Resourcefulness Gifts

Leash broke - lucky I'm a 42D

"Don't just forage - upcycle!"

"We're tolerably self sufficient. Alistair, for example, makes all our own petrol."

A new species just discovered in the Softwood Forest...The TP tree.

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

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

Scarcity

'The good news is we've discovered a vast new oil resource. The bad news is we need a space ship to get there.'

Environmentalist Brainstorm

World Production.

Population rocket

Your energy bill is enclosed. You might want to sit down.

'You raised the price of air to 50c!' 'Inflation.'

Blowing dust off an order book.

"I don't know...seems like budget cuts have gone pretty far this year."

"I'm taking your advice and saving my money!"

'Margaret, what are we doing on this cruise ship that we couldn't have done at home, cheaper?'

In the future, wars will be fought over water.

"Let's start with a couple of glasses of water and if that goes well I'll order two coffees."

"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."

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

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

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

"I've been told to go through all our expenses...cut out any fat, get rid of any costly perks!"

"Usually when a person is stranded on an island, they make a grass hut. Apparently, you're more resourceful than that."

"We could have a Do-It-Yourself wedding! Your friends could do the cake and flowers, Uncle Jim could do the photos..."

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

"If you don't have weights at home, try using canned food or the psychological burden of simply existing in this world!"

Mankind loves Earth

Cost cutting construction ideas that failed: using rhubarb instead of rebar in concrete.

'He's studying to go to university' - Student reading book; 'HOW TO LIVE ON NO MONEY'

'If the pound is worth so little, can I have a couple?'

"C'mere, space heater."

'Management doesn't think we have a staffing problem...Apparently all we need to do is to use our imagination.'