Budget-conscious Strategists Mugs

Advent Calendar 2022: Heating/Eating

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

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

"Post Covid it was clear that the old 9-5 was no longer viable, our industry lends itself to home working."

Keep the econoimy moving

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

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

First United Church of Outrageously Overlimited Credit Card Holders

"Okay, what's your next, more expensive security system?"

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

"... And how are you enjoying the cheapest bottle of wine on the menu?"

'What happens when we run out of gas?!'

"This is a third-year medical student. To cut costs, your insurance company dismissed the surgeon."

"So the only way to save the economy is to spend what we haven't got - plus ca change - moin ca change!"

"This wasn't the kind of budget cuts I had in mind."

Sam's Nation Building

"We're going to spend £5M to put over the message that our product is so good it sells itself!"

'Budget cuts have forced NASA to find alternative training methods.'

'I know you're trying to keep health care costs down - but what kind of life support systems are these?'

Free long distance

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

"Natasha cuts diagnosis costs."

Has somebody taken the staff development and training budget again?"

Senior Brand Name Medicine Cabinet

"It was the cheapest way for us to cover the potholes."

If the Fed can loosen it's money supply, why can't you?

"Always borrow money from a pessimist. They don't expect to be paid back."

'The armed forces are having to respond to new kinds of threat.'

"Get used to it...I think we're going to be eating them for a while yet..."

"If your insurance doesn't cover it, there's always the lottery."

"Here's a one-bedroom in the heart of downtown with it's own dedicated parking spot, which can be reached by a convenient twenty-minute cab ride."

NPFIT Budget

"Is the drug that you are prescribing available as a generic, so I can save some money, or at the very least, available from a pharmaceutical company that I own shares in, so that I can make some money?"

Thrift: Have a face-lift, and keep the old face.

'I don't care if this security software was a bargain; it shouldn't reply with 'close enough' when I enter the wrong password.'