Fiscal Raconteur Gifts

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

"Although technically it's a profit and loss statement, the narrative is admittedly rather one-sided."

Ernie Studios. Hi, Ernie. What movies are you working on? We have a script about astronauts marooned on a planet filed with talking gorillas who are in hard economic times. I think I'll call it "The Apes of Wrath"! We're casting "Reignman." The central character is a savant monarch. And we're filming a movie about a suburban town populated by women with strange, long hair ... It's called "The Stepford Weaves."

'Of course you're very dear to me - that meal just cost a fortune.'

'The hair specialist is down the hall.'

'No.... My cat doesn't like being given pills either...'

"Yes, but you were the defender of the wrong faith."

"I wrote a poem, even though I'm on vacation."

'Are you blind ref?'

'Oh, really? I work for little softy.'

I'm a gangster rap fan too!

Basic Tax Law/Loopholes.

"I was just ringing to see if you got the e-mail about the letter I sent you?"

"And that was my day at the office. Thanks, Alice, you've been a great audience!"

"He assured me the merger is nothing to worry about."

"You bet I had it mounted, it gave me the best fight of my life."

Isn't that a surveillance camera?

And that, gentlemen, is my opinion for what it's worth.

"Bartleson, are we cronies yet?"

'He's still on a tether from his incarceration, but one day he hopes to go wireless.'

"The employer-employee bond is sometimes difficult to sever."

"It's a brovella about my life in the frat. But if it's longer than two hundred pages it becomes a brahvel."

"You misinterpreted the news. I've simply had a terrific autumn."

Crime and punishment - football.

Commuting with Sardinetrack - 'Coo, don't they pack us in?'

"Oh, I'm not arguing. I'm just stating my opinion and ignoring everything you say."

Well, whaddaya know, your insurance DOES cover probes. Check-Out.

'Suspence, intrigue, deceit, vice...the annual report.'

'...And before I knew it, I'd delegated ALL my authority!'

"Tonight: date with an angel: gonna meet her at seven: be on my way to heaven. Get the picture, Bob?"

'Well yes there was life before television but it didn't amount to much. . .'

Prince Charles celebrates Queen's abdication.

"Considering my cash flow, best practices would prescribe that you pick up the check."

"Sorry mate, last train's gone."

'Howdy, Millie, how's your incontinence?'