Conference Connoisseur Gifts

"Well, for starters, Matt has been showing definite improvement in risk-taking."

'Would the person who's inhaling the very life out of this meeting please stop it right now?'

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

"But I see you're having difficulty following my argument."

'Somehow, with the world the way it is, calling a conference room where we decide whether our logo should be square or rectangular 'the war room' seems a tad. . .'

Variety of people having a meeting around a table.

Due to obsessive and intrusive attention by the Media, this news conference will be cancelled

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

A man giving a speech at the "Umpteenth Annual Convention".

'I read the paper you gave at the Iceland Conference on my way to the Hawaii Conference.'

Don't you worry JB, everything is fine here.

I'd like to talk about absenteeism.

'The meaning of communinication is the response we get'

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

Dialogue

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

With the popularity of spell-checkers, many people are turning to the new speech-checkers.

Men gossiping

"Help! I'm surrounded by idiots."

"It probably got lost in the voice mail."

"Oh! It's you! I was expecting the machine."

'Your wife says you act like a fool. I thought you said she never pays attention to you.'

"I feel like I don’t even know my own husband ... and it’s driving me wild!"

"I guess when your husband dies you'll really understand what they mean by a statistical death."

"Miss Duxbury, put me through to someone."

Convention for People Who Like to Attend Conventions.

"My spokesperson won't speak to me."

Your Leaders Putting Words Into More Words

"No, no, that’s in a bar, Mr. President — you can talk politics and religion here."

"I'm a great ... umm... like ... umm... like... umm ... communicator."

Counselor. It's annoying that he always has to have the second-to-last word

Harvey went to the kitchen to top up his gin and tonic. When he came back, things took an unexpected turn.

Telephone message - 'This is a recording. If you'd like to speak to a real live human being, forgetaboutit.

Bill was so determined to Twitter no one dared tell him he couldn't do it with a calculator.