Childhood Saver Gifts

No caption. (Adult pushes buttons at an ATM. Child pushes buttons at an "APBM" - and Automatic Piggy Bank Machine.)

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

"Now our contestant will try to guess which of you is the very last individual of your species."

"I'm going to miss it when they stop warning us"

Toxic chemicals being sprayed onto a beetle that has a map of the world on its wing cases (symbolising the earth and its wildlife)

Kid Borrows Money From A Loan Office for His Piggy Bank

Sure, he can talk already, but it's all just psychobabble.

"I used to get toys as birthday gifts but now that I'm in pre-school, all I get is money for my college fund."

Shepherd

"Behold! NOW is the accepted time to repent!"

"Using a female in hear helps to round up stray dogs!"

"Waiter, I'd like to have Black Rhino for dessert!"

Tarzan's trees being chopped down.

'I realize it's not much of a war, but it's all we can afford right now.'

"If we want to get across our warnings about the dire consequences of not saving for a future then we need powerful dramatic message!"

'That's one more creature we can remove from the endangered species list.'

You're not selling those silly upside-down tomato contraptions? I confess. They're fun! Fun? They're an affront to mother nature and common sense. A $3 seed packet grows enough for five families. Why sell over-priced fads? Mother nature never offered to pay my rent.

Still on the Back Burner

"Mom, I think I'm old enough to trade in my piggy bank for an ATM."

The Poor Child's Nurse

"I don't understand people who say children should be seen and not heard. Why would anyone want to hear them?"

'Me…me…catch me!'

'Okay if I keep the core? I want to plant the seeds.'

Greta Thunberg

IPCC climate change report

Garden store owner chasing away birds from his seed display.

"I wish all those politicians who promised to make the world a better place for us would get on and do it!"

'It's your mother -- are you here?'

Actually, I was looking for a tax haven.

"Do you take Diners Club?"

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

Botanical Research Institute "Will work for seed money"

"Tommy's dad just taught him the value of a dollar, Mom . . . he gave him 35 cents!"

'Mam, we're from the Monsanto Corporation. Your tomato plant is in violation of a number of copyrights.'

'Your ad here.'