Ch-ch-change jars
Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t have a change jar? Rhys, over at the Gospel According to Rhys, has invited his readers to guess how much dosh he has in his coin jar. My guess is £23.78.
For reference, I’ve included a picture of my coin jar. Although the observant amongst you may have noticed it’s not exactly a jar, per se — more like a big fuck-off coin bottle.
It’s actually a 4.5 litre bottle of Bell’s Old Scotch Whisky, and it’s been the family change repository for as long as I can remember.
If it was a champagne bottle, it would be a Rehoboam, but obviously we’re not posh enough to have one of those, and I’m not entirely sure the names apply to whisky bottles.
It probably takes two or three years to fill, and we generally don’t empty it until it gets right to the top. One good thing is that if we ever get burgled, the burglar would probably get a hernia trying to carry it away, because it weighs an absolute ton when full.
And as you can imagine, the job of counting it all and bagging it up is not exactly very fun! Not unless you like the smell of copper on your fingers for days afterwards, anyway.
Andrew @ September 19, 2007