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# i used to to get 20p pocket money
of which i spent 11p on the beano.

it's like i lived in the fucking fifties
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:03, archived)
# haha I remember when I got 20 cents (aus)
I think I always had to save up to by anything more than a licorice all sort.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:05, archived)
# I used to get the Beano weekly and also buy up old copies I missed because I'm youthful and sexy.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:06, archived)
# i found a bunch of old beanos in my parents house a while ago
and discovered how awful they were. somehow the whole american comic book and japanese manga completely passed me by in favour of patronising stereotypes of child bullies.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:10, archived)
# Likewise, I found some old ones in the attic and cringed throughout reading it.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:11, archived)
# that said i loved calamity james
but that was for the artwork of little squishy things and other bizzare background elements.

better than everything else in the beano by a country mile
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:15, archived)
# The Squishies! They made the best noises.
FFFRRRTTHTHPPPPP.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:20, archived)
# My gran
dictated that I got the Dandy, and my brother got the Beano.

I remember once being rude and the next week didn't get my Dandy as punishment.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:09, archived)
# she was a harsh lady
however, this happened to me too. expcet i got the beano are you my brother?
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:15, archived)
# dandy justice
:D
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:18, archived)
# it's not a rickroll! honest!
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:20, archived)
# yeah man...
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:23, archived)
# i'm super cereal!
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:28, archived)
# i think it was 25p when i was getting it most weeks
happy days.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:11, archived)
# prostitutes were never that cheap
wheni was a lad
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:16, archived)
# arf
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:17, archived)
# I got £5 a week and I'd run down to the Circle K to get Batman comics and other comics and Jawbreakers.
:D

Plus other gum type chews.

(I was a chubby kid, ahahaha)
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:16, archived)
# 5 quid
fuck me
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:18, archived)
# you're good value
/unzips
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:19, archived)
# Ooh la la.
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:20, archived)
# more quantity than quality but yeah, value for money
(, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 13:23, archived)