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.)

1 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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