Playful Negotiators Mugs

"You tell me where you hid the remote and I'll tell you where I hid your phone."

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

'I'm not playing 'Bride and Groom' unless you sign this pre-nuptial aggreement!'

'She flunked me, but I plea-bargained my way up to a C-plus!'

'But, Mom. Think of all the leftovers he can thankfully eliminate.'

"Stock options won't do it. I'll also need a ball of yarn."

Young costermonger trying to sell to a gentleman.

"I'll trade you my cupcake for your head lice."

'Jack wants to stay home and rad books, and I wanted him to take up roller skating, so we compromised.'

"I just called to say I love you, but come to think of it - can I borrow some money?"

"My therapist says you have to at least meet me half way."

'If I eat three more pieces of meat and three more spoonfuls of peas, I want three puddings after!'

"It's a deal, I trade you two of your lunchroom duties if you take my field trip duty?"

"I learned that I'm more of a leaf pile jumper and less of a leaf pile raker."

'What split would you settle for, fifty fifty?' - 'As long as I get the hyphen as well.'

'I'm afraid I can't do business with you, Miss Carstairs -- you're just too damned cute.'

"It's a note from teacher. She wants to trade the apple I gave her for my chocolate fudge brownie."

"I'm not eating candy before dinner. I'm skipping dinner."

"If you promise to be very careful, Mommy will let you carry the baguettes."

"Dad, I want another dog for my birthday." "NO." "OK. I want a stripper girlfriend for my birthday." "What kind of dog do you want."

'I'll trade you my topsoil for your apple.'

'It's a deal. You buy my insurance and I'll buy your knitted booties.'

'At the last meeting 7 members of the board disagreed. I remember you said that they'd regret it...'

"We had the union meeting here because I felt this was the most appropriate place to present management's contract offer."

"We always lose these staring contests. Their top negotiator has no eyelids!"

"I guess this is about as hostile as we can make this takeover."

'This is your list for Santa?? A corvette? A 50' TV?. . . If you don't become an ambulance chasing lawyer. . . you've missed your calling.'

'I'm going for a plea bargain. Right now, I'm accused of being a lazy slug. But if I plead guilty, I might get it reduced to the lesser charge of malingering.'

"I finally got that order off Benson last night. He signed it a chopstick dipped in soya sauce."

Peace-pipe or non?

'If you raise my allowance, I'll move you up a few places on my links page.'

Kindergarten for Future Politicians. . .

"No, I haven't confronted him. I guess I'm a pussycat."