GB could finance Olympics with sofa-cushion change

[antonioledesma]

That's a hell lot of money :shock: . Come on JW's UK members, give your money and maybe JW can be a small sponsor :mrgreen:

"About £1bn is lost or lying idle in the UK's 24.7 million households
Britons have enough small change around their homes to fund half of the London Olympic Games, according to a survey published today

An overwhelming 88% of the 1,500 people surveyed said at least £10 was lost in small change throughout their home.
A further 62% estimated they had at least £56 in jars, pots, pockets and down the back of sofas"
http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/story/0,1456,1550683,00.html?gusrc=rss

[fuerabora]

fuck tony blair.. I bet one of his spin doctors fed that story to the papers in the hope they can find a way to scam us out of more money

[antonioledesma]

all of you and sons will continue to pay the olympics for many many years to come.

[Anonymous]

well if done well of course we'll make a profit, but well our history of big projects isn't great... millenium dome anyone? :P Still should be cool to watch, prefer the world cup but maybe i'll just make do and go to germany next year :D

I have to say looking around my room i can believe these figures i always empty the small change out of my wallet and never do anything with it :P

[Mme Pompardour]

I have to say looking around my room i can believe these figures i always empty the small change out of my wallet and never do anything with it :P

I take mine down the arcade and gamble it in the tupenny slot machines :lol:

[TransAm]

I put mine in a big plastic Corona bottle (about 2.5ft tall)

Fuck knows what I am gonna do with it all - mostly 1c coins (hapennies lol) as I feed the Lockheed coffee machine of extortion with most of my silver coins.

Arrgh mateys silver coins!

The mention of silver coins made me feel all piratey :mrgreen: I really should grow up :slap:

[antonioledesma]

I kept my cents to give them to some beggars, but they've started to refuse them! :|
now I'm stuck with at least 50 pesos= 5 usd of coins, and the banks don't "have time to change" :?

[Anonymous]

I kept my cents to give them to some beggars, but they've started to refuse them! :|
now I'm stuck with at least 50 pesos= 5 usd of coins, and the banks don't "have time to change" :?

whatever happened to beggars can't be choosers?, i give to none of them but then there are alot of homeless charities i will give to, infact most discourage you from giving to street beggars i think

[graywolf624]

I collect mine in a little jar and take them to my local bank. The machine there counts them up and gives me dollars in exchange(even better, unlike the ones at the grocery store, since I have an account there they dont take a percentage).

[antonioledesma]

I kept my cents to give them to some beggars, but they've started to refuse them! :|
now I'm stuck with at least 50 pesos= 5 usd of coins, and the banks don't "have time to change" :?

whatever happened to beggars can't be choosers?, i give to none of them but then there are alot of homeless charities i will give to, infact most discourage you from giving to street beggars i think

they began to choose when those coins started to be meaningless. We have 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents coins. A subway ticket costs 2 pesos, the cheapest bubblegum costs 1 peso. And no vending machine accepts those little coins.

[pharzo]

Kinda like the cent in the US. The only reason for its' existence is sales tax.

As JC would say, His Tonyness is up to something :lol:

[TransAm]

At least you can use the 1 cent in stamp machines (although 37 of them at a time is a bitch of a wait for the person behind you if you are after a few stamps lol)

Coffee / chocolate vending machines dont take them though

[ZfrkS62]

i only use pennies to flick at people :D done right, you can leave an impression of Lincoln's head on someones arm :lol: after a loud yelp of course :lol:

[corpse_grinder0]

I put my pennies in baggies, and then stick them in my jacket pocket... that way when someone "doesnt" see me... I can let them know im there, by giving them a present.

[TransAm]

I put my pennies in baggies, and then stick them in my jacket pocket... that way when someone "doesnt" see me... I can let them know im there, by giving them a present.

I just found a new use for my pennies! :lol:

[corpse_grinder0]

I put my pennies in baggies, and then stick them in my jacket pocket... that way when someone "doesnt" see me... I can let them know im there, by giving them a present.

I just found a new use for my pennies! :lol:

*couch* new exhaust helps them see you better (or hear) *cough*

but regardless, they still wont see/hear you and you can use the pennies anyways.