Family Businessman Gifts

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

'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.'

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

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

'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''.

Tree's Tree Nursery. Get this. Dad is selling those goofy upside-down tomato planters. What idiot would buy them? Thanks! I'll let you know how it works! My idiotic bio teacher.

'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!"

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

'Son I want you to Follow in My Footsteps.'

The last of the Mom and Pop brokerage houses

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

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

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

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

'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?'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'Someday, son, this will all be yours...to give to the IRS, thanks to the back taxes I owe.'

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

'My son decided to join the firm. You have six months to shape him into executive timber.'

'It's a terrific family business: We have about 53 staff-members...'

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

"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?"

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