in there really but I was well pissed off for hours.
No one answered apart from the guy behind the counter who said , ''There`s a tip jar on the top.''
Well I had to put it in there really but I was well pissed off for hours.
10p, a packet of Space Raiders!
Bit of a dilemma that one. Think I'd have paid for my coffee with it, and chucked them the change.
Would there have been any change then ? You seen the prices in there Hansy ?
The Camel
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Played a fruit machine years ago, won a quid or something, when I put my hand in the tray to retrieve my winnings there was a £50 note in the tray!
I can't think of a single credible reason why anyone would put a nifty in the tray of a fruit machine!
I can't think of a single credible reason why anyone would put a nifty in the tray of a fruit machine!
Lewes' best seagull
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- Jan 31, 2008
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I stooped to pick up 20p at an Arctic Monkeys gig on Sunday. I was near the front and it was absolutely RAMMED.
Once I'd stooped with my back straining I was STRANDED at ankle level but I stuck to my principles and retrieved it from the sticky floor.
Then I only went and lost it.
Once I'd stooped with my back straining I was STRANDED at ankle level but I stuck to my principles and retrieved it from the sticky floor.
Then I only went and lost it.