Trocaire Boxes

now they have trocaire boxes in africa with pictures of celtic tiger kids on them

I got a nama box the other day ...

You put in a euro and then a banker comes around and rapes you.

It's not very successful.

Kiera wrote: »

Yup my nephew brought his out to me today and informed me that i've to stick a euro for every time i say a bad word during lent. Guess i wont be calling over there for 40 days.

Tell him to feck off. Well worth a Euro.

efb wrote: »

There the old USSR Gorbachev boxes.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

Perestroika boxes ?

Kiera wrote: »

Yup my nephew brought his out to me today and informed me that i've to stick a euro for every time i say a bad word during lent. Guess i wont be calling over there for 40 days.

You better sell the gaff.......

Great stories all.

There was war in our house one year when I was about 10. About 2 weeks into Lent, the Trocaire box was bulging with so many coins it looked like it was about to burst. This was not normal. It normally took our family the full 40 days of Lent to fill it up. The mammy was beside herself with with glee at the prospect of a tenner (or better) going back to my school on collection day, as opposed to the usual fiver.

The box was emptied out to save it from tearing apart. Lo and behold, the box was found to be bulging with mere coppers.... ha'pennies, pennies, two pence pieces & the odd 5p piece. All of the 50p, 20p, 10p coins and the odd 1 pound note that we had all put into it were gone. :mad:

My mother hit the roof. She put my brother and sister and I thru the Spanish Inquisition. When no one admitted their guilt, we were all sent to bed with no tea. Even worse, our pocket money for next two weeks was forfeit to the Trocaire box to make up for our supposed thievery. Talk about injustice !

Twenty years later and my brother and sister and I still talk about it. No has ever admitted their guilt or been busted on their guilt. I blame the baby sitter from next door myself !