Chairman Mao on currency goes from sad to joyful

I think I got it wrong. I tried it on Winston Churchill and he looks like he is about to burst into tears whichever way I fold it.

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I imagine it would more likely be the Franklin Mint, as advertised in Readers Digest.

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With a price cut like that, I’m surprised it’s not in the boingboing store.

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I’m not sure if Readers Digest is still a thing, but if it is, its subscribers are exactly the type of people who would buy Donald Trump collector’s coins.

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Actually, it is. One of my extreme right-wing relatives bought us a subscription as a Christmas gift last year. I glanced through one; it seemed like the text was on a 2nd grade reading level.

This year, we gave the set away at one of those white elephant gift exchanges. :imp:

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Pro tip: angle the folds so that they align with the center of the eyes and the corners of the mouth. It really boosts the smiling effect on figures with narrow mouths (I’m looking at you Queen E.).

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It’s just soft-peddled far-right ideology with a gentle folksy tone.

Do you know those book sets they put out that are basically fair-to-middlin’ books with all the fun stuff removed?

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Also goes from horns to brain damage.

On a Libertarian plate that’ll poison you.

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Japanese Noh masks do it, too.

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