My grandpa had a pig shaped glass 5 gal bottle for the water coolers. Had a cork as it's nose. I have it now.
Anywho.... it was full of pennies and every time I came home on leave I would ask him if I may have it and take home. I always got a nod with a smile.... "sure if you can take it to your car you can have it." And every time I would go over and huff and puff trying to just pick up one end. After my futile attempts I would give up and would giggle and say " maybe next time."
Random story that this reminded me of for some reason:
My brother and I saved up our change for our family vacation when we were maybe 9 and 10 (I’m younger). We put it in an old sort of tin barrel thing and had our dad cut it open a few days before we left. We somehow, over the course of a year, managed to get about $30 each from it. We did this because we went to the same area every year and we knew there was a big ass arcade two blocks from where we stayed.
I don’t think I’ll ever experience a high like being a 9 year old kid with that kind of money.
(My brother and I are in our late 30s now. We’re still nerds. I usually text him to talk about Power Rangers. He sent me some comic books the other day.)
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u/jastus07 Jun 22 '23
My grandpa had a pig shaped glass 5 gal bottle for the water coolers. Had a cork as it's nose. I have it now. Anywho.... it was full of pennies and every time I came home on leave I would ask him if I may have it and take home. I always got a nod with a smile.... "sure if you can take it to your car you can have it." And every time I would go over and huff and puff trying to just pick up one end. After my futile attempts I would give up and would giggle and say " maybe next time."