Budget Bluffer Mugs

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

"Seriously, you can't balance the budget with cushion change."

"I have an obligation to the stockholders, not the employees!"

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

"What comes after zillion?"

'We're cutting back on our legal expenses and going with the violence instead.'

'Well, maybe upteen zillion was too general a cost estimate.'

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'Uh oh. I can see another few hundred will be added to your bid.'

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

'Carry on sailor, just keep swimming around the coast and stick your head up now and again.'

Overdraft limit.

'What if we televise government budget hearings and make them pay-per-view?'

Oil shock.

'We've gone over your budget very carefully, Mr Thorne. Unfortunately the network does not sell 7-second spots.'

"I'm at that awkward stage between credit card payments and alimony payments."

"The Treasury is fairly sure that the figures in the budget are correct, they might just not be in the right order!"

Snowman Driver

"So, the bills still aren't paid? You've never been good at money management."

'Man, I've bought heaps on my credit card this month...It always amazes me...How many things I'd rather have than money.'

'So the prince and princess lowered their expectations became savvy consumers, then they lived reasonably contented forever after.'

Your tax $ at WAR.

"I don't mind out of control spending as long as it's on stuff I like."

"There's so much money around now we've started using it as toilet paper."

Osborne's Tax Cuts