Diamond Lil by Brett Koth for September 22, 2023

From Not Always Right:(I work for tips as a balloon artist at a local arts market.)

Boy: “Excuse me. How much is a balloon?”

Me: “I work for tips.”

Boy: ‘looks confused’

Me: “That means you pay whatever you want.”

Boy: “Okay!” ‘runs off, returns a few minutes later’ “Can you make me an octopus?”

Me: “Sure!” ‘makes balloon’ “Here you go, sweetie.”

Boy: “Thank you! Here’s your tip!” pulls out a huge, bigger-than-his-hand strawberry “I don’t have any money, so I chose the biggest, bestest strawberry! Bye!” runs off with octopus balloon