“My bank account needs month-to-month resuscitation”
“My bank account needs month-to-month resuscitation” (a pun on “mouth-to-mouth resuscitation”) is a jocular one-liner that has been printed on bumper stickers. “The way my wife writes checks, our account needs month-to-month resuscitation” was credited to Texas humorist Shelby Friedman in 1967.
13 November 1967, Dallas (TX) Morning News, “It Happened Last Night” by Earl Wilson, pg. 12A, col. 5:
Earl’s Pearls: “The way my wife writes checks,” puns Shelby Friedman, “our account needs month-to-month resuscitation.”
19 August 1968, Charleston (WV) Gazette, “The Gazetteer” by James Dent, pg. 24, col. 1:
FELLOW says he recently saw a sign in the window of a loan company: “We Offer Month To Month Resuscitation.”
14 June 1969, Greensboro (NC) Daily News, “Today’s Chuckle,” pg. 1, col. 4:
The secret of longevity for bank accounts has been found! Month-to-month resuscitation.
Google Books
Every Day Light:
Daily Inspirations
By Selwyn Hughes and Thomas Kinkade
Nashville, TN : Broadman & Holman
1997
Pg. 294:
Does your bank account need month-to-month resuscitation?
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MY BANK ACCOUNT NEEDS MONTH-TO-MONTH RESUSCITATION.
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Bumper Sticker: My bank account needs month-month resuscitation.
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