Bread Baron Gifts

"How are we on bread?"

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

'Okay...3.5 billion in stock, 2.5 billion in cash, 80 million in deferred compensation, my own private jet, a luxury car lease for the next ten years, 3 club memberships and...

"Where's all your fish?" "I never should have bought 'coy' fish."

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

"Mr. Thomaston's people are here to talk to your people."

I bake my own bread.

Lemonade fruit juice water stand and Umbrellas, sump, pumps, raincoats stand.

Hot Towel Web Service

"A man's cubicle is his castle—eh, chief?"

"We're a hedge fund, Mr Marney, so I'm putting your allocation at 30% stocks, 30% bonds, and 40% bushes."

"The Oaths of the Venture Capitalists."

'Relax. I've come for your high yield 30 year Treasury bonds. They're about to expire.'

'The very name 'windfall profits' show it's an act of god.'

"I'll have the chicken or the eggs benedict—whichever of them comes first."

Strip Mine Estates - Mineral Rights? They're All Yours.

'Can I get a Chardonnay over dry ice? I hate it when my wine gets wet.'

"Bingo, it's the hippy lady again! She always throws something interesting: last week it was honey-beer bread..."

"Do you have any idea who it is you're talking to?"

"It's non-negotiable."

If they sentence me, I'll simply pay to refurbish the penitentiary. It will be my own little six star hotel!

Sporting World God: And on the seventh day he stitched up the television broadcast rights.

'Sure, I'll come on board for five-hundred times your average worker's wage, plus double that in stock options, and unlimited use of the corporate jet. Also free postage.'

One shandy and two glasses of tap water please.

"Wood-oven-toasted rosemary focaccia or traditional baguette?"

Black is back!

"This one says he's his company's lead-off man."

Agricultural Businessman.

'Forty beers please, oh, and if a woman called Beau Peep calls, tell her you never saw us.'

(One small step for the Nasdaq…. One giant leap for me!)

Stirrbucks

Although less physically imposing than his famous uncle, Baron von Munchkinhausen was no less formidable.

'When people started offering 'Golden Hellos' they didn't realise what a disaster it would be for the business.'

'Sorry, but I have to evict you! I just sold your birdhouse for $ 100.000!'

I swear my grandfather's scowl is getting worse