Budget Ballad Enthusiast Gifts

City & Western.

"That's it, Tom. Here they come. Just keep playing 'Freebird.'"

Wine Selection 'Here we are. Our cheapest house wine. Would the gentleman care to smell the twisty cap?'

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

"I appreciate your vision and work ethic but I have a budget. How much would it cost for your vision without work ethics?"

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

DIY marriage counseling.

'They never quite finished it - it was probably over budget.'

The spend is high

'I like the jib of their cuts.'

"I'm afraid your allowance didn't survive the latest round of budget cuts."

"I always say; 'You don't need to spend a lot of money to have a good time on a first date."

'You're clearly not well, just keep taking these until we run out of them.'

Family planning - 'I was thinking something low maintenance.'

"Could you hold off clipping your coupons until I've finished reading the paper?"

How to make sure he won't see his shadow.

"But if we didn't measure things we wouldn't know how good we were at measuring the things that we're measuring!"

"Your Honor, if it please the court I'd like to deliver my opening comments in the form of a power ballad."

'Haven't they ever heard of walls around here?'

"If only there was a thesaurus for numbers."

Looking for a way to have their cake and eat it too.

Tony Blair - EU budget.

"I don't need one, Gracie. My shopping list is very simple! Things I have a coupon for and things that are on sale!"

Everyone waited as Allen figured out how much the meal had cost per bite.

'Buy you new equipment? Are you kidding? Our budget is already so tight that we have a kazooist because we can't afford an organ.'

'Speculation, speculation, speculation!'

"Here's another depressing song about me."

Oval Office Reflection

US Government: shut down until further notice.

Government Shutdown

'Reducing the nation's debt helps everyone, rich & poor!'

'At these prices I won't be able to say much!'

Loans - 'We were thinking of paying a gas bill.'

The War of Tugs

'More and more millions here, more billions there, more trillions everywhere...it all adds up!'