Protest Absurd Bills – Pay In Pennies

I just had to laugh recently as I took a trip down memory lane.  I ran across a MSN Money article, http://tinyurl.com/3jhwauv , about a man who got cited for disorderly conduct after paying a $25 medical bill with pennies.  I once did the same thing when paying a $20 spa bill just out of high school.  The spa said I owed, I said I didn’t (I’d canceled my membership the previous month.).  The bank almost didn’t give me the pennies as it would severely deplete their supply (or so they said).  I dumped a coffee can of unrolled pennies on the receptionist’s desk.  Hah. 

The article goes on to list several examples of the same type of protest.  I’m surprised in today’s economy that more people don’t protest in this manner.  At the end of the article, it explained US law states a merchant does not have to accept over 100 pennies as payment.  I didn’t know that.  Good thing the spa didn’t know either, wink wink.

Gold trimmed German New Year postcard, dressed pig rides chariot pulled by pigs

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Toilet Birthdays

1908 German New Year Postcard, Morning After Funny Feeling

Wow, my daughter’s 21.  I officially feel old.  How come?  My daughter’s the one who turned 21.  Anyway, she has decided she wants me to take her bowling.  The bowling alley has a bar, so she’ll be able to legally order a drink. I’m the designated driver.  Her drinking should make for an interesting time bowling.  I’ll have to bring my camera.

This still didn’t seem like a fitting tribute to her entrance into adulthood, so I searched on-line for ways to celebrate birthdays.  OK, so I have no imagination.  I run two on-line postcard stores and work a full-time job.  Give me a break.  What I found had me laughing my head off.

There’s a blog about toilet birthdays.  Really.  This blog actually celebrates the birthdays of various toilets (complete with pictures)!  Geez, the things one finds on the internet these days, lol.  The first three paragraphs of the tip page are hilarious.  If curious, click this.  I’ll have to have my daughter read it when she comes home from partying with her first hangover (like the man in the above antique New Year postcard).  I wonder if she’ll be able to follow the directions at the beginning of the tip page.  Again, I’ll have to have my camera ready.  By the way, my toilet’s birthday is 07/22/04.

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