Blame Avoider Gifts

'Remember...first one to drop takes the rap.'

"The kids love it, and it's saved my marriage."

"I find it best to stay out of office politics!"

'Before you give us your surprise test, could we have a surprise study period?'

The Birth of a Lawsuit

"What flower says you're sorry without admitting wrongdoing?"

"Well, so far I'm managing to stay above the fray."

Bob liked getting involved - but not actively involved.

'Ooops. Wonder if I can claim El Nino caused a surge in water pressure?'

"Shouldn't you be studying?

'What excuse do you have for a lousy shot now?'

Election Cancelling Headphones

"Just this once, can we not talk about news or politics or money or family or relationships or children or friends or sex or religion or sports or culture or real estate or the past or the future?"

"Prayer does work! I wasn't picked for any of the church committees."

"Alert security, the buck has failed to stop here and is loose in the building."

"...I need some closure. Can we go ahead and spin the Wheel Of Blame?"

'Never mind your ideas.. how do you come up with your excuses?'

"Delegating authority is useful. Delegating blame is essential."

'Mom, I swear it wasn't me! I didn't touch the cookies!'

'I don't like to waste time. How long on average does it take a recruit to make general?'

"Year, pets do teach kids about responsibility. When they won't get off their butts, they know I'll be responsible."

Robots programmed to mimic humans. Who's that? Oh, we just keep him around to blame things on.

"Passive-aggressive musical chairs." "You sit. I don’t deserve to" "I couldn’t possibly." "Maybe two of us could share." "Someone else go first." "I actually prefer standing."

"Don't just pin this on me. You didn't want to kill the spider either."

'Been coming here for years and never bumped into anyone who knows me . . . weird!'

"So basically you are looking for books on changing everyone except yourself."

'We don't like to use the word scapegoat.. we prefer to say you're going to be a Blame Engineer.'

"It's just if the TV isn't on I never know where to look."

"I'm searching my family history in hopes of finding some generational trauma or institutionalized oppression that would explain whole I'm failing all my courses."

"It's not the mistake you make that's important. It's how you shift the blame."

'I'm getting a jump on my regrets so I don't have to bother with them when I'm old.'

"It will be all your fault."

"I don't like all the responsibility that comes with my new pompousness."

The Ostrich Syndrome: 'Who gets the check?'

"You just watch him Ethel. He'll sit there and say nothing, just to annoy me."