Budgeting Brainstorm Pillows

"You want to borrow 1.2 million dollars to meet your school district's budget?"

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

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

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

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

Sen. Krupt. I don't tell constituents that we're fueling inflation. I say we're protecting consumers and thanks to us they won't have to worry about buying any cheap stuff.

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Apples for sale

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

' A good idea '

A treasure map shows you all the roads without tolls.

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

"Who's got the hammer?"

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

'The meek shall inherit the debt. The rich shall inherit the loopholes.'

"I need to see your budget proposal."

'Me, I don't spend my pocket money: I hoard it...'

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

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

Bright idea

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

Where are they now?: Office of Management & Budget - Grumpy.

"I'm sorry, but my costs were way out of control."

Creative department

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

Worry tank

'I had a thought. Let's scrap everything and start a new fiscal year right now.'

'Can we afford you to save us money by repairing the car yourself...?'

"They've given me the Lion's share of budgetary constraints."