Greensleaves

Guess what?? In my paper this morning, the comic editors reduced the Sunday Family Circus to half-size, and made it share space with B.C.! Yay! This opened up space for the return of Berkeley Breathed's Opus! Yay! Hi, Opus! Hi, Bill the Cat! Good to have you back!

"Cheer up. Pretend they're dollar bills."

F.C. Dad probably got the idea because the leaves are green, like dollar bills are. Where the heck does the F.C. live? Here in North Carolina the leaves that fall on the ground in autumn are brown. Of course, in the summer we have green leaves, but they usually don't fall on the ground, and people don't rake them up. It's just so strange that they are raking up green leaves!

Now, I like the fact that the kid’s pissed. You don’t often see that in the F.C. But the dad’s statement makes no sense. I’m guessing they are raking the leaves into a pile, bagging them up, and leaving them on the curb. Is that what Billy would do if they were dollar bills? I hope not! Does F.C. Dad want Billy to pick up the leaves and put them in his pocket or wallet? Does he want Billy to go to the store with some leaves and try to buy something?

Now if F.C. Dad is bribing Billy, and will pay him a dollar for every leaf he rakes, well that’s pretty non-F.C. parenting. And, it would bankrupt them. Billy would have all the money and he would be buying the family’s groceries. He should take Dolly. She’d show him how to save money on fat-free items.