Textbook Tactician Gifts

"I'm not going to bother studying that section. I'm just learning to the test."

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

"Works every time."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

"That was a rumor day."

Football.

The Use of Cavalry

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

Kosovo.

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

Musician

"I try to get a head start on them."

'Remember, shares can also go down...'

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'I don't know about you, Sam, but so far my clients aren't going for this cross between tradtional and online trading.'

"Buy on the dip, ignore the blip, and sell before the bubble bursts."

Kamakasi pilot instructor

'Quick! Play dead!'

'Hurry, hurry! What's he saying?'

"Now we have all your arrows!"

The invisible hand of the marketplace.

"However, now, gentlemen, we see the frown has become a smile."

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

Napoleon with a wine bottle for a shadow

Chess Chef

"Richard just came in - he must have had a board meeting."

"It's blank because we haven't found a new war yet."