> > 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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I had a friend who, every time she found a penny tails-up, she'd turn it heads-up and leave it for the next person.

Turning it over for yourself doesn't count.

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F"The pennies - mightier than the sword"B