Redundancy Fan Gifts

'I made a backup disc. Then I realized I wanted a backup of the backup. Then I decided just to be safe, to make a backup of that backup...'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

King George I

Romeo & Juliet & Ron

The Da Vinci Cod

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

"I can't come in today, I'm feeling like myself."

You're my Venus

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

St. Elmo's fired.

"Life isn't fair, and that's what makes it fun."

'I'm fired, am I -- What's that supposed to mean?'

Cut out and keep your own Jane Austen.

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

"Years of penny-pinching really paid off. The price of copper just went up again."

Edmund Kean Supporting Drury Lane

They were long past their canine pasts, but the rare stamp brought out the beast in them.

'We'll add extra to your severance package if you promise to go to work for our competition.'

Rembrandt's Selfies

"I'm not loitering officer, I 'm waiting for the next renaissance!"

"Come out, Snivers, it's a decent enough redundancy package."

Knight with paint tin on his head.

'I interview well, but only for exit interviews.'

"He can afford a bigger cage. His old tax forms line the bottom."

"That's too big a pill for me to swallow, Harold!"

'We're keeping Edwards because he forwards the funnier e-mails.'

Knight Supplies

"I have some character-building news for you."

Japan Disaster: Japanese fighting Nuclear Grim Reaper.

"Do you have a dollar menu?"