Penny sweets either cost tuppence per sweet or, the more common method, is to weigh them and charge by the gram
Joliet,
Thu 4 Jun 2009, 14:48,
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:'(I'm going to my newsagents to demand answers. Inflation is ruining childhoods!
( Cassius Kray floats like a butterfly, stings like a trout,
Thu 4 Jun 2009, 14:51,
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Not true.My shop still sells penny sweets for a penny.
However, there are a lot more 2 and 5p sweets than there used to be,
(However, there are a lot more 2 and 5p sweets than there used to be,
Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Thu 4 Jun 2009, 14:55,
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"I've only got a penny. Can you cut this flump into fifths?"
Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus,
Thu 4 Jun 2009, 14:57,
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Pfft!The people in my local sweet shop trusted me so much that they would just let me fill my sweety bag and tell them how much I owed.
Mwahahaha! Half price sweets forever!
(Mwahahaha! Half price sweets forever!
Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Thu 4 Jun 2009, 15:01,
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