Troublemaker's Strategist Gifts

'You can get into enough trouble just in Geneva -- no way you're going to a summit conference in LAS VEGAS!'

"Send ME to bed early, will they?"

'Here comes your Daddy - Do you want me to do the talking?'

'Coulda, woulda, and definitely shoulda.'

A Grade Two student explains why he is so eager to get back to school.

Businessman at the deep end.

'Well if you're sick of seeing me here, and I'm sick of coming in here,let's call a truce!'

". . . and that dumb Mrs. Parker could have figured I had the Ace, King and Jack, but no, she goes ahead bidding in hearts. . ."

'He's the teacher's pet. She keeps him in a cage in the back of the class.'

"Come on... you love knocking things off the counter!"

'Elroy had an unfortunate knack for picking fights with the wrong people'

'Fine, I'll go to my room, but one day when I'm a famous artist you'll be telling this story as an amusing anecdote!'

Whatever 'shenanigans' are, they must be long. Grandma says there's no end to mine!

"If he could put a horse up his sleeve, he'd probably win at that too."

'Dad, before I tell you what happened, how much does a piece of glass nine feet by twelve feet cost?'

"Blackmail has given me a confidence I've never felt before."

'He's busy right now, sweating out a risky trade. Can he call you back?'

'Sweetheart, your calls are slowing my early release.'

Bar: 'Don't bring your troubles in here...we don't want to hear about it!'

A pirate fishes using his hook.

Looking for trouble - Can of worms with a can opener next to it.

"I told you not to write in that wet cement!"

'I had to get a new imaginary friend. The last one was getting me into too much trouble.'

"...and this is where the teachers go to get away from me!"

J G Farrell

"I'm up to my neck in trouble, aren't I?"

'There will be no underground in this house.'

Tainted occupations recommended for school bully.

Boy throwing mud over a coachman's heels

'This is a banking style investment casino.'

"I don't jump on the countertops to annoy you. That's just a nice bonus."

Stupid Excuse

"I was expelled from reform school."