Cartoon of the Week | 10/21/2009 3:30 am
Liza Donnelly's Cartoon of the Week: Squirreling It Away
Liza Donnelly, noted cartoonist for The New Yorker, is also the editor, with her husband, Michael Maslin, of the book Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple.
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Good one, Liza! What we are noticing when families are cleaning out their homes, the more often than not drop libraries of old books at the library to be sold at the used book sales. What we are noticing more now is that people are "squirrelling away" what spare money they might have into the books on their shelves.
We have found that we must never NOT fan a book open before deciding its fate, as paper money can drift downward on to the floor. We then try to locate a name in the box of books to return this to family, but occasionally the unexpected largesse of funds - so carefully hidden so long ago - becomes a supplement to the funds needed to supply the library with new books.
The point: DO take a look through old books of relatives before discarding them as it is surprising how many believe that books are a safe hiding place - and like squirrels, never find the $$$$ again in the 100s on the shelves.
Wow. I never thought to hide money in books. However, I will consider, after this lovely cartoon, an "old hollow log!" Thanks, Liza.
Susan Gabriel
NUT CASE
When we squirrel away the pay
for another day
and that pay-away loses its sway (Wall Street tremors)
then take your pay, say, and hide it like the squirrels––
it’s called LAY-AWAY.
There’s smart and there’s Squirrel Smart