Sandbox Negotiator Gifts

"We're offering twenty million plus incentives over a four-year period, Mrs. Morton. Can Timmy come out and play?"

"Do you want to pretend to be a doctor and I'll pretend to be a hotshot civil litigation attorney who sues you till your ears bleed?"

'You see, Brad, I'm not just a highly polished career woman.'

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

'I don't know what 'peer pressure' is, but it makes a GREAT excuse!'

'Sure, I took your shovel. Ethics doesn't kick in for a year or two.'

'But, Mom. Think of all the leftovers he can thankfully eliminate.'

"Stock options won't do it. I'll also need a ball of yarn."

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

'At first I was grounded, but my lawyer was able to plea bargain it down to 30 minutes in the Time Out Chair.'

Boy in toy car talking on phone.

"It turns out I just wasted the whole morning networking with a dog."

That kid's all business.

'He's trying to talk them into giving themselves up!'

"Houston, we have a problem!"

"How could you forget where you buried dad. You do know he has the car keys in his pocket?"

'I'm pretty sleepy tonight, Dad - could we just skip ahead to the chase scene?'

"I'll trade you my cupcake for your head lice."

"I got it from eBay."

"Oh, it's just more white-male stuff."

"He just talked me into giving him a 200% raise in his allowance. At least we don't have to worry about him not succeeding in business when he grows up."

'Jack wants to stay home and rad books, and I wanted him to take up roller skating, so we compromised.'

'I can grant you 3 wishes as long as none of them are about getting up on the furniture.'

"I'v got this center-of-the-universe gig."

"I realize you want to enjoy every last minute of summer, but it's not possible to stay awake until school starts."

"I'm not giving up the present till I see the party bag."

'Early to bed and early to rise? It's a deal.'

"I learned that I'm more of a leaf pile jumper and less of a leaf pile raker."

"By the time I develop a true understanding of sand, I'll probably be forced into some sort of organized sports."

'Let's arbitrate.'

'I've been coming to Kindergarten every day for two weeks-- When do I get paid'

'All right. I'll get forty winks, but not one wink more.'

'I'm about to have a tantrum. What are you doing?'

"Come pick me up. This is going nowhere,"

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