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Can I put my pennies in your ear? (PICS)

Sean the frumious Bandersnatch

07:27 / 13.08.05

Our Lady Has Left the Building

08:56 / 13.08.05

B-but, doesn't the Prankster realise he'll get copper neuron disease? Is this one of those public awareness comics? Is the next issue Superman going "If you don't stop smoking Nick O'Teen I'll rip your bottom off!"?

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

23:09 / 13.08.05

I think one of the greatest losses in comics is the "weird cover". Most of them were "Why in the hell is that happening?" and you'd buy the book just to know why.

Now, it's usually some generic action pose because the damn things are pre-sold.

AND, the Prankster was probably putting pennies in his ear because he was defying all of the old, stupid laws that are on the books and unenforced...too bad Superman wasn't able to catch him riding his horse backwords on a Sunday, or he coudl off the annoying bastard.

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

00:43 / 14.08.05

...how would one go about riding their horse backwards? I didn't know that horses could GO backwards!

What else have they been lying to me about?

Mourne Kransky

01:07 / 14.08.05

You could put a groat in my throat.

Or a tuppence somewhere else entirely.

Triplets

07:38 / 14.08.05

I've got a fistful of dollars. George Washington says bottom's up!

Our Lady Has Left the Building

10:08 / 14.08.05

Oh Francs a lot.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

10:13 / 14.08.05

I've got ninety thousand pounds in my pyjamas,
I've got forty thousand french francs in my fridge.
I've got lots of lovely Lire,
Now the Deutschemark's getting dearer,
And my Dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Which updated to the current currency:

"I've got ninety thousand Pounds in my pyjamas,
I've got forty thousand Euros in my fridge.
I've got lots of lovely Euros
Now the Euro's getting dearer,
And my Dollar bills would buy the Brooklyn Bridge."

Really doesn't scan quite so well any more.

Has anyone done a European superhero to match Captain America or suchlike yet? Hauptmann Europa? Supertony? Chiracatack?

Still, a quick comparison shows me that Euro cents are probably* easier to fit in the ears than US 1 cent pieces (or indeed UK pennies).

*I did NOT try this at home. I'm estimating based on diameter.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

10:24 / 14.08.05

Recent studies involving a handmirror and a 1-centime piece show that this is almost certainly the case.

Benny the Ball

10:50 / 14.08.05

The Prankster's a fool - anyone worth their salt knows that you shouldn't put anything smaller than your elbow into your ear. He obviously isn't worth his salt. Fool.

Warewullf

13:31 / 14.08.05

"Superstoop?"

What the fuck is a "Superstoop?"

Mourne Kransky

13:51 / 14.08.05

Abbreviation of Super Stoopid?

Or a very large step.

Rhyming slang?

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

14:37 / 14.08.05

I don't think the Prankster is English, and the Americans don't have much in the way of rhyming slang.

Lesse. "Stoop" obviously rhymes with "poop", "loop", "goop", "dupe", "coop", "galupe", and "troop".

...

That fell right out from under me.

Warewullf

14:52 / 14.08.05

Maybe it's 50's or 60's slang that's fallen out of use.

Like the highly under-rated "mook."

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

15:07 / 14.08.05

I thought the Prankster was criticising Supes (sorry, JB) for his slovenly posture?

ONLY NICE THINGS

16:08 / 14.08.05

Short for "stupid", I imagine...

lekvar

16:12 / 14.08.05

(sorry to be dense, but what is all this "penis on your ear" stuff about?)

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

00:45 / 15.08.05

We are all huge fans of this comic, and our memories are faulty...we thought he was putting penises in his ear and not pennies.

So, should I put my penny in your ear?

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