Musical Metaphor Lover Mugs

'The life I love is makin' music with my friends...'

Reading my Critics

"I see the White House didn't lower the flag to half staff."

"He was a big man, but he moved like a cat."

"We had a brainstorm - I hope it's a brainchild."

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

"You know what I think, babe? Seven on the Richter scale."

"See what you get for thinking outside the fishbowl!"

"Honestly, I thought you were a metaphor."

Out of control

A Poem about Sand

When Tia Carmen says... "A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner" it means "I can fix it with a hammer."

'Are we watching business news or sports news?'

"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

Wow. A corner office at last

Rats deserting a sinking ship

'I don't suppose I need to remind anyone that when I use the term 'bite the bullet,' I mean it metaphorically.'

'Stick and Carrot Business Incentive Consultants.'

'Are those physical or metaphorical thunderclouds moving in.'

"Naturally you have trouble getting in touch with your innermost feelings. You're a hollow choclate bunny."

"I'm more interested in hearing about the eggs you're hiding from yourself."

Dangling Carrots

"now let's try one without the tusks."

If poets wrote road signs.

"The elephant is in the OTHER room. I want to talk about the PENGUIN in the room."

'He's trying to fine-tune the economy again.'

Ambitions...To Eat My Words: "Lobster, Fllet Steak, Peaches in Brandy."

"What a day, I swam with the sharks, ran with the bears and wreastled with the bulls..."

'If this thing starts to snowball it will catch fire all across the country.'

WANTED The Strad Cad

'I had a nest egg once, but I sat on it too long, and ended up with nothing but a frozen asset.'

"Well, I guess the bubble has burst over at Phillips Rodny Associates."

"There are far too many balls in your court, Brintner!"

'This is the eight hundred and sixty-seventh day of my captivity - How about you?'

"... And this, gentlemen, is our target for the next six months."