11.19.2007 12:06 pm
The best penny quip of the day
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sometimes, my readers come up with much better lines than I do. In my column about the unnecessary penny, I mentioned the government’s ban on melting or exporting the copper coins. An anonymous reader saw the humor in this and emailed me:
Imagine the conversation in jail: “Hey, what are you in for?” “Grand theft, and you?” “I melted pennies.”
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David Nicklaus has covered St. Louis business for more than 25 years. His column appears three days a week on the Post-Dispatch business page. 
If we paid for our imported oil with pennies rather than paper (or electronic) dollars, it would be cheaper.