Bill Sleuth Gifts

'I'm paying the hidden fees with hidden payments.'

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

Maybe it's now time to review our customer care strategy!"

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.

Orderly Conduct of Sales

Help!!! I've been kidnapped - Your Money.

Covidiom: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.

IRS agent to professor scrutinizing tax return under microscope: 'Still looking for that tax loophole, professor?'

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

'Today, the market did the 'Ol' Dipsy, but recovered in the 'Doodle'.'

'Looks like the victim was trying to tell us something,'

"Now here's my co-anchor, Nancy, with a conflicting account of that very same story."

'Oh my God! You look like you've see the FTSE.'

Spy Satellite

"Our stock is down. Start some rumors on Wall Street that it's going up."

'This morning a rumor that we would buy the Arpex Corp drove our stock up $3. Around noon a rumor that Arpex would buy us drove it up another $3. And in the afternoon a rumor that wo have nothing to do with Arpex drove it up $3 more.'

School of journalism and politics.

Retail Worker's Thanksgiving

"Have you heard something that the rest of us don't know about?"

'I'm sure they make it up in volume.'

'These days, it's hard to tell whom to trust - T.V. news, or your social network. . .'

Shopper sees sign: Buy one get ripped off.

"Parts and labor?"

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

Artwork in a gallery still has wet paint.

'The price or the biscuits?'

'Always bought low.'

'And what if I did doctor the documents? I'm a doctor.'

'Nice try buddy, but we know the score. You were involved, but you only played a small part. What we want to know is who orchestrated this thing.'

Mutant Mootunes - Incased in Ice Miss Marple

Gone Phishing

"Fraud ..what fraud?... " SEC

"...so if my maths serves me right, if I buy four of these it won't cost you anything"

'Let's go over it again: the cat is out cold, and the only clue is a little wet castle...'