Agenda Detective Mugs

Hidden Agenda

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

"Your wonderful daughter and I would like to become engaged in F.Y. '97, married in F.Y. '98, and if the numbers look good, start a family in F.Y. '99."

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

'I went into that meeting with a hidden agenda and then forgot where I put it.'

"May I get an equation in edgewise."

"Our new automated workers need a little fine tuning, but they're coming along..."

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

'Duly noted. Now, shall we move on or does anyone else feel the need to have a conniption?'

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

Micro and Macro Department,

"Today's top priority is prioritizing our priorities."

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."

Don't forget to read the small print.

"You say in your resume that you're very meticulous."

"At least you have taste when it comes to your computer's wallpaper."

"Our menu never claims that our meat is barbecued. It just says that it's covered in barbecue sauce."

Manual Labor.

"Yay, we have an agenda for today's meeting!"

"I just audited our books. Your register came up five cents short, Rudy."

'Which are the most popular and least popular items, and which have been on the menu the longest and shortest times?'

Devil in the detail

'Now that we all agree on the agenda, a show of hands on how many want to keep it hidden.'

VARIOUS ITEMS OF LABELLED KITCHENWARE.

When pedants take a break.

"I, for one, do not enjoy these BYO agenda meetings."

'Talk about paranoid. He reads the fine print on his money.'

'When it comes to romance, Sherlock doesn't have a clue!'

"If there's no further old business, we'll move along to new business."

"Hey, Federson. Did you hear that someone around here has been stealing everybody's ideas?"

'I've only just learned to read, and I'm already on page twelve of my sister's diary.'

'Psst, Senator, not that one -- that's your HIDDEN agenda!'

Businessman wonders why he called a meeting.

Forward Planning - The key to Success

"People are always whining about food labelling, but there's NOTHING that ANYONE with a reasonable chemistry degree and maybe a PhD in pharmacology wouldn't with a little effort, be able to understand....At least a little."