Resource Allocator Pillows

Projects and developers fighting over money.

"Stop the throw-away mentality! Save resources! A New Year every 750 days is quite enough!"

Scarcity

Population rocket

Blowing dust off an order book.

'Eee,love - this place gives me a great idea for the spare bedroom!'

"Well, I've finished the project on time and on budget!" "That means I've given you too much time and too much money!"

In the future, wars will be fought over water.

"We want it to look lived in, but not necessarily by us."

Reuse it or lose it.

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

'You've been rearranging the furniture again, haven't you?'

"There is a great deal of evidence that big savings can be made if departments shared resources... But I suspect that implementing the changes might be problematic if we can't even get Norman to lend out his pencil sharpener."

'I'm trying to turn gold into gasoline.'

"It's a terrific space, Tony—but do you think the TV will fit?"

"The mirrors really do make this apartment look bigger."

How judicious you are/How thin you spread it

Castle Efficiency

"And these are the Andersons, our tenants."

Biblical Procurement Tales: Project Ark.

"That's your tiny house!"

Valuable Water

You have two rocks? --- The economy is growing!

'How do you like the new cubicle?' - 'Can I have my old office back please.'

'Managing finance is integral to this post. How would you respond to a perfectly reasonable request for extra funds?'

"Just think- if it really was 'unlivably small,' would they have installed a permanent Ping-Pong table?"

Silly man ordered a bed that is too big for his room.

Future Paybacks - water, $400 per barrel

World Meat Consumptiom

Blood is thicker than water. Oil is thicker yet.

"I like putting any all the holiday decorations....it makes the room seem twice as large."

'I prefer it this way.'

"I think someone's been overfeeding The sacred Cow lately."

"I, too, like being festive, but since we live in a nest, space is a factor."

A=Gets the job done (efficient) B=Wasteful if spent (flashy) Available resources