Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for August 11, 2020

I feel like that about the commercials from all of the telephone gambling outfits that are just filling the airwaves around here. This arose because the Republicans in the legislature would prefer to do almost anything to avoid making a budget for the state that would feature sound financial planning. The head of the state Senate is a big supporter of the gambling industry so I remember to curse him during every commercial from “Fan Drool” or “Daft Kinks.”

If you are in a Republican controlled state, I guess you aren’t experiencing all the riots we have in WA, OR, IL, DC…

nice little leap in the second panel!

But…what about the buffets? Do they still do those given the pandemic?

I visit the bank once a week and take out the normal allotment of cash for the week. Then I sit in front of the shredder and

toss in a five-spot – that’s for coffee today. toss in $2 for gas. toss in $10 for lunch etc. etc.each day another session spending what I normally would for the day/week if I wasn’t hiding from the virus.it’s interesting to see where my money goes. no wonder I am broke

The first time I went to a casino, as I dropped a coin into the slot, I pictured throwing it into a garbage can. $10 roll of quarters, and done.

With the pandemic, I couldn’t take my Vegas vacation this year so I just sent them a check.

I only went to look at the hotels. And the Hoover Dam. Very cool.

And don’t have to worry about how you’re gonna get back.

Does it matter if you save money on travel if you’re going to shred it anyway?

“A man lost a lot of money in Las Vegas. As he’s driving out of town, from out of the mountains he hears a voice say ‘Go back to Las Vegas. Go back to Las Vegas.’ He figured this is a good omen so he turns around and drives back 80 miles an hour. He gets to Vegas and the voice says ‘Go to Caesars Palace.’ When he gets there, the voice says ‘Play roulette. Put $2,000 on red.’ which he does. Black comes up and he loses. The voice says ‘How about that.’” – Henny Youngman (I sure seem to quote Henny Youngman a lot in these comics)

You could play the lottery and get near the same results and still not have to travel far from home.

I avoided cocaine during the 70s by a similar expedient: drink two espressos and burn a hundred dollar bill. Boy, that gets old fast.

Money minus money=no money. I do not call that “sound financial planning,” Gaylord….