Budget Slasher Gifts

'This could save us a bundle on electricity...by the way, Bob, how fast can you run?'

'Great work, Bigsley, on saving the company three hundred thousand on clysdale contract. Take the rest of the day off.'

'Congratulations, Forester. Your ingenious scheme to cut production costs ... In anticipation of this inevitable development, we are reducing your salary.'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

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

'What do you do with the time you save?'

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

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

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

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

Budget Bureau. Ernie, spilling something from every food group on it, does not make it a "balanced" budget!

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

'Budget cuts have forced us to drop our day-care program. I've contacted your mother to come and pick you up.'

Do it! Go into the woods alone!...

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

"I'm on a tight budget. Make it look like I cut at myself."

'The scariest story I know is escalating health care costs.'

Fries and kids

"This is crazy! We've been here only 10 minutes, we've spent all our money, and we've got nothing to show for it!"

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

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

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

'Our new simplified energy bills just have a few options starting with 'Grossly inflated' and progressing to the premium 'Bloodsucker' package. . .'

Oil shock.

"All I have left to cut is my lunch money."

'Not only can I not find the middle class tax cut, I can't find the middle class.'

Horror Theater. Now Playing. Return of the Deficit.

'It's amazing! I'm a magician! I can make a weekly wage disappear in four hours!'

Yes, dear, I remembered the coupons and saved a few dollars. The Adventures of Marriedman.

'If only you could do this with a cow once in a week, we'd save a lot of money for the food delivery service, Rupert!'

"I've run every test known to man, and it turns out you're allergic to medical bills."

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

'Please excuse the mess - we've been busy throwing good money after bad!'

The Horror Film Director.