A few months ago, I noted people are looking to get rid of the penny. Pennies cost more to make than they’re worth and price inflation has rendered them mostly pointless.
However, Mr. Britney Spears, also known as Kevin Federline, has come out in favor of keeping the penny. Normally, no one would care, but he seems to be controlled remotely by cellphone company Virgin Mobile. They are using “K-Fed” to promote the company’s new text message promotion in which the feature costs customers a penny per message.
Kevin was one of the first to sign a petition in favor of the penny. Perhaps he’s just worried that if the penny no longer exists, when Britney eventually divorces him, he won’t have anything left.
I’m allowed to be cruel to “celebrities,” right? By the way, the included picture is Britney Spears, before and after.
Published or updated June 22, 2006. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
