Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for February 01, 2016

You get your Buck’s worth on that one…

To be fair, Rob had that one coming. He should know better by now than to try to get useful information out of Bucky.

Bucky History Month?

The Buck stops here!

ya can’t "-uck’ with the Buck…no way

If you are interested in the origins of the term “buck” as slang for money (later for a dollar) and in the term “pass the buck”, this site has the explanations.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/dollar-called-buck/

In short, buck as money arose when deer skins (buckskins) were used a trade currency in early America. Pass the buck comes from poker.

More info on the term pass the buck as used in poker. This explanation makes more sense to me, but that does not mean it is correct.

Pass the buck is from 1865, said to be poker slang reference to the buck horn-handled knife that was passed around to signify whose turn it was to deal. [Etymonline]The below excerpt is from the book Poker (By Wikipedians):

The use of other small disks as such markers led to the alternative term “button”. Silver dollars were later used as markers and it has been suggested that this is the origin of “buck” as a slang term for “dollar”, though by no means is there universal agreement on this subject. The marker is also referred to as “the hat”. The origin of this term is believed to stem from the wearing of a hat having been used to denote dealership.

The use of “the buck stops here” dates from 1912, and was made famous by US President Harry S Truman, who had a small sign with the phrase on his desk in the Oval Office. The etymology of this turn has to be from the use of the phrase pass the buck in poker.

Give ’im an inch ……..

this 1’s a buckin’ bronco

whats tomorrow? Buckday, Buckuary Buckee

Make sure to rotate your tires on BucksHog Day and Bucksgiving. And check your smoke detectors on Buck Year’s Day.

I’d give a Buck for a ###### up Duck.