Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for October 11, 2023

I wouldn’t trust a bit-coin either.

Of course the minimum transaction fee is 27¢

Mine a penny, the laptop is under the counter.

I was wondering where “Penny Lane” was.

A Penny? Everyone wants you to round up for this cause or that.

Could we please do away with the G D things?

No pennies up here unless it’s an online transaction or you pay with debit/credit cards.

penny ain’t worth the metal it’s made out of. jars and jars of pennies but not a copper in sight

Nothing today is what it used to be….☹️☹️☹️

A penny for my thoughts, you say?

I wish the penny’d go away.

It costs ‘bout twice as much to make,

And cheaper metal might just break.

Show me any modern store

Where items cost a cent or four.

Many people won’t bend down

To pick a penny off the ground.

Most machines will not accept them.

Shoppers often wish you’d kept them

‘Stead of taking time to count

An overly precise amount.

Since other nations said goodbye

To their small coins, I must ask why

We cling to ours, espec’ly when we

Safely ditched the old half-penny

Back when it could buy more stuff

Than dimes today can. Had enough?

Thanks for hearing what I think,

But you can keep the penny (wink).

—me

This doesn’t make a lot of cents and won’t change a thing.

My favorite version of this was at a store years ago – “Got a penny, leave a penny, need a penny, get a job.”