Optimistic Goodbyer Gifts

Toot toot, toosie, Goodbye!

The fate of the emigrant

"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."

'I hate leaving work when I feel I could have delegated more.'

"Hoora! I made it through another day!"

"That's right - 'What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.' You just keep on thinking that..."

"And watch out for the boss,he has a habit of creeping up on you."

"I hate weddings. They make me feel a momentary lapse of cynicism."

'Now that the price of gold is up, we'd like to have your retirement watch back, Boggs.'

'I'm sorry, Buzzy, but we're downsizing the hive...'

"You got this, Nana."

'I'll do half of it.'

'Say, wasn't that the bluebird of happiness?'

Doom & Gloom

"We're luckier than most people..."

"Captain, we can't communicate with the creature. It seems to only speak in corporate lingo."

"Plunder and booty isn't all that easy to come by anymore."

'On the contrary-I quite enjoy that Monday morning feeling!'

'My doctor says it's the result of stress caused by overwork.'

"I'd feel like a hypocrite contributing to his farewell gift after firing him."

"I suggest you say your final 'I told you so'."

"I lost everything-the business, the house, the landscape."

Break Glass in Case of Emergency

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

A marooned man builds a swing set from his lone palm tree.

I think you put it off long enough.

Wishing Well 10c. . . Second Wish Free

"Do you think we'd do better if we trained?"

Marooned Painter

"I have high hopes for today's weather."

BETTER THAN LAST YEAR

'I try not to push him. After all, his job, his division, his company and his hometown were eliminated.'

"Let me begin by saying it's been nice knowing you, Hibblemeyer."

STRIP Hambone: Office collection for a retiring computer