Game Gripe Mugs

"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...'

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

'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.'

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

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

Virtual chicken crossing the road.

"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.'

"Being a twin is great. I always have a scapegoat."

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

"Today, Trump blamed Obama, Syria blamed terrorists, Russia blamed US aggression, the US blamed Putin..."