2p machines
ah, the flashy lights, the tinkly music, the beguiling scents of candyfloss and doughnuts wafting on the breeze. fairground amusement arcades, don't you just love 'em?
well, i do.
i won't play on the 20p a go fruit machines, oh no. 10p a go, maybe, but i generally stick to those machines that have 2 ledges of 2p's on them, which you try to push off by inserting more 2p's. if you're lucky, you may win a keyring that's been precariously balanced on top of those shiny copper coins. if you're not lucky, you can put a few quid's worth of copper into these machines and not win back enough for a carton drink.
i finally realised i have a bit of a gambling problem when i left one of these arcades after blowing £80, with nothing to show for it but a keyring with a shark on it and one of those rubber finger monsters.
arse.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 19:06, 12 replies)

If you're playing the ones with "prizes" balanced on the money,
then you're a fool - they're less likely to pay out than the regular machines. I've spent many an afternoon playing those games, and have rarely left out of pocket - often, you can just go in, find a 2p in the draw (someone always misses one) and have an afternoon of free fun. Even if you don't win, you're not exactly losing anything.
Stay clear of the 10p ones, though - they're just a good way to make yourself poor (and they ALWAYS have prizes stacked on the money, all the better to tempt the greedy).
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 19:56, closed)

yeah, i never touch the 10p ones
there was one in towyn that nobody ever went into. i put about 4 coins in it and practically emptied the machine! the bloke in there was a laugh, he was bored stiff and i ended up spending most of the day in there with him, drinking tea and eating broken rock :)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:00, closed)

please tell me you are joking.
please?
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:44, closed)

i'm afraid not
since then, if i'm going anywhere there might be an arcade, i make sure i have no more than £2 with me, just in case
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:49, closed)

Sounds like my mate Ed
He can't help himself around 2p machines. His car is full of the crap he's won, and a day at the arcades is a favourite pasttime for him and his girlfriend.
(Uncle Comrade, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 20:57, closed)

A friend of mine has one of these in his house
The con is they have slightly raised slits underneath the coins so as the money gets pushed forwards some drops inside the machine and lands on a sponge mat to stop it making noise. Every night they just empty the mat. Lots goes down the sides too. The front part is the least likely place for the money to fall as its all clogged up, uphill and heavy.
( Peej, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:17, closed)

yep
that's why i overload one side, to push coins off the other side, not the middle
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:57, closed)

Ah, a system!
Still can't see it being more than a mild form of fun though.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:56, closed)

My systems for 2 p Machines
Wait until no one is looking and bump it with my hips, in the vague hope that something will drop, the proceed to put all the money back into the machine again, rinse and repeat.... oh and look miffed if they have one of those alarms on that says the machine has been shaken.
(TwinkleFuckingToes Has a ingrown toe nail, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 12:47, closed)

My daughters ask/beg/cajole £3 or £4 worth of 2ps out of me whenever we go to the seaside.
They then shove them all into the slidey 2p machines until about 80p's worth rattles into the tray.

Then they shove the 80p of 2ps back in and watch 20p's worth appear.

Then they tidy up the 20p by putting it back in the machine.

Every time. You'd think they'd learn.
(WillI'mNot logs in twice a year, every year, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 0:24, closed)

Rubber finger monsters...
Worth every bean.
(Billy The Fish wants to gargle with Lucy Pinder's bath water, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 12:44, closed)

they are awesome, aren't they?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 20:43, closed)