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Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:38 pm

At one of the banks I stopped by after work today I had to wait while the teller was sorting through the pennies in her tray for the woman at her window. I thought that was a strange way to search for copper. But she wasn't looking for copper. The teller was pulling out the shiniest pennies for her. The woman wound up getting ten shiny zinc pennies in exchange for a dime. When I got to the window the teller told me that the woman wanted shiny new pennies to put out to keep flies away from her food. She had told the teller that the flies didn't like the shiny surface of the pennies. We both chuckled and I told the teller that I wanted some pennies too but only the old circulated ones and not the shiny new ones. She gathered up what she could and I ended up with $10 in customer wrapped rolls to sort.

I checked online this evening to see if there is any truth to the idea of repelling flies with pennies. Apparently some folks believe that bags of water with a few pennies inside provide a reflective surface that repels the flies. It's on the internet so it must be true. :P

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/flies.asp
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby 68Camaro » Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:12 am

That's a new one...
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby silverflake » Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:29 pm

If our current leaders face was put on the penny, would it attract flies? Just wondering.
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby Tourney64 » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:13 am

That lady must really have nice place with such a fly problem.
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby Morsecode » Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:16 pm

Why not?

We have copper socks for increased circulation http://www.tommiecopper.com/product/men ... calf-socks

And copper for birth control (google it)

Copper is a miracle product :thumbup:
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby AdamsSamoa » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:17 pm

We always did this in Texas...
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby 68Camaro » Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:27 pm

AdamsSamoa wrote:We always did this in Texas...


Really - how do you do it?
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby AdamsSamoa » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:44 pm

Zip lock baggies full of water with 5 or so shiny pennies. leave them out on the pic nick table. It is supposed to keep the flies away
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby Tourney64 » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:06 pm

We need a mythbusters experiment.
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:06 pm

AdamsSamoa wrote:Zip lock baggies full of water with 5 or so shiny pennies. leave them out on the pic nick table. It is supposed to keep the flies away


Did it work? If so then Myth is... Confirmed.
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby reddirtcoins » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:07 am

Tourney64 wrote:We need a mythbusters experiment.


I agree... :clap:
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby slickeast » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:38 am

I saw a bag with water and pennies in it somewhere this week. I think mythbusters did it with just water. It didn't work
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby slickeast » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:42 am

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/flies.asp
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby AdamsSamoa » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:43 am

need the pennies...
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby silver » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:31 am

People love to believe in myths. The more mysterious the better.
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby Shazbot57 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:51 am

silver wrote:People love to believe in myths. The more mysterious the better.
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That explains Obama! :o
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby hobo finds » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:48 pm

Shazbot57 wrote:
silver wrote:People love to believe in myths. The more mysterious the better.
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That explains Obama! :o


It works I have a bag with water AND Pennies and Obama has never come over here!
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Re: Using pennies to repel flies

Postby Shazbot57 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:29 pm

I'll have to try it!
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