Juggling Jargon Prints

'Ed's busy, but someone who speaks out of both sides of his mouth will be right with you.'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

Children's Parties

Surgeon finds a doohickey on the patient's thingamabob.

"We need a best practice swim lane to leverage our core competency, move the needle outside the box, and open the kimono while keeping our ducks in a row. Can anyone give me a sustainable solution to more vertical effectiveness without getting too granula

"How do you do it, hon? Marriage, kids, civic responsibilities, managing a multi-million dollar business and still finding time to do an 18-month stretch for securities fraud?"

'She finds it really easy to juggle her kids with her career now she's joined the circus.'

"We have an acronym!"

"It's a new target to target a time to reduce targets so that we'll be less target driven!"

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

"I never accomplish the impossible, if I did it would become an expectation."

Giant ape juggling planes and captive.

A Bloody Butcher

"Can you juggle a household, three kids, and a career?"

Keeping all the balls in the air - skills

'Excellent!...We've been looking to hire someone who can think outside the box.'

'Would everyone please phrase their questions in ones and zeros please.'

"Why don't you start with tennis balls?!"

"Remember, if I can't introduce you it's because I can't remember their name - so that's when you step in and introudce yourself so we can get them to say it, okay?" - Company Party Prep.

'A High-pain job? Yes, I believe we have that.'

"...our Annual Report has been criticised for lack of clarity - well done!"

"There's a conversation to be had around a piece of work I'd like us to do tonight."

'Oh, look - a juggling stilt-walker painting that little child's face!'

'It's easy, Greg. Just get in touch with your inner regional sales manager.'

Juggler and Illusionist

'Sorry to interrupt Dixon - but this is not what I meant when I said this company needed more blue-sky thinking!'

"We can stop entertaining ourselves now, Ian."

Clown to clown on unicycle: 'How does it corner?'

"It's a swearbox."

"Wheeeeeeee!"

'Three kids, full-time job, night classes and coaches a girls basketball team. She's stretched a little thin.'

Tennis ball girl.

"I do like you, Peter, but interfacing is a very serious step."

"I see you haven't forgotten how to play with your balls, honey." "Thanks."

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"