Close to Home by John McPherson for August 25, 2020

One of the 1% of places that doesn’t take Discover (I’ve been seeing way too many commercials during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.)

This looks like a blatant attempt to steal your credit card number.

No Google Pay?

If only there was a guarantee, you’d do a lot of business.

Rats! I left home with only my Amex card.

Oh, you wish.

What. No Venmo?

Can feel the coin shortage everywhere.

What, no Venmo?

I wish Lassie would get back with help for the screaming kid down there.

Somebody got tired of scaling down the well to tote bags of coin back up.

Well, well if it isn’t Bleeb!

Frankly, you’d be better off just throwing the credit card in.

Waste of time in every sense of the word.

“Mommy, the sign said “no money” but I threw the quarter anyway!” “That’s okay dear, no harm done, so what happened, did you get your wish?” “No, I missed the well completely, but I did hit this weird little yellow alien bug lookin’ thing and I think I knocked it out cold!” “That’s okay dear, he’ll be fine, that’s just Bleeb, he’s an extra spectator character that the cartoonist puts in this comic strip. Now… about hitting him with that quarter, young lady… that was just pure luck…you probably couldn’t make that shot again if you tried.” シ

Hey, if the wishes there actually work, it would be well worth the money!

I wonder what Bleeb wished for.

But the water’s free!

Wishin’ well done gone big business!!!

A public aquarium in my state recently decided to drain a water feature in one of the exhibit areas in order to recover the money that visitors had tossed into it over the years. They pulled out 100 gallons in coins — almost two 55-gallon drums worth!

3 for a $1, with a $2.95 surcharge.

The magic is gone.