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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?"

DIY marriage counseling.

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

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

The spend is high

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

"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."

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

'I like the jib of their cuts.'

"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?'

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!"

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

Sinead O'Connor.

"If only there was a thesaurus for numbers."

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!'

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

"Here's another depressing song about me."

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

Government Shutdown

Oval Office Reflection

US Government: shut down until further notice.

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

The War of Tugs