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From back in the days when you could cash a check for five cents – and the bank did NOT charge you Twenty Five Dollars to do the job. And you could actually still buy actual stuff for a nickel – or a penny. We were in paradise – and didn’t know it!
Old people always talk of how everything used to cost a nickel. What they forget to tell you is that they worked in the blazing hot sun for fifteen hours to earn that nickel.
Yes a stick of gum did once cost a penny. Reminds me of a joke from a Marx Brothers picture. In this one Chico is blackmailing a man who has changed his name and has entered high society. The man has offered to pay off Chico by endorsing a check to him, that the man has received from a third party. Chico then asks how can he sure that the check is good. The man replies—-Who would give me a bad check? Chico blurts out——-I would!!
Sherlock Watson over 10 years ago
He’s spending 1 cent on gum, and the other 4 cents are going into a Mutoscope so he can see “What the Butler Saw” 4 times.
LoisG Premium Member over 10 years ago
From back in the days when you could cash a check for five cents – and the bank did NOT charge you Twenty Five Dollars to do the job. And you could actually still buy actual stuff for a nickel – or a penny. We were in paradise – and didn’t know it!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 10 years ago
Old people always talk of how everything used to cost a nickel. What they forget to tell you is that they worked in the blazing hot sun for fifteen hours to earn that nickel.
brklnbern over 10 years ago
Yes a stick of gum did once cost a penny. Reminds me of a joke from a Marx Brothers picture. In this one Chico is blackmailing a man who has changed his name and has entered high society. The man has offered to pay off Chico by endorsing a check to him, that the man has received from a third party. Chico then asks how can he sure that the check is good. The man replies—-Who would give me a bad check? Chico blurts out——-I would!!