> > I don't understand the difference between the two first choices in today's poll. How is a penny heads up worth any more than a penny tails up? It can be turned over, can't it?
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> It may be a cultural thing... there's a superstition here that says if you find a penny heads' up and pick it up, you'll have good luck for the rest of that day... but if you find a penny heads' down and pick it up, you'll have bad luck.
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> I wonder if that's strictly an American thing?
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> Gri"thinks it's always bad luck to get a Canadian penny... those are sneaky little guys, always creeping into his change"shny

I pick it up anyway. I can't see which side is up until I do, and then it's too late, so I drop it in my pocket. Actually I have heard of that superstition, but I am not superstituous. Besides, superstition is bad luck.

A penny saved may be a penny earned, but a penny found is free money.
Howard