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.'

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"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!'

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

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

"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''.

'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!"

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

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

'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.'

'Where did we go wrong?'

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

'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?'

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

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

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

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

'There's no need for you to state your opinion, son. Just lipsynching mine will do fine.'

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

Future Micro MGR.

"Clean your specs, lady?"

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

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