"wages that puttler along like a school bus"

Ethan Lipton's story-telling solo musical

 n  his concert musical  The Outer Space,  Ethan Lipton describes a couple's reason for buying a rocket ship  to take them to another world  with these similes:

 Our cost of living keeps going up like a rocket while our wages putter along like a school bus and our savings sit there like a turtle.

 Here's a link to our review

"www.curtainup.com/outerspace17.html