The first time I heard of “butter and egg money” was years
ago in Snuffy Smith. Since Snuffy and Loweezy were hillbillys I didn’t know if it was for buying butter and eggs or from selling butter and eggs. Which is it?
geneking7320,
The term “butter and egg money” arose at the time men were supposed to be the primary earners in a family. The women stayed home to take care of the house and children. They did contribite to family income by selling what butter they could churn and eggs they would gather from the laying hens. The phrase is really not applicable to Clovia and Slim, since she owns the garage and her husband is her employee.
Maybe Slim has a cow & hens stashed away somewhere to make late-night eggnog from, although I doubt he’d leave enough to sell for cash.
Butter and egg money was money the woman of the house had earned, so she was the one to make decisions about how it would be spent. Unfortunately Clovia has had the decision taken out of her hands. Literally!
As for Slim, it’s time he was fired….
The Duke 1 over 13 years ago
What a humanitarian!
axe-grinder over 13 years ago
Did he discover the secret wall-safe?
Fangirl over 13 years ago
What was the DVD?
“To Catch A Thief”?
“The Usual Suspects”?
workjobb Premium Member over 13 years ago
No, the DVD was Dumb and Dumber.
DavidGBA over 13 years ago
Next, identity theft?
OldManMountain over 13 years ago
Butter and egg money? They live in an apartment! Where do they keep the cow and the hens?
kab2rb over 13 years ago
Cast laid aside to buy food.
geneking7320 over 13 years ago
The first time I heard of “butter and egg money” was years ago in Snuffy Smith. Since Snuffy and Loweezy were hillbillys I didn’t know if it was for buying butter and eggs or from selling butter and eggs. Which is it?
OldManMountain over 13 years ago
geneking7320, The term “butter and egg money” arose at the time men were supposed to be the primary earners in a family. The women stayed home to take care of the house and children. They did contribite to family income by selling what butter they could churn and eggs they would gather from the laying hens. The phrase is really not applicable to Clovia and Slim, since she owns the garage and her husband is her employee. Maybe Slim has a cow & hens stashed away somewhere to make late-night eggnog from, although I doubt he’d leave enough to sell for cash.
harebell over 13 years ago
Butter and egg money was money the woman of the house had earned, so she was the one to make decisions about how it would be spent. Unfortunately Clovia has had the decision taken out of her hands. Literally! As for Slim, it’s time he was fired….
LHPuttgrass over 13 years ago
The cabbie is Skinner.
shel4 over 13 years ago
They just can’t seem to catch a break.
cbrsarah over 13 years ago
Fortunately, cabdrivers aren’t really like that. If one did that to me, I’d have him arrested.
Fangirl over 13 years ago
I love the “zoop”!
Good one, workjobb!
countoftowergrove over 13 years ago
I don’t recall the cabbie being invited in, that’s breaking and entering.