Since you know where I work ... you can guess where these came from ... enjoy!
* I wouldn't exaggerate that in 100 million years.
* How could such a bad plan go so horribly wrong?
* When you use age as an excuse almost anything is impossible.
* working in export control is like entering a career cul-de-sac
* As soon as you have 2 people you have organization problems
* Are we averaging the colors?
* My ignorance on this subject is advanced
* Your lips say "no" but your business card says " BCA Sales"
* State of the art Stupidity
* Half the world is half a world away
* Velocity is slowing us down.
* Shooting ducks in a barrel.
* All that means is you've done the appropriate violation of the ground rules
* it's like trying to goose a ghost
* Can you go back to the next chart
* We will put all the data in a suppository for you
* We gotta fall behind early so we have more time to catch up
* whenever the cowboy starts bucking before the horse, the outcome's never good
* I didn't make a bad decision. I made a good decision but the outcome was bad.
* We will not be surprised by anything we know today
* We don't need your help. We're good enough to develop our own problems
* I don't even know how to spell incompetent let alone be one
* Our business model has reached the end of its lifecycle
* Nothing is worse than an orchestra full of first chairs
* We need to re-grope
* The risk is that it doesn't happen
* I am as mad as a stockholder
* 4-Star mad
* The data looks good, too bad it's wrong
* Transferring work to someone else is not work
* I'm only right because I'm ignorant
* Heck with the agenda let's just play rock n roll
* Holy Smokey Wokey
* Holy Smokey cows
* Nobody can say what they want. So we will spend the next few weeks talking about what we don't want.
* If work were fun we'd still be plowing fields with sticks
* If you try to pitch that chart your kids will be without a father
* Your analysis says the addressable market is larger than the GDP of all but three counties of the world
* I love stories because if they are good it doesn't matter if they are true or not.
* If we have to do any work we failed
* I miss being a customer.
* I.T. and drug traffickers are the only people that call their customers "Users"
* I have not yet begun to ignore your request.
* We're just putting out fires with a flamethrower here.
* We will set the precedence and let those that follow challenge it.
* The actuals line is the forecasted actuals, not actual actuals so it is confusing.
* To be successful, we need to put blinders on to what is happening.
* If we consider one data point a trend, we've turned a corner to the road of health.
* We're not at any point at this point.
* He is out there shaking babies and kissing hands.
* I guess we could get down to brass tactics
* This is a status meeting, not see how things are going, meeting
* Unlikely events seem impossible when they lie in the future
* All mental models are wrong, some are useful
* Whoa - Somebody stepped on a stink bug
* It's the Halloween strategy - we pay attention to who is screaming the loudest
* You're doing a five axis wiggle on this issue
* Aside from the goofiness the numbers look good
* This will only drive customer loyalty if the customer knows about it
* (cell phone vibrates under the table) Don't look at me. I don't have anything that sounds like that.
* You are better than you look!
* Not to kick a dead horse down the road...
* He's in his "Lou" bubble.
* ISO9006? What if we work real hard and only get to ISO9004.
* That truck was 4 tons of rust flying in close formation.
* OK, well I'm off to where the carpets are thick and the minds are thin.
* He's like a dark hole of intellect!
* The proof in the pudding is when the rubber meets the road.
* We're asymptotically approaching completion.
* This chart is like blowing a dog whistle - Nobody can hear your message
* How could such a bad plan go so horribly wrong?
* When you use age as an excuse almost anything is impossible.
* working in export control is like entering a career cul-de-sac
* As soon as you have 2 people you have organization problems
* Are we averaging the colors?
* My ignorance on this subject is advanced
* Your lips say "no" but your business card says " BCA Sales"
* State of the art Stupidity
* Half the world is half a world away
* Velocity is slowing us down.
* Shooting ducks in a barrel.
* All that means is you've done the appropriate violation of the ground rules
* it's like trying to goose a ghost
* Can you go back to the next chart
* We will put all the data in a suppository for you
* We gotta fall behind early so we have more time to catch up
* whenever the cowboy starts bucking before the horse, the outcome's never good
* I didn't make a bad decision. I made a good decision but the outcome was bad.
* We will not be surprised by anything we know today
* We don't need your help. We're good enough to develop our own problems
* I don't even know how to spell incompetent let alone be one
* Our business model has reached the end of its lifecycle
* Nothing is worse than an orchestra full of first chairs
* We need to re-grope
* The risk is that it doesn't happen
* I am as mad as a stockholder
* 4-Star mad
* The data looks good, too bad it's wrong
* Transferring work to someone else is not work
* I'm only right because I'm ignorant
* Heck with the agenda let's just play rock n roll
* Holy Smokey Wokey
* Holy Smokey cows
* Nobody can say what they want. So we will spend the next few weeks talking about what we don't want.
* If work were fun we'd still be plowing fields with sticks
* If you try to pitch that chart your kids will be without a father
* Your analysis says the addressable market is larger than the GDP of all but three counties of the world
* I love stories because if they are good it doesn't matter if they are true or not.
* If we have to do any work we failed
* I miss being a customer.
* I.T. and drug traffickers are the only people that call their customers "Users"
* I have not yet begun to ignore your request.
* We're just putting out fires with a flamethrower here.
* We will set the precedence and let those that follow challenge it.
* The actuals line is the forecasted actuals, not actual actuals so it is confusing.
* To be successful, we need to put blinders on to what is happening.
* If we consider one data point a trend, we've turned a corner to the road of health.
* We're not at any point at this point.
* He is out there shaking babies and kissing hands.
* I guess we could get down to brass tactics
* This is a status meeting, not see how things are going, meeting
* Unlikely events seem impossible when they lie in the future
* All mental models are wrong, some are useful
* Whoa - Somebody stepped on a stink bug
* It's the Halloween strategy - we pay attention to who is screaming the loudest
* You're doing a five axis wiggle on this issue
* Aside from the goofiness the numbers look good
* This will only drive customer loyalty if the customer knows about it
* (cell phone vibrates under the table) Don't look at me. I don't have anything that sounds like that.
* You are better than you look!
* Not to kick a dead horse down the road...
* He's in his "Lou" bubble.
* ISO9006? What if we work real hard and only get to ISO9004.
* That truck was 4 tons of rust flying in close formation.
* OK, well I'm off to where the carpets are thick and the minds are thin.
* He's like a dark hole of intellect!
* The proof in the pudding is when the rubber meets the road.
* We're asymptotically approaching completion.
* This chart is like blowing a dog whistle - Nobody can hear your message
