4/17/2006: Venezuelan coin biter

Undertoad · 04-17-2006, 12:17 PM

A previous IotD featured kids trying to bite coins out of a melon in Indonesia, so I was interested to see this shot of a young one in Venezuela doing pretty mcuh the same thing (minus the oil that coats the Indonesian melon).

You hope the coins are cleaned before being put in the fruit, and you hope the kids' dental plans are paid up before they go doing this.

It is now spotted in these two different cultures, but sitting here in North America, I've never even heard of it before.

Pancake Man · 04-17-2006, 03:15 PM

I think this is their interpretation of a pinata.

capnhowdy · 04-17-2006, 03:29 PM

I think ommiting the oil was a good move. Money is the fruit of all evil?

Is that a mango?

AureliusVin · 04-17-2006, 04:16 PM

I'm not sure I like the idea of that. "Come take a risk at breaking your teeth for 25 cents, yay!"

ferret88 · 04-17-2006, 04:28 PM

Is the point to consume the coin?

Do you get extra points if you can make change?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2006, 07:23 PM

Wonder if all the coins are the same denomination?

If they're stolen coins they'd be taking a bite out of crime.

richlevy · 04-17-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AureliusVin

I'm not sure I like the idea of that. "Come take a risk at breaking your teeth for 25 cents, yay!"

Not to mention choking.

seakdivers · 04-17-2006, 11:27 PM

gawd - you all sound like a bunch of parents!

you are going to put your eye out with that!

tippy · 04-18-2006, 03:23 AM

It's a bit like the halloween tradition of having to try to bite scones dripping in treacle while they are hanging from a string (very common in Scotland)
generally gets very messy.
then there is ducking for apples...

does anyone know if this is done at a particular time of year or just any time?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-18-2006, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by seakdivers

gawd - you all sound like a bunch of parents!

you are going to put your eye out with that!

Do you mean a bunch of muthas?

seakdivers · 04-18-2006, 03:56 AM

Ha! Not in this house!

glatt · 04-18-2006, 08:54 AM

This reminds me of the halloween tradition in the US where you slip razor blades into an apple and give it to a kid for trick or treat. Great fun! Everyone loves that trick.

wolf · 04-18-2006, 09:15 PM

I am very disappointed. I had hoped to see someone biting coins in half.

When we are bored at work we cut dimes in half with EMT shears.

dar512 · 04-19-2006, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

When we are bored at work we cut dimes in half with EMT shears.

Do something more useful instead. Cut a quarter in an inward spiral and you have a useable corkscrew.

04-17-2006, 12:17 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/17/2006: Venezuelan coin biter A previous IotD featured kids trying to bite coins out of a melon in Indonesia, so I was interested to see this shot of a young one in Venezuela doing pretty mcuh the same thing (minus the oil that coats the Indonesian melon). You hope the coins are cleaned before being put in the fruit, and you hope the kids' dental plans are paid up before they go doing this. It is now spotted in these two different cultures, but sitting here in North America, I've never even heard of it before.

04-17-2006, 03:15 PM	#2
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	I think this is their interpretation of a pinata. __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

04-17-2006, 03:29 PM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I think ommiting the oil was a good move. Money is the fruit of all evil? Is that a mango? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

04-17-2006, 07:23 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wonder if all the coins are the same denomination? If they're stolen coins they'd be taking a bite out of crime. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-18-2006, 09:15 PM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am very disappointed. I had hoped to see someone biting coins in half. When we are bored at work we cut dimes in half with EMT shears. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-17-2006, 04:16 PM	#4
AureliusVin Expectorant Inspector Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 31	I'm not sure I like the idea of that. "Come take a risk at breaking your teeth for 25 cents, yay!"

04-17-2006, 04:28 PM	#5
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	Is the point to consume the coin? Do you get extra points if you can make change?

04-17-2006, 11:27 PM	#8
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	gawd - you all sound like a bunch of parents! you are going to put your eye out with that!

04-18-2006, 03:23 AM	#9
tippy Writer of Writings Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 14	It's a bit like the halloween tradition of having to try to bite scones dripping in treacle while they are hanging from a string (very common in Scotland) generally gets very messy. then there is ducking for apples... does anyone know if this is done at a particular time of year or just any time?

04-18-2006, 03:56 AM	#11
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Ha! Not in this house!

04-18-2006, 08:54 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This reminds me of the halloween tradition in the US where you slip razor blades into an apple and give it to a kid for trick or treat. Great fun! Everyone loves that trick.

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