Comments on: Coin rolls on treadmill for an hour

By: Mr Mallon

Mr Mallon — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:47:00 +0000

I bet his Mother is proud of him.

By: jimh

jimh — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:38:00 +0000

There’s an interesting story about that. Well, it’s not so much interesting as it is long…

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:31:00 +0000

Best. Boing Boing. Comment. Thread. Ever.

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:29:00 +0000

Thank you. That was the funniest thing I’ve read all day.

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:28:00 +0000

Rounding for inflation.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:46:00 +0000

double nickels on the dime

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:14:00 +0000

Nautical miles?

Yes, still not quite enough, but closer. Data mile – closer still?

By: Dv Revolutionary

Dv Revolutionary — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0000

and it’s a nickel not a dime.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:27:00 +0000

Once I got my PhD they threw me out.

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:47:00 +0000

Awesome! And I paired it up with Sleep’s 65 minute song “Dopesmoker.” You’re welcome! http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dn7GN_FXgmaE&start1=&video2=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DkJhRNnG65ps&start2=&authorName=Doperoller

By: Ripcord2

Ripcord2 — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:34:00 +0000

She’s no fun, she…fell right over.

By: anansi133

anansi133 — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:44:00 +0000

“It traveled a little over five miles in that time”… I know what you’re trying to say there, but it’s not accurate to say that the coin traveled at all. It looks like the coin moved less than a meter in all that time.

Maybe say instead that the coin spun the equivalent of five miles, that would satisfy the pedants in this crowd I think.

By: awjt

awjt — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:38:00 +0000

I’ve been watching it continuously since it was posted and I’m telling you, I am still stumped. I will keep watching and check back in if I find out anything.

By: Jellodyne

Jellodyne — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:24:00 +0000

There is a minute and 23 seconds between when the coin rolls out of frame and it is presented to us again. A lot can happen in almost a minute and a half. The coin could have been altered or even swapped. He shows you a nickel, then refers to it as a dime. Why would he call what is clearly a nickel a dime, unless something suspicious is up. The truth will out. I’m telling you, this is some sort of plot to distract our attention for an hour. What happened during the hour when you watched that video? I don’t know — I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:15:00 +0000

Oh sure, you say that now…

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:03:00 +0000

Of course, that’s where clamapple juice comes from.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:02:00 +0000

“…….We can’t bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell ‘em stories that don’t go anywhere – like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you’d say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…..”

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:58:00 +0000

I’m old enough that we actually used to buy food in bushel baskets when I was a child. Hmm. After a little searching, it appears that clams and apples still come that way. Maybe I’m not that old after all.

By: Dean Putney

Dean Putney — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:56:00 +0000

All factual errors intentional.

By: JohnQPublic

JohnQPublic — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:48:00 +0000

you could trade in a bushel of them for one chiken.

By: JohnQPublic

JohnQPublic — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:47:00 +0000

thus, dimes are more appropriate for muddy and icy off-road terrains.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:17:00 +0000

How many onions did you win if you hit it?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:03:00 +0000

Yeah, total rip-off.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:58:00 +0000

I can’t imagine that a dime would roll so well on those ridged edges.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:56:00 +0000

Or else it gets the hose again.

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:24:00 +0000

ah The Directors Cut (cometh)

By: dmatos

dmatos — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:09:00 +0000

Even worse, he rolled the nickel around a parking lot a low speeds for almost an hour, clearly trying to run down the battery.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:03:00 +0000

“Used to”? I don’t believe I could ever bear leaving that job.

By: jaybar

jaybar — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:38:00 +0000

It’s a shame there’s no way to fast-forward these videos. That took an hour to watch.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:32:00 +0000

Watching Corn Grow: The Growening