Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for June 22, 2012

I know it never stops here

Britain had a similar problem in the 1980s when it wanted to replace the £1 note with the ‘round pound.’ The only solution was to withdraw the notes completely (Britain does withdraw obsolete designs from circulation every few years, anyway), so as to force the switch.

Now there’s also a £2 coin, and, as in Canada, nobody seems to mind.

actually that’s a good one. well done.

I think they have to be more careful with their handwriting. For a second, I thought the “b” in buck was an “f.”

I wonder how the strippers feel about eliminating the $1 bill. “Customers” will be reluctant to part with $5s, but maybe an increase of $2 bills would be a benefit.

Good pun, though the phrase “Pas the buck” didn’t originally refer to money. Same goes for “The buck stops here.” They were poker terms, and the ‘buck’ was an object that players would pass around the table in lieu of saying “I pass.”

And how did Shoe’s head get so tall? When the strip started in 1977 his head was flat. Over the years it became gorilla like- the same height with or without his hat.

I was living and working in Ireland and England back when the great conversion to decimal took place. It wasn’t easy but after many years, people got used to it and most today couldn’t even count money in the “old” way.I’m sure that if the Fed changed our money system, although there would be a great hew and cry from the luddites, we’d eventually adjust.

But, to the ‘toon, integrity in politics doesn’t last as long as a dollar bill. It’s also interesting that politicians telling folks they’re going to pinch pennies, pump bucks out like raindrops.

The dollar is actually worthless unless you have millions of them.

I’d be glad…nay, overjoyed…to have the Mint drop off a few hundred pounds of Susan B’s blessed image at my front door…come on, any time. I’ll leave the light on…

Forever getting passed because no one will admit responsibility.

Money talks; but mine only knows how to say good-bye.

It shows how far our society has degraded when we mistake a “b” for an “f.”