Funny footnotes

Now re-reading: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It's a pretty funny, book, actually. The plot's a bit complicated to explain, but it goes something like this: Due to a mix-up in the hospital, the Antichrist is raised by a normal middle-class English family, unaware of his true identity or powers. So an angel and a demon (who, having worked with each other for the past 6000 years, are now drinking buddies) are trying to find him and get him to use his powers for Good or Evil, respectively. Other wackiness happens involving the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Armageddon, Atlantis, Witches, and the only book of accurate prophecies ever written.

It's a fun read. It's made more fun by the silly footnotes the authors put in every now and then. Such as this explanation of the (now antiquated) British currency system:

"Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two Ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Six-pences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 Pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.

The British resisited decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated."

Funny stuff, that is.