Cliché Cracker Pillows

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"The cat told me to eat your homework."

'Let's start out with cliches and pithy slogans - and work our way up to wisdom ...OK?'

"Repeat after me: We are delivering the proactive core value promises and rolling out our real time best practice action plan going forward ..."

Countervailing Clichés.

The Devil's in the detail!

'It was a dark and stormy night. Also, there was a Catch-22.'

'Here's the good news. 'Happy camper' and 'are we having fun yet' have been added to the official list of banned cliches.'

"No, I don't believe youth is wasted on the young. I believe money is."

How The Ice Age Began: 'OK, can we freeze it right there...'

Steve found himself on his travels.

'It's negative attention ... as long as you keep asking why, they'll keep on doing it.'

Mystery Writing 101 - Mailbox: The butler did it, the gardener, the chauffeur.

"Hello darling, what do you do for a living?"

Good stripper cop / Bad stripper cop

'This doesn't work as a heart-felt plea for world peace, but with some astute editing, it might be great on a greeting card.'

Leopards do change their spots

'Lookout, here comes another boatload of cartoonists.'

"Thanks for your introductory speech at the conference. By the way, Hibblemeyer, it's 'hard-headed' businessman, not 'thick-headed'."

'Too many cliches? Now hold your horses!'

"There is such a thing as a free lunch-it just tastes bad."

"The real question is do you really need a cracker?"

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

"There are far too many balls in your court, Brintner!"

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody

Pushing the envelope.

A panhandler with a sign that reads "I'll never work in this town again!".

Jeffrey N.: The Guy who managed to get the lead out of his pants, but they were still the wrong pants.

'Hmmm, the 27th you say... Yes, I'm away that day, so I guess it's OK for you to play...'

"Herewith, we recommend the following: when you're up to your rear in alligators, it's worth remembering your original purpose was to drain the swamp...."

"Take us to your feeder."

"Always a bridesmaid..."