The Last Quarter

Yesterday at the taco shop, Plotnik reached into his pocket and pulled out Oklahoma. That's the last quarter that completes the collection that Plot, Duck, PD and BZ began in 1998, with the US releasing five state quarters per year since then, in order of admission to the Union. Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma were the last, since they were the last five states to be invited in.



Plot is old enough to remember the 48 state flag. He doesn't remember there being any flack about the change, which makes no sense since he lived in Stiletto City then, where the John Birch Society made everything into a political issue, even fluoride in toothpaste.

Remember? Fluoride was a Communist plot to destroy the birth rate among the underclass. If you brushed with Crest, you wouldn't reproduce. So how's that worked out?

And wait until ten years from now when Cuba wants to become 51. That should lead to some interesting programming on Fox. And we'll need another quarter.