Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for December 09, 2014
December 08, 2014
December 10, 2014
Transcript:
Saleswoman: Let the Christmas payment last forever!! Cathy: "Spirit"! It's "let the Christmas spirit last forever!" Second Saleswoman: As long as you're paying, our spirit is lasting. The $2,199 laptop. The $499 digital camcorder. The $399 digital camera. The $1,500 home theater system. The $7,999 plasma TV. An the memory cards, battery backups, the travel bags and the doodads and ta da!
Argythree over 9 years ago
Blech…
ORMouseworks over 9 years ago
Geeze, Cathy! Pul-eeze put me on your Christmas list!!! ;)
lightenup Premium Member over 9 years ago
Yes, this is terrible. Usually you might indulge in ONE big ticket item a year, not all of them at once. And having those payments hanging over my head would NOT make me feel jolly or joyful.Hello Cathy friends! Enjoy your Tuesday!
summerdog86 over 9 years ago
“As long as you’re paying, our spirit is lasting.” Great line by CG. The retailers are still singing it today.
GrimmaTheNome over 9 years ago
By the time she’s finished paying that bill, all those items will be either obsolete or a fraction of those prices.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Got to love the 2003 prices for electronics, and they are pretty accurate.
hendelca Premium Member over 9 years ago
We took lightenup ‘s advice this year – only one big ticket item each. Unfortunately that turns out to be one new car and one new house (well – the house is ’used’ but new to us). We do keep our vehicles for anwhere between 8 and 14 years so it is time for a new one – and this house was never meant to be our last one and it is very poorly designed and constructed. Happy Christmas shopping to all those of the clan who do that sort of thing – and happy December to those that don’t.
Gretchen's Mom over 9 years ago
Holy cow!!! Who buys everyone on their Christmas list electronic gadgets totaling more than $12,596.00 (NOT including all the little extras listed in panel #2 or the tax for all of it)?! Because I definitely want to be one of their friends the year they decide to splurge like that!!!!! ;-)
Hi, rgcviper!
Hello and Happy Tuesday, fellow “Cathy” fans. Hope everyone had a really nice day today! :-)
summerdog86 over 9 years ago
My credit card does not extend to that amount, so I am safe. Are you SURE she really bought all that, or was the clerk just adding it up?
Koolfunkygrrl over 9 years ago
Oh my….that’s a lot of money to be spending in Christmas gifts…….I agree with Gretch’s Ma….lol…happy day to all :)
rgcviper over 9 years ago
Just slap ’em, Cathy. You know you want to.
HI, MOM. Hello, Clan.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 9 years ago
Amazing I did know someone who bought huge ticket items for her family. I have never seen any sense in doing that — when I pick up things at art fairs throughout the year, I often hear “that would make a great stocking stuffer.” So I chuckle and agree — but actually, it’s the gift. It’s the kind of gift I would prefer to get, that my friends (who are dancers and artists) can afford, and that allows me to buy things for lots of people without running up my charge card to where I can’t pay it off that month. Also, with the big ticket items — wouldn’t you really rather pick that out yourself?