Business Lyricist Pillows

Why there aren't so many poem writing business men...

'The check is in the email attachment.'

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

'You'll like this, gang ? it's an 'eyes-only' list of 'shady-but-tolerated' loopholes allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'We're here to carbon date your company's carbon footprint.'

"You're just the man we're looking for. Come around to this side of the desk, and I'll gather up my things and get the heck out of here."

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

'You really want that promotion, don't you, Sherman?'

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

"Hire a cost cutting, bad-guy consultant to turn me into a good guy during the layoffs."

'We're going to need to find a scapegoat.'

Parade of Businessmen

Businessman with in and out boxes marked: 'Hocus' and 'Pocus'

"We're all just a number here, Finch, and fortunately my number is one."

'Before we start, shall we go round the table, and each share our name and a horrible dark secret from our past.'

"In a further effort to increase profits, control costs and satisfy shareholders, we've decided to steal stuff."

'Pretty strange term, market share, considering the whole object is not to.'

'Say, our stress control seminar worked! Our sales are way down...but so what if they are.'

'The massive arrests have made the plans for downsizing much easier.'

Stock market investment advice

'The next piece contains sex, violence, and Homeric epithets.'

'How about we just sit here a while to regulate the gaps in our service?..'

Pin the blame on the donkey.

"We need to think outside the pentangle."

"The new revenue stream is finally kicking in."

"No, I'm not really a CEO. I just like to keep up with the Joneses."

'Don't bother cleaning out your desk. We'll be hiring you back as a consultant for half the salary and no benefits.'

"Meanwhile, obsessing about productivity is way up."

'This prediction has a margin of error of plus or minus fifteen...fifteen class-action suits brought against the company.'

'And we have an employee wellness program. By not offering health insurance or sick pay, we encourage wellness.'

"Openness and transparency are a big part of our corporate mythos."

"At First Infidelity we're all about integrity...."

'I sometimes wonder if these endless meetings accomplish anything.'

"You're quitting? You're walking out?? Couldn't you have at least waited until I finished outsourcing the company??!"