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

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

Blowing dust off an order book.

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

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

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

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."

BMA criticises 'Black Hole' of NHS IT spending

"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."

'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'

"C'mere, space heater."

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

Husband dismayed to get cold mutton for dinner again. Wife comments that someone must be economical on the housekeeping money she is given.

'Nothing like the workplace to inspire creativity.'