Industrial Insight Gifts

'I told you not to take a left out of the office - now we're completely lost!'

Mudville - Not a happy town, but at least we have revenue from fracking.

'I think I just had an epiphany. How do I make it go away?'

Pandora's boxes

'What I call a miracle drug is one that doesn't start a government investigation.'

'Yes, we have a very diversified economy around here.'

Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Food manufacturing industry in a soup.

Supermarket Merge

'Our ratings are down. Let's blame it on the media.'

'The global economy supplies basic tools. A lot of us get the axe.'

"I knew there was something wrong when he stopped reading the obituaries."

F&E Submarine Contractors. When we ask the government for assistance, we should avoid calling it a "bailout."

Redundancies

Made redundant from Honda please help

"Well, our toxic wastes are ten times more harmful thinner hazardous wastes."

"My lawyer doesn't trust my agent who doesn't trust the director who doesn't trust the screenwriter who doesn't trust me. All perfectly normal."

'The music business.'

It says, "In lieu of gifts, please consider a donation to the automaker of your choice." Invite!

The Unbearableness of Being Inanimate

'We've decided to call off our go-slow.'

"It's a plant based solution."

Mother nature mourns the state of the world.

'Excellent photo for the cover of our annual report, Richards. Tell me; which do we make, the cell phone or the umbrella?'

"When I was young, music and lyrics were important! Now it's all about production...it's all jiggly butts, smoke, sexy clothes and crazy videos!"

'What the hell is PIG IRON?'

"Manufacturing will take place in China, R&D in Korea, customer support will be run from Mumbai and logistics handled in Vietnam."

Environmental danger.

'Acme Meat - meat products, bi-products, and bi-product spinoffs...'

Grim Reaper walks through an urban environment wearing a gas mask.

Bailout for General Motors.

'If a job's worth doing, the Japanese have probably already doing it..'

"And they say this country doesn't make anything anymore!"

"I guess the German takeover was successful."

Lunch break.