I used to save up my change in a big empty wine bottle and take it to the Penny Arcade at TD Bank (formerly Commerce Bank). I especially liked guessing how much money was in the bottle. You win a prize if you guess within a certain range, Price is Right style. Last time I played, I won a pack of tissues. Actually I was pleased to get them since it was February and as I had a cold, my nose was running (a marathon). Otherwise, tissues would have been an utterly disappointing prize.

Now the penny is the most useless of all coins. I mean, why do we even still have it? To repair the Statue of Liberty again? (Who remembers that?) Can’t we just round everything up to the nickel? That would seem to make more sense to me; it’s not like you can buy anything with a penny, or even a hundred pennies. If you tried to pay someone in pennies, you might get punched in the face. Actually we may have to set this up. To be continued…

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