January 03, 2005

Explosive coin shrinker. Dubious scientific merit and questionable safety standards combine to illustrate the concept of the "shrinking dollar".
posted by rolypolyman 19 years ago
  • I'm glad I don't own one of those coin-shrinkers because I wouldn't have any normal-sized spare change left.
  • and i thought putting coins on the train tracks was cool... ...which shows you how daggy one can be, at age 12.
  • You have to admit this is definitely a "man thing".
  • You have to admit this is definitely a "man thing". *pulls up shirt to check* Nope. Not at all. Still got girl boobies. ;-) This is way cooler than the penny-flattening souvenir things I see all over the place. I wish I still had my dad's foreign coin jar to send in and see how they do.
  • Wow, that's cool. And I'm a girl.
  • Think a coin stretcher might be useful -- in a figurative if not literal sense.
  • I like the part about the failed blast shield and the "considerable damage" caused by the shrapnel from the exploding work coil. "But officer, I was just shrinking quarters..."
  • Crap. I had this in my list of things to post.
  • You have to admit this is definitely a "man thing". That's odd, I would have said men don't like their things to shrink.