Budget-conscious Gamer Mugs

'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.'

'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

STRIP Hambone: Expensive repair job

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

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

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

"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!"

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

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!"

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

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

'Speculation, speculation, speculation!'

US Government: shut down until further notice.

Oval Office Reflection

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

Government Shutdown

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

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

"Natasha cuts diagnosis costs."

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

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

The War of Tugs