Today’s One Big Happy:

Always upping the ante.
Note the (widespread) opinion that school teachers make big bucks — an idea that Joe certainly didn’t come to on his own.
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April 30, 2015 at 7:13 am |
“that’s why they make the big bucks” is often intended ironically, that is realizing someone has a hard/important job and (even though perhaps superior in rank) is not paid that much.
April 30, 2015 at 11:34 am |
Very true. But in today’s follow-up it turns out that Ruthie actually believes that school teachers make a lot of money, and her grandfather tries to set her straight.