It always cracks me up that in the midst of all the turmoil and problems our great nation faces, there is always something completely stupid that a politician does. I mean, how random is it that Republican Sens. Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Arizona's John McCain have introduced a bill that would do away with the penny?
Yesterday I emptied all the pennies out of my odds and ends drawer in an effort to clean up my apartment. It turns out that I had exactly $2.00 in pennies. I know this because when I used the Coinstar machine at Walmart it counted up exactly 200 pennies and then I received a printed voucher for $1...
It seems that whenever I need a soda pop or a bag of chips, I only have pennies! Very frustrating for me, because you find this out after getting to the vending machine. Why is there not a vending machine that takes pennies?
A penny saved is a penny needed for your court case.
Police have charged a Vernal, Utah man with disorderly conduct after he paid a bill with 2,500 pennies.