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09-20-2009 , 01:55 AM

J-Mac

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Americans: I have a question about an object you see daily that you will probably get wrong.

Who is on the dime?

(I believe that only around one American in ten can answer that off-the-cuff without looking it up, but have no way of testing whether or not you got it right before googling, so I leave it up to your honesty. Did you get it?)

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09-20-2009 , 01:57 AM

ham on rye

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i knew who it was but only because not half an hour ago i was sorting out all this goofy euro coinage from the american money on my desk and realized i had no idea who the f was on the dime so i checked. serendipity imo

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09-20-2009 , 01:57 AM

Anacardo

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I had to think about it for about fifteen seconds too long but I got it right.

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09-20-2009 , 01:58 AM

ThaSaltCracka

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what kind of dumb question is this.

March of dimes for a reason, its obviously FDR.

And NO, I did not google that.

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09-20-2009 , 01:59 AM

Shadowrun

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which dime?

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09-20-2009 , 01:59 AM

Scary_Tiger

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Originally Posted by ThaSaltCracka

what kind of dumb question is this.

March of dimes for a reason, its obviously FDR.

+1

Though to be fair I was a bit of a numismatist in my youth.

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09-20-2009 , 02:01 AM

Scary_Tiger

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Originally Posted by Shadowrun

which dime?

Well I assume he's not talking about a Mercury dime lol.

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09-20-2009 , 02:04 AM

J-Mac

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Originally Posted by Scary_Tiger

True.

But somehow, I bet you guys still agree that 90% of US citizens over age 12 could not name the US President on the dime within 15 seconds...

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09-20-2009 , 02:05 AM

ThaSaltCracka

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wow some of you are dumb, but I suppose most of us don't even look at any of our money any more and instead use our debit card religiously. I know I use it far more than cash.

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Originally Posted by J-Mac

True.

But somehow, I bet you guys still agree that 90% of US citizens over age 12 could not name the US President on the dime within 15 seconds...

see above.

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09-20-2009 , 02:09 AM

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kkcountry

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i knew no problem (and just not because 'head of the dime since 1946' was a clue in this Friday's WSJ crossword!)

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09-20-2009 , 02:11 AM

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Pablo Gutierrez

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see taco bell commericial.

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09-20-2009 , 02:15 AM

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mr.giggles

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Never knew who was on the dime, but after googling it the image on the dime doesnt look like the man imo. Where as all the other coins that I can think of actually look like the person its portrays.

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09-20-2009 , 02:16 AM

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[Phill]

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Not just a yank thing. Id bet the avg Brit couldnt name who is on the £5, £10 and £20 notes and id bet like 99% of the UK couldnt name who was on the £50 note.

(the person not the queen, obv)

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09-20-2009 , 02:17 AM

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HIV

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where the fk is the spoiler, ****** OP

Spoiler:

lol at one in 10. maybe like one in 50

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09-20-2009 , 02:19 AM

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Grue

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a bumblebee?

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09-20-2009 , 02:24 AM

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Pablo Gutierrez

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holy delayed double post.

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09-20-2009 , 03:28 AM

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Jim14Qc

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who cares.

I'm big on making fun of people who don't know important historical/geographical/current event facts but this?

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09-20-2009 , 04:11 AM

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KingBBinLV

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Originally Posted by Jim14Qc

who cares.

I'm big on making fun of people who don't know important historical/geographical/current event facts but this?

+1, seriously who the **** cares? The pic looks like Trebeks mother to me.

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09-20-2009 , 05:22 AM

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Lazy Meatball

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It's a really ****ty picture of him. If they gave him a long cigarette holder and a top hat he'd be much more recognizable, that or some crutches.

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09-20-2009 , 05:23 AM

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youtalkfunny

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Originally Posted by ThaSaltCracka

what kind of dumb question is this.

March of dimes for a reason, its obviously FDR.

I knew FDR was on the dime, but I had no idea he was connected with the March of Dimes.

A better question, IMO, is:

What's on the BACK of the dime?

NOBODY knows this one.

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09-20-2009 , 05:27 AM

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Lazy Meatball

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Originally Posted by youtalkfunny

I knew FDR was on the dime, but I had no idea he was connected with the March of Dimes.

A better question, IMO, is:

What's on the BACK of the dime?

NOBODY knows this one.

so i did just look this up, but I could picture it before, it's that torch thing that looks like it's in front of a military cemetery thing