Punch, You Baffle Me

What in the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is going on in this cartoon?

NO, MADAM. NINE GUINEAS—NOT NINE-AND-NINEPENCE.

“NO, MADAM. NINE GUINEAS—NOT NINE-AND-NINEPENCE.”

(From Punch, March 5, 1919. As for the artist–sorry, no clue. The signature is almost illegible and there’s no credit at Project Gutenberg.)

One thought on “Punch, You Baffle Me

  1. Isn’t she collapsing from shock at the news that the (shirt, lingerie?) costs 9 pounds sterling, not nine shillings and ninepence? She has melted awfully flat, but I often have the urge to do that when pricing clothes in Anthropologie. . .

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