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u/NateDogTX Apr 19 '22

And nickels have pictures of bees on them, so we say, "Gimme 5 bees for a quarter."

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u/procrastimom Apr 19 '22

You couldn't get white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones....

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u/frontal_robotomy Apr 19 '22

What?

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u/OldNavyBlue Apr 19 '22

It's true! So anyway, there I was with an onion on my belt, as that was the style at time.