First things first - I love having my post on "hump day" with my best friend, Hairy Trotter. We're the trotter-and-Trotter team! We're #1! Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story movies was named after Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 (not the first man who walked on the moon, Neil Armstrong)? Aldrin actually pulled out a Buzz Lightyear doll out during a speech to NASA. You can see a clip of this on the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD! Aldrin did not receive any endorsement fees for use of his first name, however. That's almost as unbelievable as a man walking on the....oh, forget it, that used to be a popular saying!
A penny for your thoughts? Our penny, worth 1 cent, was minted in 1787; it was pure copper and was designed by Benjamin Franklin. From 1856 to 1858, "Flying Eagle" pennies were minted. The first Lincoln penny was issued in 1909, the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. This was the first U.S. coin to picture a President; it replaced the "Indian Head" penny (Lady Liberty in a feathered headdress).
In 1943, the Lincoln penny was made of steel (with a zinc coating) because copper was needed for military use in World War II. From 1959 to 2008, the reverse side of the penny featured the Lincoln Memorial. Four different reverse designs in 2009 honored Lincoln's 200th birthday and a new reverse side, the Union Shield, was introduced in 2010. The new design was released at a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, on February 11, 2010. As of 2010, it cost the U.S. Mint 1.79 cents to make a penny because of the costs of the penny's materials and production.
Do you keep all of your coins in a piggy bank? During the middle ages, extra coins were stored in a jar made of orange clay called pygg. Over the next 200-300 years, people forgot that "pygg" referred to this clay jar. In the 19th century, when English potters received requests for piggy banks, they produced banks shaped like a pig!
In 1943, the Lincoln penny was made of steel (with a zinc coating) because copper was needed for military use in World War II. From 1959 to 2008, the reverse side of the penny featured the Lincoln Memorial. Four different reverse designs in 2009 honored Lincoln's 200th birthday and a new reverse side, the Union Shield, was introduced in 2010. The new design was released at a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, on February 11, 2010. As of 2010, it cost the U.S. Mint 1.79 cents to make a penny because of the costs of the penny's materials and production.
Try this tongue twister:
Penny's pretty pink piggy bank
Somebody should pay me for this great joke!
After tucking their three-year-old child Sammy in for bed one night, his parents heard sobbing coming from his room. Rushing back in, they found him crying hysterically. He managed to tell them that he had swallowed a penny and he was sure he was going to die. No amount of talking was helping. His father, in an attempt to calm him down, palmed a penny from his pocket and pretended to pull it from Sammy's ear. Sammy was delighted.
In a flash, he snatched it from his father's hand, swallowed, and then cheerfully demanded, "Do it again, Dad!"
Let's watch Daffy Duck in Fast Buck Duck! In a flash, he snatched it from his father's hand, swallowed, and then cheerfully demanded, "Do it again, Dad!"
