WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Hang on to any of the new State of Texas quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents. The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Texas quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.

"We are recalling all the new Texas quarters that were recently issued," Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that these new quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices."

The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S., and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.

"The problem lies in the unique design of the Texas quarter, which was created by a Texas A&M graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."

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That can be said about Kentucky, too.


About 4 years ago, I was working in a hardware store (yeah, the same one that game me this name...) and was trying to help a customer with a leaking pool. I showed her over to the isle where the pool patches where, only to find we had sold out.


So, embarrased, I jokingly remarked something about "duct tape should work". The woman got a horrible look on her face and exclaimed "You not one of those idiots that think everything can be fixed with ducttape, are you?".

At that point, I produced a small roll of duct tape from my back pocket.
She sighed quite loudly and stormed out.

I never saw that customer again.

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What was all that tape for? Some strange adhesive fetish perhaps?

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in australia, people aparently stick two 5 cent coins together and use it as a two dollar coin. this is quite possible as the 5 cent coin has the same circumferance and about half the thickness of the 2 dollar coin.

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Gotta love the aggies.

A couple of weeks ago we had some radioactive material made by Texas A&M. We ordered a small amount and I sent a small container that should have been more than enough to hold it and still have the container be Yellow II - the maximum legal limit to be able to ship the container without having to have a comercial driver's license w/ hazmat endoursment and going through a bunch of DOT crap.

Anyway, we were having it shipped to us by a trucking company and then one of our guys was going to drive it to our office in Louisiana. When the material arrived it was Yellow III so we had to risk exposure and spills to move it into a larger container before we could send it on. I was trying to figure out why this happened when I took a closer look at the paperwork they sent us.

THOSE STUPID AGGIES SENT US 7 TIMES THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL!!!!

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Being a man who goes to the University of Texas... I am compelled to say, "How many Aggies does it take to screw up a coin..."


[edit]Where is the original story? Link?
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[This message has been edited by R_ivi_N (edited January 18, 2004).]