Overtime Negotiator Pillows

...and don't forget to ask them for more overtime.

'Don't worry about it. If at first we don't succeed, we can do it later and get paid time-and-a-half for it.'

"Instead of taking a bath can I wear a flea collar?"

"Of course, I'm willing to negotiate. . ."

"No, four glasses of water was enough. . . now I have to go to the bathroom!"

'So we're agreed: we'll go to mediation.'

'I might give you the benefit of the doubt. But I doubt it.'

'What if I promise not to look?'

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

"Houston, we have a problem!"

'I always feel at the end of the day I could've taken credit for more.'

'But I'm not tired yet!!!'

"The union is objecting to our 'grotesquely inflated' wages, do you think they'd settle for 'outrageously inflated' instead?"

"No screen time means more scream time."

"Miss Rogers, Sally Green. Is it true my son's research project is 'the effect of too much television on a typical ten-year-old?'"

'I understand yours is a highly coveted position in this company.'

Playerpen - 'Naptime already?'

'Early to bed and early to rise? It's a deal.'

"I realize you want to enjoy every last minute of summer, but it's not possible to stay awake until school starts."

'No, the strike isn't over - they're burning the company flag.'

'All right. I'll get forty winks, but not one wink more.'

'And finally, on these wage demands I give no quarter; a dime is my last offer.'

"Tonight the covers stay on my side."

'Whenever I need a little peace and quiet, I do without,'

'I promised my Dad I'd be home by ten but I didn't say if that was P.M. or A.M..'

"I wanted to give Christmas bonuses but that would violate the separation of church and business."

'We're agreed then - no more purring or tail wagging until our demands are met.'

Worker Bees bring in a union negotiator.

Industrial Disputes: the Early Years

'But I can't go to bed yet, Mom. Kids watch an average of seven hours of TV a day, and I've only watched five and a half hours.'

"Please! Just let me stay up one more hour. Then I promise I'll fall asleep right here in front of the TV."

'Early to bed and early to rise. I like a saying with an escape clause.'

"Good news! The White House has agreed to negotiate with us on that $400 mil in cuts!" "What do you have to give up next time... the other arm or a leg...?"