Family Business Takeover Gifts

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

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

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

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

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

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

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

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

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

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

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

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

"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,'

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

"...and remember son. Don't let anybody push you around!"

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

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

"Someday, my dimwitted son, all this will belong to your sister."

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

'One day, this will all be your fault.'

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

'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...'

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

'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?'

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

"Now pay attention when mother is speaking, Hubert!"

"Clean your specs, lady?"