#2946: 1.2 Kilofives explain

[Cueball, with his palm raised, is talking to White Hat. There is a sign on the ground in the background.]

Cueball: It’s a pretty small town—the population is just 1.2 kilofives.

[The sign reads:]

Welcome to

East Hills

Pop. 6,000

[Caption below the panel:]

I don’t know why Abraham Lincoln should be the only one who gets to come up with weird ways to say normal numbers.