For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for February 24, 2022

It is good to see a comic strip espouse the bartering system. I thought bartering humor was gone after the 19th century, but it lives on in this comic strip.

interesting plan, Liz

My eldest has this mindset. :D

If A lends something to B, B lends it to C, and C lends it to A, then what’s the point?

She’s like Morgan Freeman in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION!

No, Liz. Ask for your stuff back.

That’s assuming that whatever she has lent has not been: a) lost, b) stolen, c) broken, d) loaned to someone else, or e) covertly added to the loanee’s personal collection with the excuse of a), b), c), or d) above.

If one does not lend to a friend in need. One is less likely to get a loan when one is in need!

“Neither a borrower no a lender be.”

Yeah. Northern logic. You can use it when I’m not. Southern logic, Take it. You must need it more. Western logic, If it’s mine it’s ours. Eastern logic, It’s mine, get your own .

Pretty normal for a lot of folks :D

It IS possible that she could get her own stuff back by borrowing from someone when in need of it. Her stuff was passed around and made it back home!

I used to put my name on things at school. Kept my pencils safe from others—-however, that did not work in my job at the post office…

If you tried that with drugs, you’d have some interesting experiences

Commercial trade in high school!

Until the day you lose track of who’s got what.