Darryl C: legitimately smugTo some, the Poorhouse has something of a reputation for miser-like tendencies on certain items, allegedly. Or let's put it nicely: frugality. Anyhow, despite having a brother with the same name, he has been wholly outdone in the awkward realm of birthday cards (good? pointless? appropriate? silly pre-written message?) by these guys: Darryl and Dan Culberson.

The brothers have been saving money every year...exchanging the same birthday card since 1973

And no, not one with the same picture on the front. The exact same physical piece of (yellowing) card has been swapped between them, twice a year, for significantly longer than the Poorhouse has even been alive. Why didn't we think of that one?

Back in the 70s, Darryl apparently cheaped out and sent his brother only a card, sans present, for his birthday. We all know that isn't acceptable right, although the opposite is? Anyway, that lack of financial or thoughtful generosity spurred Dan later that year to not even get a new card, but just cross the message out and scribble a new one in. At least he bothered to buy a pen (or perhaps steal one from Argos).

Amazingly, probably because things were made properly in the 70s blah blah blah etc. etc. the card still survives today, albeit in taped up fashion. Space for messages in running out, but hey, that's why they invented Tipp-Ex (if either work in an office to steal stationery supplies, obviously).

The AP, who correctly bill themselves as "the essential global news network" dramatically reports "Once, Darryl thought he had lost the card". AARGH! Fear! Trauma! World-ending shock! But hey, don't worry, it was later found "amid papers in a desk".

So all's well, until next time it goes a-missing anyhow. "We hope that [the card] stays together enough until we die." said Darryl, in what could be taken as a bizarre combination of optimism and pessimism.

10 money saving points awarded to the Culberson family.