Comic #3872: licorice

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Panel 1: Person 1: "YOU DID WHAT?! IT'D COST A WEEK'S WAGES TO BUY THAT MUCH LICORICE! NOT TO MENTION THE MONTH THAT'D BE LOST TO KNITTING IT!"

Panel 2 (Caption at the bottom): "Edible underwear was much less popular in the 1890s."