Business Buyout Mugs

"I can't decide which I'd rather do- make a twenty-billion-dollar bid of turn down a twenty-billion-dollar bid."

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

Man to realtor: 'How much for a starter cubicle?'

'They sold the company in 2001? I was wondering why things were slow.'

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

'If we have only fractional ownership, it's not a private jet anymore, is it?'

Under new blame.

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

"The torch is passed, but since the company is going green, I'm passing a high efficiency, solar powered multi LEC prism spotlight."

"Pistachio almond—that's the buyout."

"Oh, no! We've inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company."

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

Cafe investors: I'd like your support in acquiring the lemonade stand down the street. By cutting redundant labor, marketing and technology. I place our annual savings at $17 billion. The phone company investors bought it. Can monkey lick your head?

"The water does taste a little funny. Maybe they added analgesics, to ease the pain of restructuring."

"And here you see where we successfully concluded the merger to everyone's mutual benefit."

'Watch it...I'm carrying a concealed weapon...my lawyer.'

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

No - None sense, take-charge, inc. - Formerly: Happy-go-lucky, inc.'

'So, summing up: we 'like' you and you 'like' us.'

'Cards for all occasions: takeover, buyouts, mergers, flotation, bankruptcy.'

"All this is mine now! I had my lawyers declare you incompetent!"

'What a wonderful day to declare chapter 13!'

'Dairy herd for sale. Going out of business. All prices include cut and wrapped.'

Let's shake on it.

Predator, Inc bought Prey, Ltd