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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The last posting got me thinking about hay. “Hay penny’ is what an American hears when a Brit says ‘ha’penny.’ Adding to the confusion is the occasional contrast with the ‘wheat penny’ (Lincoln cents minted between 1909 and 1959, which have wheat sheaves in their reverse design). Moreover, straw or hay is readily understood as something that’s of little value. Examples:
However, Plotz (the taxman) gets a wind of the situation and invents taxes so that he can charge Wakko exactly one hay penny, leaving Wakko bankrupt again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakko’s_Wish
I’ll give you a hay penny for it. ... Not a wheat penny, a hay penny. They’re really old and were worth 1/2 a cent.
www.accesshiphop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22359
There’s not a hay’penny difference in the black level between the two sets …
www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/printthread.php … e=12&pp=60
And if you explain further that you haven’t got a hay penny, the children throw acid in your face.
www.tremble.com/scribblins/000448.html
I am sure it was Saban’s final call but you know at some point Mularkey put in his 2 cents which is equivalent to a hay penny.
www.stadiumwall.com/lofiversion/index.php/t51983.html
I expect royalties damnit! One half hay penny every hundredth time you use it.
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I’m going to start reporting my reserves down to the hay-penny.
www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_disc … 777&page=3
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