Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 11, 2016

Those pounds are not as heavy as the used to be.

Good thing she wasn’t waiting for a friend to show up; she might have said she was expecting.

Pig and Rat are always calling people “neighbor”, Neighbor Bob, Neighbor Nancy, etc., but their neighbors never seem to call them Neighbor Pig and Neighbor Rat. Hmm.

They aren’t green. The one pound note was replaced by a coin years ago. (The note had Isaac Newton on it.)

And – to the horror of many Americans – from 2000 to now Charles Darwin was on the ten pound note. In 2017 Jane Austin gets a turn.

I bet tourists retuning from the UK get that a lot.

This one really wasn’t Pig’s fault. I think most people would have interpreted her statement the way he did.

Shouldn’t that be Euros? Scotland still uses pounds.

Good thing it was neighbor Nancy. Pigita would have knocked him out.

I think I’m dreaming, somebody pence me.

Believe me, she’ll infer from that statement that she is “somewhat” fat, as opposed to “very”.

Switched already?Thought only Northern Ireland was on the pound.

I see Neighbor Nancy made a fast BrExit!

Hang in there Pig !

no country in the world is on the “gold standard”!

My neighbors just got back from England a few days ago.

Yes Pig, and it could have gone a lot worse.

That was a sterling comment. I remember using the old currency pre -1971 Pound shillings and pence. We had a 240/1 ratio then then it changed to 100/1. February 15 1971 Decimalization Day

You could at least try to make the strip funny.

should have exchanged them a month ago.

The Brexit has definitely hurt the value of those bills

Wish I had Nancy’s problems. My extra pounds are not the kind you can spend.

First time I was in Great Britain (90s) one beer cost one pound (actually they called it “a quid”). Nice basis for a currency!

It’s your usual problem, Pig. At least this time she didn’t deck you! And, even more amazing, you recognized your error!

Neighbor Nancy is a one-boob wonder.

Better Pounds than Euros, eh what!

Has PIG gained weight? or is that the way he evolved?

I used to come back from trips to the UK with two pence pieces. They are/were the same size as Canadian dollar coins, so it was possible to use them in parking metres. Somebody spoiled the fun by altering loonies after a while.

Frankly, I’m surprised. That Pig escaped injury, I mean.