Budgeting Buffoon Mugs

"I worry that more infrastructure spending will mean more schools!"

"FINAL demand'. Does that mean they have given up asking?

"Baldo, now I'm worried. You've been working and working...and you still don't have much money saved up."

"This is a big day! With this paycheck, I've earned more than $2,000! Of course, I've wildly blown about $1,900 of it on junk."

George doesn't really like me using the credit card.

"I'm glad they want comedy... the budget is a joke."

"Seriously, you can't balance the budget with cushion change."

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

"What comes after zillion?"

Pie Charts, Inc.

'Well, maybe upteen zillion was too general a cost estimate.'

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'Carry on sailor, just keep swimming around the coast and stick your head up now and again.'

"So, the bills still aren't paid? You've never been good at money management."

'So the prince and princess lowered their expectations became savvy consumers, then they lived reasonably contented forever after.'

'We've gone over your budget very carefully, Mr Thorne. Unfortunately the network does not sell 7-second spots.'

"The Treasury is fairly sure that the figures in the budget are correct, they might just not be in the right order!"

'The popularity polls love what you've done with the budget deficit....moving the decimal one point to the left.'

'I grow all our tomatoes. I grow all our spinach. All you do is complain about the cost of my twice weekly manicures.'

The Department Chairs react to the budget cuts.

Gentleman, things are worse than we thought.

"He can afford a bigger cage. His old tax forms line the bottom."

Financial Execution

"With the rises in fuel, food and mortgage I'm going to have to put in some overtime."

Budget Cuts

Squeezing a tight budget...

"Costs have risen by 200% and we are behind schedule. We are living up to our acronym gentlemen and I am not happy about it!!"

"The school construction budget is so small we can't even afford to build a snowman."

-"Why bother to budget?" -"So we can worry BEFORE we spend our money as well as AFTER we spend our money."

"We can probably just about afford to run the pilot-light."

Because of our tightening budget, I had to turn off the lights at the end of the tunnel.

"Care to sign a petition to have a 'balanced budget' as the eleventh commandment?"

"Since we are all swamped, I've decided to bring in a consultant."

Thrift: instead of 1 tap for hot water and 1 tap for cold, 1 tap for warm water.