Succession Planning Fan Prints

Our succession plan is we don't talk about it!

Monkey Curling Lion's Mane.

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

"But I won't bore you with the all too familiar story of a dictator's rise to absolute power,"

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

Election 2020

"Ticket and passport, please."

Bill hits the ground running, makes a big splash early on, and rides a roller-coaster of insane popularity right into the "Where Are They Now?" Wilderness of Forgotten Celebrities.

'I started as an office boy and growled my way to the top.'

"My God—I've forgotten the number of my Swiss bank account!"

'You may have found more new customers than the other salesmen, but your profits are too small! Stop just pulling in peanuts, Barry!'

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

They had no idea what they were doing, but it didn't matter...

Memo Mania

"The kids - Prince Englebert and Princess Felicia - would like us to move into the olde monarchs' home."

'Our short-term solution is money. Our long-term solution is more money.'

Carrot & nose on sticks.

'I envisioned something more robust'

"He's just come back from a 'managing stress' course...He learnt all sorts of strategies for dealing with pressure...maybe he could show us some of them if he ever wakes up."

Domino Effect of Rising Gas Prices.

I don't know … some days it all feels like a big game.

"One day, this will all be yours. But right now, I need you down in the warehouse."

Office, "One day son all of this will be the receivers."

'Andy, this is Doug. Looks like we're going to have to dip into the reserves earlier than we expected.'

"We want to make sure that your wish for us to give you grandchildren has nothing to do with your concerns about future vacancies at your chicken processing plant."

“It’s 2025 Roger, I didn’t think I’d still be seeing the lockdown beard..”

'Don't rush me! I need some time to process everything.'

'One day this will all be...' 'Just die already!'

'Look, thanks for your concern, but I think a flood is something we can cope with!'

'Go to the bank and see if it's still there'

Naval Battle off Memphis, Leading to Capture of City

'The Humpty-Dumpty project is way over budget.'

Eustarch the Younger - the kid who brought the Trojan Horse in through the gates of Troy 'just to play with for a while'.

One More River to Cross. How the Last German got back across the Yser.