Did you ever swallow a coin(penny, dime, etc) when you were a kid.

[debm55]

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Not me, but when Eleanor Roosevelt was 7 or 8,

she swallowed a penny on a trans-Atlantic ship. Except she really didn’t. Her parents ignored her and the poor child wanted the attention another child got on board when she swallowed a penny.

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy.

[gab13by13]

2. True story Deb,

Some of our crew after work stopped at the Sportsman Club for just one.

The waitress was a nice young lady. There was a small basket behind the bar, we started using it like it was a basketball basket and threw quarters at it trying to make a basket. The bar maid was only slightly perturbed because that was more tips for her.

Well after a few beers I went to use the restroom, one of my co-workers was in there. He says to me, I just did something stupid. Someone threw a quarter into his draft beer glass and he chugged it down. Luckily this guy was a big dude and everything worked out.

I swallowed a root beer barrel (remember them) My uncle picked me up by my heels, held me upside down and shook me and I coughed it out. No more root beer barrels for me.

[debm55]

5. Funny story about you crew and the quarter. Yes, I remember the root beer barrels. Glad your uncle was around.

[unweird]

3. Yep, a quarter

1965 minted. It came out black, even after cleaning. Father made me wear it for a year afterward on a chain around my neck.

[debm55]

6. OMG. I am sorry but that is funny. Why in heaven's name did he make you wear it.

[bluedigger]

7. A penny.

I was shaking a LEGO house I built to get the penny I dropped into it above my head. I got it out. Idiot. Had to go to the ER to remove it from my windpipe. Not the first of many near death experiences.

[debm55]

8. You were lucky, bluedigger. thank you for sharing with us

[hunter]

9. My brother bet me he could put more pennies in his mouth than I could.

I went first and when I had a mouth full of them he said, "You win!"

Didn't swallow any but I remember the taste and it didn't go away for a long time... blechhhh.