Little Strategist Gifts

'I won it for being the first one to leave the party.'

'One day you'll be able to 'sack' a football manager.'

'He's soccer mad! Ever since he did his first sums he's wanted to be a players' agent.'

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

'I've tried all night without potting a ball.' - 'Try taking away the wooden frame.'

"I haven't started playing the violin. I hide my vegetables in here!"

'How do you like my fantasy weekend so far?'

"So what's this special distracting tactic you've developed?"

'She'll never look for me here.'

'You both know the rules -- walk 1 paces, turn, and tee off on each other.'

"I finally cleaned my room. You don't think she'll look in the yard, do you?"

'It works all the time: Light a candle and dinner comes to you...'

'This will be tough. The parents can handle Bs and Cs, but I really gotta spin this D in math.'

'I am constantly diversifying my toy portfolio.'

'For P.R. purposes, let's use the phrase, 'uncanny luck' rather than 'dumb luck'.'

'I follow my dad's stocks so I know when to ask for an allowance increase.'

Noughts and crosses hugging and kissing.

"Game of checkers? Okay, but I'm watching every move you make."

'Pick up Carlson on the end, he's got proven performance data.'

'If you know what's good for you Allan, you'll let me pass.'

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"We're making progress."

'Now that we all agree on the agenda, a show of hands on how many want to keep it hidden.'

BUSINESS PRESCHOOL

"Maybe I can be a campaign worker."

'As you know, your father liked the sport of Boxing...'

"This'll look great on my transcript!"

"Sign the contract first kid, then you get the sweets!"

'I've been learning a lot, but I do terribly on tests.'

Cat Trap,

"Large destroyer on the horizon, captain."

"Daddy's going of to defeat terrorism in subtler, economic ways."

Bear bends hunter's guns.

"Remember, a journey of a thousand miles begins with either two squares forward and one to the side, or two squares to the side and one forward."

"My mom's having a baby. That automatically moves me into a middle management capacity within the family infrastructure."