Marker Master Gifts

Ron began to feel that Gina was taking their relationship a bit too seriously.

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

The president's men

"What's a debenture?"

"I drink just enough coffee to make me think I can do my job."

'Asynchronous, collaborative, interactive - we're obviously on a roll.'

"It's confusing when everybody has a pointer."

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

"I love these off-site business meetings."

'I recognize the face ... I just can't pin down the name.'

'It was only 500 yds across but as he visualised the GPS blind spot the risks seemed immense.'

'I want to discuss communication clarity.'

"My service animal for Alzheimer's, sonny!"

'Yeah, I don't have trouble remembering my times tables, but I stink at algebra...'

We called this meeting to decide your torture, Mr. Jones. Then we realized we could kill two birds with one stone by making this meeting eternal.

"In response to your request for better communications, I'm going to increase my lengthy explanation by 50%."

'I've never seen anyone lip-sync a speech before.'

"It's just a jogger!" "It's just a car!" "There's nothing out there now!" "I was thinking of the squirrel I saw last week"

'Before we start, would everyone please put your cell phone in the middle of the table?'

"I get it! I get it! Elephants never forget. Now quit bragging about it!"

Mafia Short-Term Memory Clinic. 'Fuhgettaboutit.'

"Just look what we can accomplish when we work towards a common goal...LUNCH!"

"So our agreed strategy is to dominate the market and it creeps profits by 670%. Anybody any idea how to do it?"

'Now listen: Based on the position of the kennel and the length of the leash, only the shaded part of the garden is dangerous...'

'We're almost 1/8th of the way there.'

"I excel at appearing awake in meetings."

"Agenda item 14 C, does anyone have any idea what happened in Game of Thrones?"

"The result of our last meeting are impressive: 3 completely solved crossword puzzles, 7 battleship matches, 5 shopping lists, and 26 really funny doodles."

'If we are to reorientate our forward facing rhetorical platform we must rephrase our message to cross fertilise the core message..holistically!'

The Robotics Department. It says here that these guys completely replace all the cells in their bodies every seven years! Wow! What a slow upgrade cycle! If we don't replace all our parts every six months we become obsolete! It makes you wonder why they're in charge! Yeah, like they expect us to remember thousands of gigabytes of data while they forget their passwords! (Published originally on April 19, 2006)

"Heck of a shot, son, but that's not a deer."

"There's a wonderful book on memory tricks here, but I can't remember what I did with it!"

"Gracie, I'm so proud that you made the academic decathlon team! Here...have some of my special green tea! Ithelps you concentrate and improves your memory!"