The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for January 06, 2015
Transcript:
MR. YOSSARIAN, LOANS Mr. Yossarian: I have reviewed your financial records, Mr. Thornapple... Mr. Yossarian: And due to your large credit balances, compared to your income, I cannot approve your loan. Brutus: In other words, you will only loan money to people who don't need it!
ChazNCenTex over 9 years ago
A “Catch 22” of course.
SibeRescue Brian Premium Member over 9 years ago
Hence “Mr. Yossarian.” Well played, I say.
KEA over 9 years ago
good catch.
goweeder over 9 years ago
“Loan” is not a verb. He should be saying “Lend” in the 3rd panel.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Don’t waste your breath. People who grew up thinking that ‘loan’ is a verb, will never change. (Just as people who grew up thinking that ‘laying down’ isthe correct usage for ‘lying down.’ The grammar errors have been hard-wired into their brains. (Sort of like religion.). I threw in the towel when I drove past a large billboard with a bank’s declaration that “We have money to loan!”.Sigh……………
rqs1123 over 9 years ago
Things will never change, nor will people.
goweeder over 9 years ago
This situation reminded me of the catch-22 that young folks encounter when applying for their first jobs: “Sorry we can’t hire you. You don’t have any experience.”
John M over 9 years ago
Loan – verb (used with object) …
also from above link – Usage noteSometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan 1as a verb meaning “to lend” has been used in English for nearly 800 years:
K M over 9 years ago
Yep, Brutus, that’s how it works.
boldyuma over 9 years ago
The comic David Steinberg had a routine where he said..“America is going to hell…The person who can borrow a million dollars owes a million dollars..They figure if somebody else loaned you that kind of money they would too..America was once on the gold standard.We are probably now on the silver standard, rapidly heading towards the alumininum-foil standard .”