OT - Estate Planning Explained Using The Three Stooges

Fred19Flintstone

How can the Three Stooges help explain estate planning?  This was devised by myself and my cousin.  It’s essentially a division of labor of your children for estate execution.  Here’s how it works:


Moe - Moe is the boss.  He handles finances.  He pretty much has his hand in everything.  My brother (older) was Moe for my parents’ finances while my parents had dementia.  He is the executor of the estate.


Larry - Larry is not the boss, but he thinks maybe he could do it.  Larry handles healthcare issues for the parents.  My sister (older) was Larry and expertly managed my parents healthcare needs.


Curly - Curly is never the boss.  He has no estate responsibility.  His job is to visit his parents regularly and be entertaining if he lives close enough.  Curly has the best job IMHO.  I was Curly and so was my younger sister.

So there it is.  An explanation of estate planning was developed over a bottle of Maker’s Mark this week.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Soitenly!  Nyuk!  Nyuk!  Nyuk!

lkapigian

And every one loves Curly the most !

HeavyG

Shemp never gets any love. :(

YukonRon

HeavyG said:

Shemp never gets any love. :(

He was like the 5th Beatle.

Fred19Flintstone

HeavyG said:

Shemp never gets any love. :(

When we were developing this analogy, I said I was Curly.  I didn’t think my younger sister would like to be Shemp.  My cousin suggested being Curly is a state of mind.  That way, we could both be Curly.  My sister still didn’t like being likened to a bald fat guy, but she said it seemed like a natural fit for me.

northGAcock

Brilliant work. Yunk yunk yunk.