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Topic ripped directly from a recent issue of FHM.
If you saw a shiney £2 coin sitting at the bottom of a urinal, would you pick it up? Assume you happen to be in the UK at the time.
For reference, £2 can buy you two double cheeseburgers at McDonalds or four cans of soda/pop/soft drink or two bottles of Powerade or uhm. Something else, I guess, I can't think of anything else right now.
No. I would wonder why it was 'shiney'.
the morality of it.....yes
My cousin once dropped a $2 coin into my toilet once. I reached in and pulled it out, and washed my arm afterwards. Does that count?
.... Well, I've only been into a men's toilet once.
Don't ask why.
I would pick it up, but I'd wash my hands and the coin afterward!
If you think about it, coins go everyhwere, including in people's mouths and socks.
How did it get in there in the first place? Was it a 'Pay to use the urinal' machine, and someone dropped it?
In the case of the FHM office crew, it was planted there to see if anyone would pick it up. Apparently there was much 'finger sniffing' done after it mysteriously went missing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
This is why I don't read FHM.
I'd leave it. After all it's only 2 quid.
If there was soap in the dispenser and hot water in the taps, I'd take the plunge...as long as the urinal didn't have crap all over it.
Iri makes a good point - most coins and notes have a tonne of nasty stuff on them anyway.
Probably, the water would have to be pretty clean though.
Just about all money is filthy. A £2 in the urinal isnt the dirtiest money you'll handle. I probably would pick it up but Id try to wait for the urinal cleaner to start and use lots of toilet paper to pick it up.
exactly, i'd definitely have to wash my hands afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr.K
I would pick it up then immediatly wash my hands with water hot enough to liquidate my flesh.
Maybe they thought it was a wishing well?Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
Absolutely not. That's disgusting.
2 lbs (or in my case 2 dollars, or even 4 dollars) is definitely not worth sticking my hand in a frickin urinal for.
Yes there's tons of germs on it anyways, but not necessarily someone elses pi$$. That's just gross. When I go into a public washroom, I make sure NOT to touch ANYTHING. I wash my hands, and then use the paper towel to turn off the faucets and open the door, if its not a completely hands-free washroom.
You've gotta be AWFULLY hard up for cash to do something like that. If you've got enough money for a computer, ps2 and games, then you don't need 2 quid that bad.
I could see a bum go for it. Or a heroin addict from Trainspotting. :p
I wouldn't even go into a urinal! xD
I'd pick it up, give it a clean and hand it to one of the kids. ;)
I honestly hope that nobody would actualy go into a urinal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Resha
As for the coin I would take it. As long as nobody was looking.
Well, first I would wonder why I was in the men's restroom. Then I would probably leave it alone, as I would have NO idea how much money that was in my day to day life, and then wonder why on earth I was in the UK.
Urinal spotting obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
2.00 GBPUnited Kingdom Pounds = 3.76632 USDUnited States Dollars
And yes as Maxico said ONLY if no one was looking.
Actualy I would be worried if they were looking in the first place.
Then wonder why anyone is in the UK. :p *flees*Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
I know I'm here to be as far away from you as I can afford. And with that £2 from the urinal, I'll be able to go one bus ride further away!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raistlin
ew!!
i wouldn't. all that mens pee pee!
thats so icky!!!
if it was a solid gold coin that would be a different matter.
I see how it goes. :p Fine, I meant a men's toilet. :rolleyes2Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxico
i would use like some gloves or somthin to pick it up but other than that no way :yuck:
Would I pull out a coin from a urinal... Depends how thirsty I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I wouldn't even go into the men's room. So therefor, I'd never see it, and even if I did, I wouldn't touch it. Yuck! I know coins have yucky stuff on them anyway, but I'd hate to know exactly what the yucky stuff was. I wouldn't even touch it. I'll go get a job somewhere and work for a day before I touch that yucky coin.
i would grab it and wash it and my hands
I wouldn't be in the men's bathroom in the first place since I'm a girl, and it smells funny in there.
But even if I was male, I still wouldn't do it.
how would you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aurey
I'm not that hungry.
Save for the fact that I don't often see urinals, yes, I would pick it up. You see, there's this thing called "soap." I know you males tend to forget it exists, but I believe it would be a big help in this case.
Soap? In the Gent's Toilet? What country is this?
Hell yes I would pick it up. Then I would go straight to McDonalds an buy two double cheeseburgers without washing my hands.
Anyone who wouldn't take that much money just because it may have a little pee on it is a fool. Urine has this nice habbit of being easy to wash off of coins and your hands.
No. I'd rather not. :yuck:
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Originally Posted by Flamethrower
If it was only £2, I wouldn't even pick it up from the floor. I would just let it be and let somone who needs it more pick it up.
I'd get it before I delivered my goods to it.
In a word, yoinks! Sorry, but here, that's like $4. I can eat pretty good on $4.
I fished a note out of vomit one time, but I wasn't allowed to buy anything until I cleaned it. Shame, really.
Pick it up and clean it thouroughly
Why not pick it up if it's worth all that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lonney BoB
I'd pick it up.
I wouldn't pick it up. Just just the idea of it, makes me feel sick. Even though there is soap and water, just no, I don't care enough for the £2.
Umm, I wonder if the people saying that you're a fool if you wouldn't, would feel the same way if the £2 coin was in the middle of a great steaming turd. Would soap and water a still be enough for you then?