December 3rd, 2007
#390 - Metathesiophobia
I only had one cashier job, it was back in high school working at an ice cream shop. It didn’t take long before I got very quick at counting out change for the customers. I also learned to hear the difference between a modern quarter and dime and the pre-1964 kind that were still made of silver. They made a slightly brighter sound when dropped into the change drawer. I always had some quarters and dimes in my pocket to switch out with the silver ones. At the time I think the silver coins were worth about 4 times their face value.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 am
I do the exact same thing today.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:15 am
I hate change too.
I’m always the same.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:58 am
This is my favorite Biff ever. Thanks Chris for the great comic everyday, but especially today…Wow…I can’t stop laughing.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 am
Wow, that’s a really painful pun XD
The Duck Has Spoken.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 am
lame. *thumbs down*
I suppose he could potentially choke on it…
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:37 am
Hey man, those ugly guys with their faces on coins are scary.
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:26 am
is that a toilet behind him? if it is, its a strange way to spell poo
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:56 am
I worked in a cash vault and I did the same thing! My biggest find was a silver dollar from the 1800s; I got stacks of wheatback pennies and a handful of silver coins.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 am
Oh, i like change. When i get home from a trip, i put all the change in my pocket for later. a few days later, i go to jack in the box with all my larger coins (quarters, dimes) to get lunch.
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:53 am
I think that’s the entrance and it’s says pull… Betcha Biff could make something out of that
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:17 am
i hate pennies. well, to be fair, i hate them ON me.
i can only carry silver change, since pennies arent worth as much anymore
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:40 am
I dont undertstand why they have three dollars. Siolver dollars which are to huge for anyone to carry around, gold dollars wich are easy to lose, and regular dollars wich I prefer
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:05 am
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww
cute
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:34 am
I have just started reading Biff about a week ago, and frankly, this is one of the funniest comics I have ever read. This is one of my most favorite comics, right up there with the cereal one.
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 am
Welcome to Pun Hell, Chris. Grab a muffin basket from the table and have a seat. You’ll be here for a while.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
Poor Biff, limited to life in a rut by his fears of copper and/or nickel poisoning…
Bunnyman: Is it the same hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk at the movies?
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Biff looks heartbroken! Aww…
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:35 am
Right now I have a job stocking shelves at night but since we’re open 24/7 I occationally have to run the cash register. I don’t do much with the change, but on occation I find a dollar bill with an e-mail address written on them that you can go to and you can find out where the bill has been before. I’ve only found about a half dozen of them so far, but it’s actully pretty fun to do.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
i found a very old dollar at my cashier job once. if i remember correctly it was from the 30s. my customer at the time, my fellow cashier, my boss, and i all marveled at it before i put it back at the bottom of the drawr because i wanted to keep it around longer. i should have swapped it out for a dolar i had in my pocket. that would have been the only good thing i got out of that job.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
haha that made my day man
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:17 pm
“pieman Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:26 am
is that a toilet behind him? if it is, its a strange way to spell poo”
it isn’t a toilet, its a door that says push.
More than likely goes outside
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
you’re SO going to pun hell for that one
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I suppose I’m the only one to enjoy the name of this comic. Somehow giving the latin name for fear of change makes the pun that much funnier.
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
I didn’t laugh out loud, but this one is awesome. It adds humor to many previous comics IMOP, to think of Biff as a bag boy who could probably build a machine to destroy the world.
As for fun latin names for fears, I was always partial to Pyronecrogermanafeliphobia. I may be out of practice in Latin, but that is one creepy fear none the less. It use to be one prefex longer, but I forgot the name for fear of clowns.
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Pyronecrogermanafeliphobia? the fear of flaming dead German fiecies? no, that cant be right… any way, afraid of change, heh =)
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I hope that pun wasn’t serious at all. ‘Cause, y’know, puns aren’t very punny.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Too bad about that, because Biff is probably very punctual.
And I can understand his fear, being a cashier at a casino. Agh, teh nickels. Get them away!
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Biff’s afraid of change? I’m sure he has a very stable life with exploding cars, sneezing CD players, a cheese chemney, orange juice swimming pools and buzz saws attached to a vaccum cleaner.
Actually, today’s comic explains a very important thing- maybe Biff looks the way he does with his eyes all squinted is because he’s afraid of everything….
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Given Biff’s experiences, it’s amazing there are things he isn’t afraid of. Tapioca pudding may be the only thing that hasn’t been involved in a life threatening incident for Biff.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
I have gotten coins from all over the world this way. I recently found a gold dime in my register that turned out to be a special edition dime that is worth quite a bit.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
@ Reg:
It wasn’t an exploding car. It was a giant, combustible, drivable grape
Always do your research
The Duck Has Spoken.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
…this is the biff panel?
A pun with a picture that serves no purpose?
Also, that window and door looks pretty dirty.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
@ PsychoDuck:
Well, it’s a grape according to YOU at least.
I said it could have been a prune, but somehow I doubt that.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:28 am
heh, once while i was cashiering at a deli, this guy decided to buy his family dinner all in fifty cent pieces. after counting out twenty something dollars in fifty cent pieces and making sure no one was looking, me n my manager pulled out our dollar bills to make our exchanges and take the pieces. it was kinda cool.
December 24th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I found one of those rare Wisconsin extra-leaf corn quarters in the till when the craze was going on. Still haven’t tried to sell it. I’ll get around to it someday…
December 29th, 2007 at 12:49 am
We usually get Canadian coins because Canada is a 3-hour drive from here.
As for fears, I have cremnophobia (falling-down-stairs fear), aitchmophobia (sharp-objects fear) and rhabdophobia (stick-beatings fear).
February 26th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
My God, that is a horrible pun.
Thank you! The horrible ones are always the best.
Not to be confused with the “terrible” puns. (Honestly, I love the Phoenix Wright series to death, but “Luke Atmey”?!)
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@AG:
@Dan:
Umm, phobia words are supposed to be Greek-based.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Buh dum psh! So… horrible.
I got quite good with change when I was a cashier too. In fact I refused to use the change machine in drive through a lot of the time because it often messed up a little bit. I got yelled at for it even though I did a better job and was faster that way. Protocol sucks.
May 28th, 2008 at 9:04 am
i have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) XD
wow this biffcomic is puntastic
August 28th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I never understood why people don’t get / don’t like puns. If my English vocabulary was rich enough, I’d play with words on teh internets all day.
Really, I totally heart puns. This one works in my language too, so I’ll be sure to use it soon