Crisis Solver Mugs

"People, I think we need to work together on this."

'My nephew suggest that we beg Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to solve the crisis. Childish, eh? Would you please find out these guys' phone numbers?'

Mario Monti: cleaning up Italian debt.

World Bank

"Looks like we found the issue."

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

' A good idea '

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

Can do...No can do

'What's wrong now?'

It would be a painful forty five minutes before Arthur finally admitted he left his presentation at home.

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

'Actually, we were hoping you guys would have the solution to all our problems.'

A man sees a leak in his ceiling and drills a hole in the floor under leak to by pass his apartment.

A Major Refresher Course is in Order.

'He's holding a sign saying he's marooned with 20 cases of La Tache. A second sign: drop a corkscrew and come back in six months.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

'You're a genius, Hoppy!'

"Hey, I'm just playing devil's avocado!"

Archimedes helps Sisyphus

"All this spinning...shouldn't this be charging our phones or something?"

'And this is Allan...he's the brain in the family!'

Innovative

"Wait—what did I come into this room to do?"

Tossing computer into canyon.

Directions: Call a smart friend.

Thinking outside of the box

'I'm designing a robot that'll do my drafting homework for me,'

"Have you ever thought of just knocking this 'half-empty glass' OFF the counter?"

'Someone's got to do something about these pot-holes!'

Six Thinking Hats

Breakthrough