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'I need anger management. All my takeovers are hostile.'

'I've always thought it was about time that lawyers replace bankers at the top table where big M&A deals were being done.'

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our little kingdom has ever known.

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

Fish and color

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

"Cheer up, if this carries on we could become a very attractive takeover target.

'I'll be honest with you. The pay isn't great.'

"That's nice, but do you have any references other than your Mom?"

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

'I understand they specialize in acquisitions.'

'There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our kingdom has ever known.'

"I believe he was the victim of a hostile takeover."

'Sorry, J.B., but I never merge after a first meeting.'

'You're one heck of a corporate head-hunter, Ms. Bridwell.'

'I believe in aggressive mergers, Celia.'

"Hey team, meet our new V.P. of acquisitions and mergers." (businessman introducing a vicking, barbarian)

Cafe investors: I'd like your support in acquiring the lemonade stand down the street. By cutting redundant labor, marketing and technology. I place our annual savings at $17 billion. The phone company investors bought it. Can monkey lick your head?

"I gotta admit, he's one hell of a negotiator."

'It's okay if don't want to give us control of your company. We're perfectly capable of living with incredible disappointment.'

'A hostile takeover just wasn't feasible, so we agreed to a hostile merger.'

'Maybe we should have been a bit more specific in the ad...'

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

'High five Sir? We usually seal the deal with a handshake.'

'You may have three mergers.'

"I was able to negotiate it from a hostile takeover to an uneasy alliance."

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

Quiet Please: Merger In Progress

"And do you have any OTHER skills you can bring to the post apart from being able to burp the Beatles greatest hits?"

Okay, let's see...who's on tap to update our progress with that hostile takeover?

'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'