Department Representative Mugs

"...I am proud and honoured to be taking credit for your accomplishments."

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

"If we can just get beyond this 'I'm the boss' mentality and concentrate on a simple 'What I say goes' outlook, I think this will all work out."

'A few more years in this job and you'll learn how to delegate stress.'

"This is Briggs, our new department head. He's got an amazing knack for reducing complex problems into easy-to-understand witch hunts!"

'Well, I must say I never thought team-building exercises could be such fun.'

"Bill is in charge of our Ethics Department."

"Do you have a minute, Bob? I'd like to speak with you about the concept of 'leadership'."

'We consult those with whom we agree, which is why I rarely consult my conscience.'

Dave realised that Clive didn't see problems,only 'challenges to be embraced'.

'Your ambiguities are impeccable, young man - just what our department needs.'

"Legal and accounting were O.K. with it, but I had trouble getting it past archery."

"Am I passionate about fashion? Yep, I guess you could say I'm fashionate."

"So you want to give yourselves a pay raise and change term limits so you can continue to ignore voter mandates and introduce ridiculous legislation?"

'Therapy in L.A.'

"I can't hold it together much longer. . . If Bradley doesn't wipe that smug, self-satisfied smirk off his face soon, I swear I'll kill him."

'Attention, all department heads: the buck stops there. I've had it!'

'Daft title. How could you have 'backward' planning?'

Proud mother and new maid

How To Spot A Politician

'They aren't shy about cutting you out of the decision making process.'

"Smart stuff, Chip, but wise up and dumb it down."

"You have a grossly exagerrated view of your own importance. You'll make an excellent department head."

The Department Chairs react to the budget cuts.

The Milbrook Verney chair in literature. The C.K. Frebish endowment for footnotes.

'You're popular? Your workers are (GASP!) satisfied?? I'm afraid you're not the right person for the Head of Department job!'

'Someone's here who'd like you to spend 30 days on an island with 1,000 doctors and some pain pills.'

The Department Chairs react to the budget cuts.

'Please send us an optimist to run the sales department, and a pessimist to run the credit department.'

"Responsibility? Me? Don't be silly. I'm a politician!"

R and D for a Pharmaceutical company

"It's lonely at the top, but don't you love the solitude."

Congressional Gym. I never need to go in there. I get plenty of exercise kicking the can down the road.