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Volcanic ash cloud held up with sticks

"Someday she'll solve the world's problems."

"Is this a 'GOTCHA' question?"

"You're good at asking all the right questions. Now let's hear some right answers."

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"OK team, we need innovative solutions and we need 'em fast!"

Kiwi Ingenuity

"How on earth do you get this blasted box to open...?"

"Every single day, guys ask you for advice about women, work, sports... Haven't you ever even heard of the law of supply and demand?. . .I'd be glad to steer the downtrodden and the forlorn your way for a mere 82% of the man-to-man-talk fee."

TECHNICAL SUPPORT, 'Have you tried pounding it with your fist?'

"We remain reasonably confident that once we nail down the little network problem we're having, all Hell will be able to break loose according to the modified schedule, which, unfortunately, is in a file we can't seem to locate right now."

You May Bang Your Head Here/You May Talk To Here.

Business Confusion

Umbrella Roof

'He needs professional HELP!'

Man rolling ball up a hill

A good leader has effective conflict resolution strategies in place.

'It's a guess. I never said it was an educated guess.'

"After giving them the runaround for five minutes, pass them on to anger management."

Water Gardening: And you will find yourself thinking over many garden problems at the waterside.

'Of course, simple mistakes can be done by anybody, but to really mess up things, you need a specialist: me, the IT consultant!'

"You need to learn to solve your own problems."

It wasn't easy, but we finally plugged the hole.

"I'm not doubting that it does the job well. All I'm saying is that it might be a little more than is actually necessary."

'Unfortunately we're approaching the expiration dates on most of our quick-fix solutions.'

"And how many stacks were there yesterday? Quit checking your notes"

Human Error and Computer Error.

'Well, it didn't work, so now we'll try it your way.'

'You may not realise it, dear. But, Daddy is helping you, by not helping you with your homework.'

'But when you decided to go into psychology didn't you REALIZE that you'd be ‘surrounded by idiots'?'

"We're not a seafood restaurant -- this building has a pretty severe lobster infestation."

"Have you tried turning it on and off again?"

'I put your project on Wilson's desk. He has a knack for looking at tough jobs in a new angle.'

"He's happily married, but his wife isn't..."

"Vending machine is junk. For $1.00 I'll beat on it for you."