Conference Devotee Gifts

"I think you should all consider yourself very fortunate to be here considering how few seats there are for this event."

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

Dialogue

"Oh, Jeff, you swore this wasn't a podcast."

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

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

"There's an app that helped me finish grades 3 through 7. If you need me, I'll be in my room playing video games for the next few years."

"Did you read my review on Amazon? Four out of four people found it helpful."

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

World Food Summit - No food and drink allowed in the auditorium.

'How come we never get invited to 'come as you are' parties?'

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

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

Is that one of those wafer thin computers?

Chaos Theory Conference.

John couldn't help but think that his team had a different perspective on the event than he did...

'You know me, I'm a problem solver. I listen. I flirt with understanding. I move on.'

'Pick a business card.'

"What's Tim doing on the window ledge?"

"Psychiatric convention"

"I considered riding my bike to work until I realized it involved pedaling and sweat."

Weinberg's egregious error would damage his reputation forever, His colleagues would thereafter refer to him as 'the big double dipper,

"I'm feeling a lot of love in the room - with the exception of that guy over there."

"Dr Andrea Patterson; animal behaviour."

Giant screen displays conference delegates and not the speaker.

AI Summit

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

"Remember this? One sweetheart of a deal!"

'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.'

"We were out-gunned from the get-go. We're fidget spinners and they're Rubik's Cube."

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

Opening arguments would begin after the intimidation round.