Budget-conscious Gamer Gifts

Budget Hero

'Virtual golf, save pounds'.

"These are the principal qualities we're looking for in our new recruits."

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.'

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

STRIP Hambone: Expensive repair job

'So far, all I can tell you for sure is how much I've charged you.'

Club House. An eighty dollar green fee! -- I haven't even teed-off yet and I'm already in the hole!

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

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

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

'Before we unload him, he'd like a written price support.'

'With the price of petrol, I had to take on a second job to pay for the petrol to drive to my first job!'

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!"

'The new technology allows us to monitor all the players performance levels like heart rate, acting ability, etc.'

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

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

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

Tony Blair - EU budget.

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

'Speculation, speculation, speculation!'

'Private schools are really expensive these days - Why don't you home-school him?'

US Government: shut down until further notice.

"Natasha cuts diagnosis costs."

Oval Office Reflection

Government Shutdown

'You never see one that says save some income.'

'It says take all your medication,if you can afford it.'

They're on Twitter and playing Twister! Neat! Twizzler?

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