Quirky Home Economists Gifts

"Even We've Never Heard of Us" paper towels.s

'Progress of a bookshelf'

Musical Accompaniment to Household Chores.

"You've got termites. The good news is I gave them all little phones to keep their minds off doing any damage."

"Actually, I used them as collateral for a loan."

Bookshop: Unpopular Economics

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

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

Mouse real estate!

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

Beware of the Lawn

'I'm sorry, but there's nothing in the zoning regulations covering bad taste.'

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

A few Halloween costume ideas.

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

'I suppose if we had some money we could buy sand from each other.'

The average taxpayer will ultimately embrace the auto industry bailout. Hell, we sold em all that useless undercoating for all these years!

'No, we did not order a corner unit.'

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

The Heating Oil Problem.

Banker stepping into 'New image' in 'Savings and Loans' office

All items on the premises have been marked for identification: 'My cat sprayed everything in the house.'

"Well, as a matter of fact, no, you didn't tell us you kept exotic pets when you sold us the house!"

'Do we want this one parallel with the floor or the ceiling?'

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

First Market Decline

Man ironing out a line graph.

'It even has its own built-in home security system!'

How to save on your heating bill...

Here's one I made earlier.

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

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

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

'Sorry, lad, but I lost all me gold during the recession. All I can give ya is a buck thirty in change!'

"My home insurance has dropped since I had it installed."