Close to Home by John McPherson for January 23, 2022

If you buy it in Bleeb’s size it won’t cost any more than a Yugo.

When I tell my grandkids that my first house cost me $20,000 they are in disbelief. That is how I teach them about INFLATION. (scary music playing)

Shirt THrill

Nice tri-hawk Ralph!

$25

Agreed….BTW, This comic should be in “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”

They’re made well but very expensive….

LE used to have really good bargains before the takeover by Sears.

And the car was a piece of junk.

And all the stuff is made in Asia with serf labor and poor quality materials. Nice profit margin!

Bleeb is MUCH better positioned today than yesterday! Good job, Bleeb!

Must be Nordstrom (quality clothing I have to say)

You should see LL Bean. However, they last for years.

Looks to me like he’s already wearing one of McPherson’s original design carpet shirts. ツ

And my car cost more than my first house.

and won’t last near as long……

Well, up until 2021 those “Lands Sake” fine clothing had a Lifetime guarantee…. and you could return a coat if the zipper broke or return the rugby shirt if a button broke. But I do understand why they did away with guarantee.

“See! I TOLD you we should have gotten a better car!”

I had a car like that, not for long tho’!!!

Similar to what my father said when I bought my first new car. “That costs more than I paid for our house!” House in 1955 $12,500. New Buick in 1983 $13,000.

Bleeb looks like his hand is behind his head and he’s kicking up his heels. What dance is he doing?

When your home purchase costs more than your first new car then you can finally say “I’ve made it in America” as Movin’ On Up plays in the background.

Oooh, there’s one for “Pluggers”!

I bought the best bathrobe I ever had from that company $75.00

This is not funny, unfortunately — it’s disappointingly realistic. A job pushing shopping carts at a local supermarket today has a higher hourly wage than I got 30 years ago at a computer programming job!