Clever Strategist Gifts

Cat Trap,

'You see, if we learn to swim upside down, they won't see us coming...'

Bear bends hunter's guns.

Rabbit putting hunters' shotgun shells on the fire.

'It works all the time: Light a candle and dinner comes to you...'

'Well, well... never ever underestimate the importance of a thought-out advertising concept...'

'I find that if you roll your sleeves down before you go in for dinner, you don't have to wash so much.'

'Nah! I'm not really but it keeps them ruddy encylopedia sellers away!'

'At 15 he's too slow to chase mice anymore, but he's compensated by becoming much more clever.'

'Poker tournament sponsors have to report all winnings over $5,000. I quit at $4,999.'

I know it's cheating, but you have to admit it's pretty clever!

"It's great, Heidi! All the privacy I want without locking the door...And they probably won't figure it out until I'm in college!"

"Uh-huh...you said clean my room! Nothing was mentioned about the closet!"

How David Really Won

After convincing his competitors that being early to bed and early to rise would make them healthy, wealthy and wise, Ben Franklin stayed up all night working on his next invention.

'I've tried all night without potting a ball.' - 'Try taking away the wooden frame.'

'How do you like my fantasy weekend so far?'

"So what's this special distracting tactic you've developed?"

'Tomorrow's special is fish, so wear the flounder suit.'

'She'll never look for me here.'

'You both know the rules -- walk 1 paces, turn, and tee off on each other.'

"Or we could raise your profile by coming out with that pimple on the end of your nose."

"There HAS to be a giant ball at the end of all this string."

"My favorite tea: hot daffodil-infused chamomile with a hint of whiskey. Are you serious? Of course I'm serious! I've been dosing myself with small quantities of poisonous daffodil ever since 1931. You have to build up an immunity if you want to survive in the cutthroat world of Scrabble tournaments."

'This will be tough. The parents can handle Bs and Cs, but I really gotta spin this D in math.'

'I am constantly diversifying my toy portfolio.'

"My mommy suggested I try a different advertising approach."

"Game of checkers? Okay, but I'm watching every move you make."

'For P.R. purposes, let's use the phrase, 'uncanny luck' rather than 'dumb luck'.'

Noughts and crosses hugging and kissing.

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

"Saturn. No contest. A deadly, treacherous gas giant ringed by a gossamer halo of ice. It symbolizes both death and life. Both evil and good. It symbolizes existence itself."

"This may seem counter intuitive, but maybe the solution is to lighten up."

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'If you know what's good for you Allan, you'll let me pass.'