What is the Five Penny Trick?
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The trick requires five pennies, placed down one at a time, heads up.
Place the first penny on the table and ask, “Can you smell that?”
They say NO, you say–> “cause that’s a cent”
Place the second penny and ask, “Can you see any fruit”
They say NO, you say–> “cause that’s a pear(pair)”
Place the third penny and ask, “Can you see any cars?”
They say NO, you say–> “cause it’s Three Lincolns.”
Place the fourth down and ask, “Can you see any snakes?”
They say NO, you say–> “cause it’s Four Copper-Heads”
Place the fifth down and ask “Can you see any pussy?”
Wait for their response or their reaction and then…
Scoop them all up and say, “Not for five cents you won’t”
Ask your mom, she showed me
The trick requires five pennies, placed down one at a time, heads up.
Place the first penny on the table. “Can you smell that….that’s a scent.”
Place the second penny. “Can you see any fruit….that’s a pair.”
Place the third penny. “Can you see any cars? Three Lincolns.”
Place the fourth down. “Can you see any snakes? Four copperheads.
Place the fifth down. “Can you see any pussy?”
Scoop them all up, “Not for five cents you can’t.”
The Five Penny Trick is a play on words that uses the act of placing down pennies to set up a series of puns, culminating in a punchline. Each penny is associated with a different wordplay:
“Can you smell that… that’s a scent.” (“Scent” sounds like “cent,” which is what a penny is.)
“Can you see any fruit… that’s a pair.” (“Pair” sounds like “pear,” and you have two pennies, or a “pair” of them.)
“Can you see any cars? Three Lincolns.” (The penny features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln is also a brand of car.)
“Can you see any snakes? Four copperheads.” (Pennies are made of copper, and copperheads are a type of snake.)
The fifth penny sets up the punchline: “Can you see any pussy?” This question is deliberately provocative and sets up an expectation for the audience.
Finally, the trick concludes by scooping up all the pennies and saying, “Not for five cents you can’t,” which serves as the punchline. The joke is that while the previous questions were all innocent puns, the last question sets up an expectation of something risqué, only to deflate it with the realization that you can’t expect much for just five cents.