Future Dealmaker Mugs

'Don't waste too much time in Congress, son. You've got a really great future as a lobbyist!'

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

SALE

Do you want to win the game or my business?

"Anyway, we'd love to have You on board for the Creighton deal."

'First, the Rules of Engagement for this meeting ...'

Boy sits at father's desk at work and says on phone: 'OK, I'll have my boys call your boys ..'

It's a deal. You give me five analysts, three pundits, seven technicians and a soothsayer. I give you six experts, five professors, four consultants and a prognosticator.

...and if the Chairman rings, find out who he is.

"I'll split my candy with you if you take me Trick or Treating."

'No hostile takeover bids beyond this point.'

'He's out massaging,manipulating and monopolising.'

'Forget my mortgage application, fill this bag with money. I've decided to make a cash offer!'

'Why don't we try a renegotiated buyout offer before we go with the Plague of Rabid Bats thing.'

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

'The trick is to be gentle yet firm in negotiations. I prefer soft money and hard liquor.'

'Okay, let's negotiate. Just how good do I have to be?'

'That's the way I remember him...always cooking up a deal.'

"I came, I saw I takeovered."

"It sounds good so far, are there any strings attached?"

"I was hoping we could avoid the middleman"

"Don't anybody move: this is a merger."

The aspirin deal has given him a headache.

"I wasn't talking in my sleep. I was negotiating."

'It's not a stick-up, it's a merger offer.'

'I love it. It's a win-lose situation.'

'Sorry for interrupting. I didn't realize you were still trying to hammer out an agreement.'

'So, anyone have any idea how we go about explaining how we made a hostile takeover bid for one of our own subsidiaries?'

'I think you should know I'm listening to offers from other Santas.'

"Instead of BOGOFS, I'm going to implement FUCOFS."

"For goodness sake, wait till he's signed the McKimson deal!"

Hostile take-over.