For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 26, 2021

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 3 years ago

    How do you get four bits into CAN50¢?

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    howtheduck  about 3 years ago

    Today’s dialogue in Panel 3 was by written guest writer Charles Dickens, who wants everyone to know “four bits = 50 cents” for those who remember how it was in the UK over a century ago.

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    wjones  about 3 years ago

    I do not remember how it was in the UK. But when I was young it Two bits to go to a movie.

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    capricorn9th  about 3 years ago

    Liz, if these are for a bake sale, you should have covered them and hidden them rather than leaving them on the family dining table which is an open invitation.

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    WhatsTheJoke  about 3 years ago

    Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, all for (insert high school name here) stand up and holler! —cheer is at LEAST 50 years old

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    Susan00100  about 3 years ago

    Liz, just be grateful that your brother isn’t Jughead Jones or Jeremy Duncan, cause then there would be NO cookies for the bake sale!!

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    hildigunnurr Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I’m with Michael here, it’s awful not to give your ppl a cookie each when you’ve got the heavenly baking aroma in the house!

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    SweetieBird  about 3 years ago

    What’s a date square and 4 bits?

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    Johnnyrico  about 3 years ago

    “I’ve got six pence, jolly jolly six pence, I’ve got six pence, to last me all my life…”

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    ne143west  about 3 years ago

    first thing I thought of…….great minds……

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    GirlGeek Premium Member about 3 years ago

    It’s sad that their relationship doesn’t improve until both siblings are out of the house. Also it’s just a date square. At least he didn’t eat the whole pan.

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    dcdete.  about 3 years ago

    Even though the year 1992 was still early in Canada for the internet, Lynn Johnston must have been prophetic. Here she says 4 bits pays for Michael’s bite, but it really turns out that 8 bits equals a byte.

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    dv1093  about 3 years ago

    Date Square. Umm Sounds good. Now I want one.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Nice. A snack and sneer for just 50¢. (Wow, do you know how hard it is to find “¢”)

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    this is summerdog  about 3 years ago

    School bake sale. Both these kids are old enough to bake for the sale themselves, and learn to contribute. Why didn’t they?

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    DawnQuinn1  about 3 years ago

    Canadians still say “four bits” instead of $0.50 We also call a dollar a “buck”. We did not dump everything British after we became self governed…unlike another country I know. lol

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member about 3 years ago

    @howtheduck – Thanks, In did not know the origin of four bits?

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    198.23.5.11  about 3 years ago

    Give it up,Liz.As long as human beings have noses,snack-sneakers are an everyday part of life.

    What,no Hummingbird Cake??

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    kathleenhicks62  about 3 years ago

    two bits, four bits, six bits: a dollar. Brothers can be overly gross at times.

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    Diat60  about 3 years ago

    Date squares are a big thing in Canada (my favourite thing!). Are they known in the States?

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    mindjob  about 3 years ago

    I haven’t heard the term “bits” since the 80s when my grandma passed away

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    Katzi428  about 3 years ago

    I still wonder if Lynn spied on my family when my siblings & I were younger! This is exactly the way my younger brother & sister would be!!

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    The_Great_Black President  about 3 years ago

    EXACT CHANGE ONLY

    NO CANADIAN COINS

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    USN1977  about 3 years ago

    Sometimes I wondered the reason why Martha broke up with Michael. After seeing the second panel, now I understand. I also see why he is having trouble getting another girlfriend.

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    Cactus-Pete  about 3 years ago

    It sure looks like he took two.

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    bj_strickland  about 3 years ago

    High school football cheer from the late 1960s, early 1970s that our cheerleaders used to yell: “Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! All for (school name), stand up and holler! Yea!!!!” We all knew a “bit” was 12.5 cents.

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    rfeinberg  about 3 years ago

    “FOUR BITS”?? Do Canadians still live in the 1940s???

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    rfeinberg  about 3 years ago

    Where’ is Lynn’s explanation/justification for this ridiculous piece of writing?

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