Pocket Money Manager Gifts

'In the future, if we're a little late with your allowance, don't just automatically turn it over to a collection agency.'

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

"Dad, I ran out of disposable income."

'The good news is that what you save on my hair cut can be added to my allowance.'

'I know that other kids manage on ?5 pocket money - but their parents don't charge them to watch any television programme their parents don't happen to approve off!'

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

'I think I know what the problem is!'

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

Money exchange

"We balanced our budget this month!"

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

Busking, "Stop worrying your father for money."

'If you must know... I got the ten-million-dollar bonus this year because... instead of losing 15-million-dollars, we could of possibly lost much, much more!'

'I've crunched the numbers and you can afford to increase my allowance by 15.5%.'

"Constant vigilance, regular trimming."

'I use my Blackberry all the time to check the competition's executive bonuses.'

'Don't worry about making your will, Miss Moneybags leave everything to me. . .'

"We rolled your account over, sir, and that just made it worse."

'Diversify, diversify, diversify. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, unless it's Easter.'

"I don't get an allowance. I get earnings per share."

'You're my economic advisor. What'll I do?'

"Want to trade banks with me?"

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

"Let's say an immediate $10.00 allowance increase plus an annual 8% cost of living raise and I'll call him off."

Overdraft limit.

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

What is possible and what is probable.

Here today, Bailed Out Tomorrow.

"Mum, Dad, my pocket money could do with some quantitative easing please."

'Well, okay. So we almost bankrupted the country. But we've managed to make a slight profit thanks to the government bail out package, so who can possibly deny us a fat bonus this year?'

Piggy Bank ATM

'...but if daddy raised your allowance he'd be hurting the economy by stimulating inflation. You wouldn't want him to do that, would you?'

'I'm worth more than $3,000 as a federal income tax exemption. So how about a raise in my allowance?'