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"Business has been so good that I can now pay you a salary...mom!"

'I see from your C. V. that you're my son...'

"The next one hasn't even bothered with a resume. She just says 'Daddy will understand'. . ."

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"We've doubled our staff in the last six months." (Smith and Smith - baby in playpen behind desk).

'As a member of our great company family, my pink slip was signed with 'Yours Aunt Anny, personnel manager''.

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

"Hmmm...impressive CV! Y'know, I have a feeling that you'll go far in this company...."

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

The last of the Mom and Pop brokerage houses

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'I handed over my company to my son and he's doing better than I ever did. Unfortunately he's starting school next year...'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

Future Micro MGR.

"Clean your specs, lady?"

Mom's The Boss

"We don't know the meaning of the word nepotism in my firm. My son over there will back me up on that."

"I brought you up here today, son, because I wanted you to get a feel for the scope of this damned thing."

'Someday, son, all this will be yours...' 'In the meantime...'

"This is a family operation, Ben, and we're evicting you from our family."