Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for March 17, 2018

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 6 years ago

    If borrow, will the boy — like Andy Capp on pints — pay his dad back?

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    Tigressy  over 6 years ago

    Tony asked, about 8 hours ago

    Do you lend or borrow?

    Sometimes borrow from my husband for mutual things if I’m short on cash (but he always gets that cash back) – and sometimes lend to friends in case of emergencies, but larger sums only with a receipt. Works nicely.

    And no, Tony – you pay for your drinks yourself. No money from me.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 6 years ago

    “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend”… says Polonius

    Good advice… hard to follow… mostly the lender part, cos I hate borrowing anyway.

     

    I guess it depends, though….

    There are a few, a very few, people to whom I would lend whatever I could, knowing I’d get it back right away….

    and in fact they’re the ones I’d give money to, if I could, in a time of need…. and even though they probably wouldn’t ask.

    They’d do it for me… and when it comes to ten or twenty dollars, sometimes we don’t even keep track.

     

    I also know a few perpetual sinkholes, actually I can think of three, offhand… friends or relatives, always broke, bad with money…

    whom I usually allow to borrow and repay, borrow and repay, the same ten or twenty dollars…

    an arbitrary amount I feel like I could live with losing, for friendship sake.

     

    They know not to try to borrow more when they still owe me some….

    and I try to just shrug my shoulders, when they show me some foolish extravagances they bought, instead of paying me back.

     

    As for borrowing…..

    I don’t have much… but if I owe anybody money, for any reason, I’m compulsive about repaying it as soon as possible.

     

    As for Elliot… I don’t think he or Peter ever thought there was any notion of repayment in his request.

     

    BTW…. when I was a kid in the Midwest, we said “Can ya borrow me fifty cents?”

    So the one word sufficed for both.

    It must be regional…. haven’t heard it in years.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Almost forgot…..

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

    The day when everybody’s Irish…

    for no good reason at all….

    unless you count corned beef and beer.

     

    Yes Plods… I know.

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    Plods with ...™  over 6 years ago

    As to the QotD…. I’ve resigned myself to neither since ‘lend’ always turns out ‘give’.

    Although, I prefer ‘donate’.

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    Emptypockets51.  over 6 years ago

    Sounds like a friend of mine’s sister in law, except multiply it by a thousand or two. lol

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    Knightman Premium Member over 6 years ago

    Whats to lend??? I borrow when I need something from the financial institute only if the terms are right!!! i.e. loans. But must pay back!!!

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    GROG Premium Member over 6 years ago

    No.

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    sfreader1  over 6 years ago

    I do not borrow. However I do “lend” and lend and lend. Seems like those I lend to do not know how to repay, but since it is all family, I just don’t look to get that money back. When it comes to things, though, I will go get them after a decent interval of time.

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    cuzinron47  over 6 years ago

    Neither borrower (unless you count my mortgage) or a lender. But sometimes I treat. I got this round.

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