Rule Stickler Gifts

"For goodness sake, I don't need to do a new risk assessment each time I cut a new tree..."

'Zero Tolerance Area'

'... and no hitting below the belt like this...'

"Nothing in here about earthquakes. Your ball moved so there's a penalty stroke."

Passenger on a train blaming a clerical man for smoking

'Bavetta! The foul is called 'holding.' Stop calling it 'touchy-feely.''

"No no no...You can kick the ball into touch, not the opposition!"

'You stink! You missed that encroachment call with 15 seconds left.'

'Oh maaaan. Not again!!'

"It doesn't matter how poor and hungry your family is, sir. The limit has been exceeded."

"The Department of Revenue and Tax? No, sorry, never heard of it before. You must have dialed the wrong number. This is the Department of Tax and Revenue."

'Thou shalt not steal...except for bases.'

TSA Noah

Dog Crossing

Dog tries to obey No Dog sign

"Sorry, bud. You know the rules... Dibs is dibs."

"You have no idea what it's like to be a 'just between you and me' person in a 'just between you and I' world."

"Hey! There's a hair in my soup!"

'Where's my glove?'

Camping with Mr. Thorough

Basically, you should think outside the box, but don't color outside the lines!

Dr Ed Henderson demonstrates that it IS possible for someone to become too familiar with the safety rules.

'Just think of one of these as enabling legislation for the golden rule.'

'That's our corporate ladder.'

I have a new linguistic pet peeve. It's when, instead of just saying something like, "Bob ate a sandwich," people say, "Bob, he ate a sandwich." It drives me absolutely crazy. Speaking as a psychiatrist, that's a short drive, Al.

"Turn off cell phones violators will be over ruled."

Office computer: 'Thank you for not using me for personal business.'

'Here are the safety manuals you wanted'

"Until you're top management, Warrick, I strongly suggest you stay within the lines."

"The deadline for compliance just kicked in."

'Will you stick to the script!!!'

'The beer's not cloudy, the glass is dirty.'

'It's from the Federal Trade Commission -- we have to put in a non-smoking section.'

She didn't know when her baby climbed onto the prize pile, but she could never turn her back on the international Carny code of law.

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN, 'It's okay, I guess, but they sure hassle you about compliance!'