Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for March 17, 2018

If borrow, will the boy — like Andy Capp on pints — pay his dad back?

Tony asked, about 8 hours ago

Do you lend or borrow?

Sometimes borrow from my husband for mutual things if I’m short on cash (but he always gets that cash back) – and sometimes lend to friends in case of emergencies, but larger sums only with a receipt. Works nicely.

And no, Tony – you pay for your drinks yourself. No money from me.

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend”… says Polonius

Good advice… hard to follow… mostly the lender part, cos I hate borrowing anyway.

There are a few, a very few, people to whom I would lend whatever I could, knowing I’d get it back right away….

and in fact they’re the ones I’d give money to, if I could, in a time of need…. and even though they probably wouldn’t ask.

They’d do it for me… and when it comes to ten or twenty dollars, sometimes we don’t even keep track.

I also know a few perpetual sinkholes, actually I can think of three, offhand… friends or relatives, always broke, bad with money…

whom I usually allow to borrow and repay, borrow and repay, the same ten or twenty dollars…

an arbitrary amount I feel like I could live with losing, for friendship sake.

They know not to try to borrow more when they still owe me some….

and I try to just shrug my shoulders, when they show me some foolish extravagances they bought, instead of paying me back.

As for borrowing…..

I don’t have much… but if I owe anybody money, for any reason, I’m compulsive about repaying it as soon as possible.

As for Elliot… I don’t think he or Peter ever thought there was any notion of repayment in his request.

BTW…. when I was a kid in the Midwest, we said “Can ya borrow me fifty cents?”

So the one word sufficed for both.

It must be regional…. haven’t heard it in years.

Almost forgot…..

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

The day when everybody’s Irish…

for no good reason at all….

unless you count corned beef and beer.

Yes Plods… I know.

As to the QotD…. I’ve resigned myself to neither since ‘lend’ always turns out ‘give’.

Although, I prefer ‘donate’.

Sounds like a friend of mine’s sister in law, except multiply it by a thousand or two. lol

Whats to lend??? I borrow when I need something from the financial institute only if the terms are right!!! i.e. loans. But must pay back!!!

No.

I do not borrow. However I do “lend” and lend and lend. Seems like those I lend to do not know how to repay, but since it is all family, I just don’t look to get that money back. When it comes to things, though, I will go get them after a decent interval of time.

Neither borrower (unless you count my mortgage) or a lender. But sometimes I treat. I got this round.