Think Tank Aficionado Mugs

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

Light Bulb Moment

'Great news, Dear! I've been traded to a think tank in California for a PhD Specializing in the Baltics!'

Bright idea

The Thought Process.

"I have to refill it everyday. He has a tendency to retain water."

"It's o.k., come on out."

"So what makes you think you're the man for the job?"

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

"But some of my best ideas come while I'm in the litter box."

Men in office, pose as Rodin's: The Thinker. A sign on the wall reads: THINK.

'Would you believe it took 60 people and a half a million dollars to come up with that?'

"Does the N.R.A. know about this?"

"Tractors, Sir - thousands of 'em!"

'Does my bum look big in this?'

"The boss spent the day bouncing ideas off me!"

"Actually, I worked my way up from ideas and you can too!"

The Economy of Ideas

New Ideas in Business.

Man read's Newton's 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principa Mathematica' and says: 'Blimey Isaac, this is, er, pretty heavy stuff.'

Capital

"I wish you wouldn't buy things from people who come to the door."

''Relativity,' you say? — Well, it can't be any worse than your 'speed bump' theory.'

Golf war: 'Fore!'

'Think OUTSIDE the box, not ABOUT the box.'

"I tried bouncing a few ideas off Bob but they bounced back."

"Our funding runs out in a month. Will everyone please think a little faster?"

A man having a light bulb screwed into his head.

'Fill up your tank, sir?'

Beware of dog sign (tank)

Donald Rumsfeld

'But this IS my mobile home!'

Culturally significant problems solved.

Man in a tank with several grannies painted on the side

Early American Think Tank.