Game Gripe Gifts

'I hate this game.'

"This position has become very important to the company."

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

"I'm expert at sniffing out blame."

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

"Delegating authority is good. Delegating blame is better."

Alternative fielding positions

'So, now we have ascertained who is responsible...'

"After 10 broken keyboards, I finally bought him one that's designed for someone who bangs on it when they're mad."

"I'm tired of being used as a scapegoat."

The Birth of a Lawsuit

"Dammit, Higgins, we don't need simple explanations, we need complicated excuses!"

Teenage Angst.

Office Canteen: 'Getting in a consultant is win-win for us... we'll get the credit if it's a success - but, if it all goes wrong, we've got someone else to blame!'

'Can I help it if she's a rotten teacher?'

Competitive tic-tac-toe

'It's so much better since business became computerized -- it was so hard to blame things on typewriters.'

Business cartoon showing a business man headed toward 'blame'.

"I'm afraid pretty much every esoteric company name is taken so we're left with 'Mugwump', 'Grungydink' or 'Buh'."

'I like the way you handle responsibility, Mac, so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

"I'm not worried because somehow all this is your fault."

Can I be Frank with you?

'I'll know Mr. Right when I see him. Upon marriage, he'll be willing to change his last name to mine.'

"I will be reading a prepared statement, but I don't know who prepared it, so don't blame me!"

'You worry too much. Next time something goes wrong, try blaming someone else.'

Frank & Ernie's Diner. Cook Book. The cookbooks are just Ernie's way of shifting the blame.

Virtual chicken crossing the road.

"My parents named me Bill because I was past due when I was born."

I blame society for putting me here. But mostly I blame metallurgy for keeping me here.

"Actually, the first name was easy. It's her last name we're battling about."

Early Days In Birthday Game Invention. . .

"Look, I'm not blaming you. I'm just suing you."

'Well, if no one is willing to take responsibility for it, we'll blame it on climate change.'

"We suck at this."

'And that's the latest on today's coaching changes.'