Cliché Enthusiasts Mugs

"Are you talking to me?"

Clancy Strip: Crossing the Bridge

"I wish for once it wasn't a dog eat dog world..."

"There's nothing I like more than to curl up with a good book."

"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 ..."

'Congratulations! It's a bouncing baby boy!'

Countervailing Clichés.

Snowyphus

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.'

Good stripper cop / Bad stripper cop

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

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

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

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

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

Leopards do change their spots

'Lookout, here comes another boatload of cartoonists.'

'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.'

"Milton Woolburg, founder of traditions, legends, and general flimlam."

'Too many cliches? Now hold your horses!'

'Reserved' (presumably for little miss muffet)

The hero dramatically rides off into the sunset.

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

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

Clancy: Hard Work Never Killed Anybody

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

Pushing the envelope.

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

"Take us to your feeder."

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