Conference Call Enthusiast Gifts

Office worker on desert island on cell phone: 'No, I haven't seen the minutes.'

'Jack, I'm on a conference call right now.'

"Go ahead—unmute yourself."

'Don't disturb me - I'm in conference!'

"Must be another conference-call party."

'Mr. Coleman is on vacation. Would you care to hold?'

"Thank God! Someone to network with!"

'The King of what?'

"Indeed - you're Mr. Gurkenman! After all the 200m meetings I remembered you much smaller!"

'Telephone call for Mr. Right!'

Mobile phones and long distance relationships,

'It's the bank again... What I'd give for a bit of good old-fashioned heavy breathing!'

"You need to turn down the vibration setting on your cell phone."

'You think he overheard my last lecture on tax code revision?'

"Off to work, Hon. See you tonight."

Thank you for not making faces during teleconferences with the boss.

"Remember this? One sweetheart of a deal!"

'I need to appear bold and decisive. Won't someone PLEASE ask me a yes or no question?'

'I'm afraid turn out isn't as high as we'd expected...three of them misheard the date, five got the time wrong and everyone from marketing went to a hotel in Norwich by mistake.'

...the onion rings

"The annual conference was running smoothly until Rusty, from a rival company, sneaked in and threw a stick."

It is nice to connect with family from other planets

'I'll be late for dinner - a shelf fell on me.'

'I'm still in conference, Miss Alsted.'

"Wow, Greg's background makes it look like he's in space!"

'Nobody gets to the point quicker than Ron!'

"It's a fair COP26."

'I've been looking forward to this the whole year: It can get lonely out there...'

"....and Brian, down there, is just here to even out our grid."

Working from Home

"And from now on these staff meetings will be conducted online. You people are a breeding ground for germs."

I hope I've shown you some ways to curb emissions and I look forward to seeing you again at next year' s conference

"Yes, I'm still on hold and counting the billable minutes."

"No, you hang up first. No, you!"

Physicists at the Fourth Grotschlov Conference assembled to determine once and for all if light is a wave or a particle.