Pennies

hellosweetie1015 · December 2014

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".

I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

VulgarGirl · December 2014

I kept thinking this said penisis, then peonies, then panties. I don't know.

Anyways what about something like this if he's gung-ho about it:

http://www.ustoy.com/large-chocolate-pennies-95-pieces

Of course they're chocolate so people should not hold them for too long or they will melt. Then you'd have chocolate to eat. Or people could wish you well and then eat the choclate themselves.

anjemon · December 2014

hellosweetie1015 said:

YALLLLLLLL!!! You are ALL missing the FANTASTIC POTENTIAL THIS IDEA HAS. Fair warning OP: I think your FI is brilliant and I may steal his idea. Because for real. It is fantastic. I will elaborate.

I understand the icky of audience participation, but it DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

At the door, either to the ceremony or to the reception (ETA OOOOOH BY THE GUEST BOOK/CARD BOX Y'ALL I AM STEALING THIS IDEA), have a stack of pennies that you paid for, so no extortion, a jar, and attach to the jar a sign that says "Wishes for the happy couple" (I KNOW WITH THE SIGNS PLEASE DON'T KICK ME OUT YET). They can make a wish if they want, it'll take two seconds, they drop it in the jar and they MOVE AWAY. No real participation if they don't want to, and no interruption of their life.

Then, after the wedding sometime, go to the thrift store and find a table commensurate to the amount of square footage those pennies will take up. A penny is ~20mm in diameter (19.05mm exactly but you want a little wiggle) so if you've got 100 pennies that's, like, 2 square meters.

COVER THE TABLE IN THE PENNIES and then cover the pennies in clear urethane so that A. Change smell doesn't escape and B. It's all shiny and pretty.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A CORNER/COFFEE/BISTRO/WHATEVER TABLE MADE OF WISHES.

LOOOOOOOK Y'ALL I promise I'm not crazy!!!!

I think you should totally find pennies only from the year you're getting married. For some reason I love that idea. I don't even usually care about the year of coins, but I love the idea of wishes made on pennies from the year of your marriage.

hellosweetie1015 · December 2014

anjemon said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

YALLLLLLLL!!! You are ALL missing the FANTASTIC POTENTIAL THIS IDEA HAS. Fair warning OP: I think your FI is brilliant and I may steal his idea. Because for real. It is fantastic. I will elaborate.

I understand the icky of audience participation, but it DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

At the door, either to the ceremony or to the reception (ETA OOOOOH BY THE GUEST BOOK/CARD BOX Y'ALL I AM STEALING THIS IDEA), have a stack of pennies that you paid for, so no extortion, a jar, and attach to the jar a sign that says "Wishes for the happy couple" (I KNOW WITH THE SIGNS PLEASE DON'T KICK ME OUT YET). They can make a wish if they want, it'll take two seconds, they drop it in the jar and they MOVE AWAY. No real participation if they don't want to, and no interruption of their life.

Then, after the wedding sometime, go to the thrift store and find a table commensurate to the amount of square footage those pennies will take up. A penny is ~20mm in diameter (19.05mm exactly but you want a little wiggle) so if you've got 100 pennies that's, like, 2 square meters.

COVER THE TABLE IN THE PENNIES and then cover the pennies in clear urethane so that A. Change smell doesn't escape and B. It's all shiny and pretty.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A CORNER/COFFEE/BISTRO/WHATEVER TABLE MADE OF WISHES.

LOOOOOOOK Y'ALL I promise I'm not crazy!!!!

I think you should totally find pennies only from the year you're getting married. For some reason I love that idea. I don't even usually care about the year of coins, but I love the idea of wishes made on pennies from the year of your marriage.

YOU ARE BRILLIANT. Absolutely brilliant. I am doing it.

novella1186 · December 2014

hellosweetie1015 said:

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".
I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

I 100% want to have a penny kitchen floor now, thanks to you! :P

I actually remember seeing this thing on the news about a lady who did her floors in pennies with the coating you mentioned. Some contractors and tile company people commented that it was a super smart thing to do because in square footage and the cost (however many pennies) it was far less expensive than pretty much any other floor covering, and apparently pennies are extremely durable. So there ya go.

climbingsingle · December 2014

That penny floor really does look cool.

jenna8984 · December 2014

hellosweetie1015 said:

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".
I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

@hellosweetie1015 this is you......and I LOVE it! You go- DJ Jazzy Jeff!

hellosweetie1015 · December 2014

novella1186 said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".
I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

I 100% want to have a penny kitchen floor now, thanks to you! :P

I actually remember seeing this thing on the news about a lady who did her floors in pennies with the coating you mentioned. Some contractors and tile company people commented that it was a super smart thing to do because in square footage and the cost (however many pennies) it was far less expensive than pretty much any other floor covering, and apparently pennies are extremely durable. So there ya go.

That floor is the very first thing I thought of when I saw this thread (not penises, hahahah). It is fantastically inexpensive - 100 pennies ($1.00) = about 2 sq. m, I think, which is, very loosely, 2 sq. yd, which is, I think, 18 sq. ft (? I am not a mather, so fair warning.), and polyurethane to coat it is maybe $40 a gallon, and a gallon covers something like 300+ square feet? So it's insanely cost effective.

And I am having converts to my side, I see!

novella1186 · December 2014

hellosweetie1015 said:

novella1186 said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".
I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

I 100% want to have a penny kitchen floor now, thanks to you! :P

I actually remember seeing this thing on the news about a lady who did her floors in pennies with the coating you mentioned. Some contractors and tile company people commented that it was a super smart thing to do because in square footage and the cost (however many pennies) it was far less expensive than pretty much any other floor covering, and apparently pennies are extremely durable. So there ya go.

That floor is the very first thing I thought of when I saw this thread (not penises, hahahah). It is fantastically inexpensive - 100 pennies ($1.00) = about 2 sq. m, I think, which is, very loosely, 2 sq. yd, which is, I think, 18 sq. ft (? I am not a mather, so fair warning.), and polyurethane to coat it is maybe $40 a gallon, and a gallon covers something like 300+ square feet? So it's insanely cost effective.

And I am having converts to my side, I see!

SIB
And by the way, "A table full of wishes"? Well that's just adorable!

hellosweetie1015 · December 2014

jenna8984 said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

jenna8984 said:
@hellosweetie1015 You sound super extra jazzed about that table but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it. That would look awkward anywhere in my house, and I don't think anyone would really make a wish, I think they'd just place it from the pile to jar and be like "well that was random".
I AM SUPER EXTRA JAZZED ABOUT THAT TABLE, haha.

It's okay though, I get that it's not what everyone would want in their house. I am capable of being SUPER EXTRA JAZZED about things without other people being even a little jazzed about them.

As to the "they wouldn't make a wish" comment: They would TOTALLY make a wish. Because really, once the penny goes back in the jar, I get to project my thoughts onto it, and in my head everyone made wishes.

@hellosweetie1015 this is you......and I LOVE it! You go- DJ Jazzy Jeff!

Why YES! That IS me! My excited switch is only two way: Not excited at all, or HOLY SHIT YOU GUYZ THIS IS THE BEST EVER.

(Sorry for the double post hahaha)

climbingsingle · December 2014

I just remembered that H's friend used to have a bar in Harlem, and he covered the whole bar with pennies. It was really cool. Random - I met Sway from MTV there and he had me drinking Henny with his friends.

ashley8918 · December 2014

MagicInk said:

I kept thinking this said penisis, then peonies, then panties. I don't know.

Anyways what about something like this if he's gung-ho about it:
http://www.ustoy.com/large-chocolate-pennies-95-pieces

Of course they're chocolate so people should not hold them for too long or they will melt. Then you'd have chocolate to eat. Or people could wish you well and then eat the choclate themselves.

Yep, totally though this link was going to take me to "large chocolate penises". I clicked it at work anyway.

vikinganna87 · December 2014

The penny idea would be extra cool if the treasury dept decides to take it out of circulation; you have the added bonus of preserving something rare.

mrsk616 · December 2014

i hate having to count down the cash box at work. im glad that the coin that was sticky is no longer in there.

huskypuppy14 · December 2014

ClimbingBrideNY said:

I would be thinking about all the potential germs on the penny. Like - where has this penny been?

Money is like the grossest thing. Who knows who touched it. But, how is this different than life in general.

jennyleigh16 · December 2014

If you're supplying the pennies and you're worried about germs or grossness you could always soak them in something to clean them off first. As an added bonus they would be bright and shiny afterwards.

kaitlynmichelle · December 2014

We don't even have pennies up here in Canada anymore. I still find it weird.

Still have penises though, so that's a plus.

mrsk616 · December 2014

kaitlynmichelle said:

We don't even have pennies up here in Canada anymore. I still find it weird. Still have penises though, so that's a plus.

i totally read the title as this the other day....

mrsk616 · December 2014

anjemon said:

hellosweetie1015 said:

YALLLLLLLL!!! You are ALL missing the FANTASTIC POTENTIAL THIS IDEA HAS. Fair warning OP: I think your FI is brilliant and I may steal his idea. Because for real. It is fantastic. I will elaborate.

I understand the icky of audience participation, but it DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

At the door, either to the ceremony or to the reception (ETA OOOOOH BY THE GUEST BOOK/CARD BOX Y'ALL I AM STEALING THIS IDEA), have a stack of pennies that you paid for, so no extortion, a jar, and attach to the jar a sign that says "Wishes for the happy couple" (I KNOW WITH THE SIGNS PLEASE DON'T KICK ME OUT YET). They can make a wish if they want, it'll take two seconds, they drop it in the jar and they MOVE AWAY. No real participation if they don't want to, and no interruption of their life.

Then, after the wedding sometime, go to the thrift store and find a table commensurate to the amount of square footage those pennies will take up. A penny is ~20mm in diameter (19.05mm exactly but you want a little wiggle) so if you've got 100 pennies that's, like, 2 square meters.

COVER THE TABLE IN THE PENNIES and then cover the pennies in clear urethane so that A. Change smell doesn't escape and B. It's all shiny and pretty.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A CORNER/COFFEE/BISTRO/WHATEVER TABLE MADE OF WISHES.

LOOOOOOOK Y'ALL I promise I'm not crazy!!!!

I think you should totally find pennies only from the year you're getting married. For some reason I love that idea. I don't even usually care about the year of coins, but I love the idea of wishes made on pennies from the year of your marriage.

one of the bars up on the Lake Erie Islands has tables like this. i so want to make one.

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