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Excess Baggage: Sometimes, your plane ticket is the least expensive part of the trip.

"I’ve combined all your outstanding debt into what we here in the banking business like to call a honkin’ big loan."

"Can you come back? We're still counting carbs."

'He doesn't ask for a menu... he asks for an estimate!'

'This is embarrassing. By MY calculations, the universe should have collapsed in on itself last Wednesday.'

'Unemployed math grad. Will solve quadratic equations for food."

"Have you been working out?"

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

'Wow, my own desk!'

Sales - We could try a 'free offer' but it would cost us.

"The company must save money. That's why we've got to be easy on the carpet."

Business Meeting

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.

"It's right here… Nov. 29th, 1981, at Elaine's… twelve percent."

'Good news I'm ten percent under budget.'

"Our marketing budget has become a black hole."

Number 2 in a series of unlikely events: "There's more money in the budget than we know what to do with so you don't need to ask me every time you just need to spend a few hundred quid."

"I've been working on the household budget."

'Hello, Doc Barnes? I just got your bill. You've just bought yourself a cow.'

School Supply Room. Look at this -- a calculator, a protractor and a compass! You've discovered the missing weapons of math instruction!

Everything became too freaking expensive today.

Insurance PremiumsGrowth Chart,

'And this is where we attempt to forecast the true size of the spending cuts!'

'Self service.' 'How much do I tip myself?'

Economists generally agree that consumers don't trust products that cost too little. If an item is too inexpensive, it seems cheap. A higher cost connotes quality. Price hike! Beware the rabid capitalist bearing economic theory.

"Boy, talk about inflation! When I was a little kid, that only cost $2.50!"

'Wow, Professor Jones, that's an impressive back-of-the-envelope calculation!'

"We will indeed be facing numerous enraged customers."

Duel Fuel?

'I guess I should have paid the foundation bill.'

'Let's face it, you'll just have to pay by instalments and that's just for the deposit...'

What are the chances?

Checking and Savings. Well, a penny saved is still a penny earned -- minus user's fees and transaction charges. (Published originally on October 1, 2005.)

"Papi, do we have enough net financial assets to meet essential living expenses for nine months if our source of income disappears?"