Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for May 30, 2023

People say you get what you pay for, but usually you don’t even get that.

Wait til Nancy comes into money… she’ll become a Conehead! (My apologies to Lorne Michaels’ 1977 writing team).

Costs sure have risen since this strip first came out. Today, an ice cream cone would probably cost $5—or more.

A good punchline would have been for the 5 cent cone to come without the ice cream.

Let the buyer beware.

The five cent cone is not worth it

The cone is a lie.

Ya get whatcha pay for!

Wow, I do remember five cent ice cream cones. The last time I bought an ice cream cone at a shopping mall, I noted that it cost more than a gallon of ice cream would have cost at the supermarket.

1950’s Shrinkflation.

You get what you pay for, Nancy.

I think a better gag would have been a regular size cone without ice cream.

Ya get what ya pay for.

A dime from 1950 would cost $1.25(ish) in 2023 while a nickel would cost around 60¢ to 70¢.

I remember nickel cones. The closest I’ve come to that price in the last few years is $2 at an original Rexall Drug in Bar Harbor, Maine. There’s a gourmet ice cream store across the street from that Rexall; cones start at $8.

Little-Known Fact: A person reading this comic in 1950 would later be inspired to create the taste spoon.

LOL! :)

Cones 5 cents, ice cream 25 cents more…

You get what you pay for.

Diet-Size, I’m guessing. ;)