Aspiring Career-jumper Gifts

'You're on our shortlist. It's between you and the bloke who's going to get the job.'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

What else is there to wish for?

"I'm not using my jumper as a goalpost, sir, I'm using it as a jumper."

"This is a hell of a way to start a magazine."

'Anything is possible in our great country, son. If an Afro-American can become president, a white man can become a pro basketball player.'

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

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Something tells me his current firm aren't going to be happy to let him go!

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

"No doctor, my husband is not sleep-walking again. He is sleep-jumping!"

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

"You can achieve anything if you put you mind to it."

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

"To be honest, it just collects dust."

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up... Can I have your autograph please?'

'W e e e l l . . . my mum says I'm good at testing the patience of saints'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

"Slithering is okay but jumping is more fun."

How to get ahead and how to get further ahead.

'It's true that a college degree might render you overqualified for your present position, but it's a chance I'd take.'

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

"Coach said I can be catcher if I gain 30 pounds."

"It's beginning to appear as if I'll never have greatness thrust upon me."

New Years Resolutions: Join Gym. . .Cancel Gym.

"Hold on, one more thing to go."

A bit pre festive isn't it?

"You've been saying we're getting an inground pool since we got married, and I gave up."