Buffalo Nickels

My company divides its employees into functional groups, known as practices. Some practices are more "convivial" than others. Mine tends to be fairly close knit, despite the best efforts of the firm to encourage our communication with others. (That is a whole blog in and of itself, and not the subject for this one.)

Most weekdays, at least some of the members of our practice have lunch together in the kitchen. Often, the conversation sinks to points that can only be referred to as "HR nightmares." Today was NOT one of those days, until almost the very end. We will disregard the reading of fortune cookie fortunes, with the "in bed" tag line. No, that wasn't what caused the laughs, it was the new nickel.

For anyone who hadn't heard, the US Mint is issuing a new version of the nickel. Thomas Jefferson's head has been redesigned into a profile a la Mt Rushmore, and the reverse side has an America bison -- an anatomically correct American bison. For those of you who are curious, take a look for yourself.

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