Family Economist Pillows

Graph in front of house reads: The Pecks State of Well-Being.

'Work. The era of big government and handouts is over.'

'Believe me dad. I'm on the school math team. If your investments declined 50 then increased 50 you did not break even.'

'How am I supposed to do my part in stimulating the economy if you won't raise my allowance?'

'In an effort to teach you sound business practices, your chores and allowance are being outsourced to a boy in India.'

'Progress of a bookshelf'

Musical Accompaniment to Household Chores.

"I can tell it's new because it's alive."

Excess Baggage: Sooner or later all those vacation bills come due.

'As your financial advisor, I'd have to advise you to change your main income provider,'

'I told my wife to run the house like a business. So she sold it to an American corporation.'

"Just think how much we could save if we switched the heating off altogether."

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

Traders joining Wall Street protests

The Heating Oil Problem.

"I think it's time we cashed in our spare change. We could probably pay off our house."

"Now, Mr. Lindsay. About this non-profit organization you head."

'I'm about to say my prayers, Dad. Do you want more pocket money too?'

"Today we learned how to put cherries on cupcakes!"

Man ironing out a line graph.

'We've finished the dishes, Miss. Jenny washes, I wiped, and Susan picked up all the pieces.'

Absolutely No Credit

How to save on your heating bill...

Husband dismayed to get cold mutton for dinner again. Wife comments that someone must be economical on the housekeeping money she is given.

One young wife asking another if she finds it more economical to do her own cooking.

'Of course the Smiths have more than we do. His wife works.'

'I love your crocheted computer cover darling, but can I take it off now?'

"My client, whom I shall refer to as your son, has retained me to represent him in these negotiations regarding an increase in his allowance!"

'Children are all right, Carson, except they're so damned unprofitable.'

'You told me I should run the house like a business, so what am I bid for dinner?'

Chefs

'Any annuity we can afford wouldn't pay the MILK BILL!'

"Yeah, you're the CFO of a global multinational, but to me you'll always be the First National Bank of Dad."

'It's similar to the government's system of checks and balances. I write the checks and you try to balance them.'

'Been toying with commodities again, have we?'