Frugality Critic Gifts

'Your excessive saving is thwarting the recovery! Start spending so can rap your knuckles for unsustainable profligacy!'

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

My 5-year-old nephew cut his hair! His mom was so upset until she thought: 'Wait a minute! I just saved 12 bucks!'

'The great thing is, the poor won't be able to squander it on luxuries such as dignity, equality and hope!'

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

'It's cheaper than gas.'

"It's time to get politics out of money."

Clancy Strip: Money and Beer

Welcome all to the monthly gathering of Tightwads United. Hi there. Hello. Hey. On tonight's agenda: Dumpster diving, coupon clipping, and a special lecture. How to carpool while always getting the other person to drive. I'm like a god. Woohoo!! Yeah!!! Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap. Tightwads United.

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

'How much did you save this year?'

Doris was determined to save money on cat parlour fees!

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

"I, too, hate being a greedy bastard, but we have a responsibility to our shareholders."

"Years of penny-pinching really paid off. The price of copper just went up again."

'It took a six hour operation to remove this fiver from your fist.'

'Less spare change under the cushion is my leading economic indicator!'

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

"I always say; 'You don't need to spend a lot of money to have a good time on a first date."

Pandora's box.

"We must do something about the bloated, fat cat image bankers have a acquired...I think I'll settle for a bigger chair!"

"He can afford a bigger cage. His old tax forms line the bottom."

"That's too big a pill for me to swallow, Harold!"

"Is that neat whisky?"

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

'Gentlemen, it's time we tightened our belts.'

"Okay then, what wine do you have if we go up to the four-dollar range?"

'All hail, our economic Overlords!'

"Do you have this in an $11.99?"

"Do you have a dollar menu?"