Merger Mavens Gifts

'First, the Rules of Engagement for this meeting ...'

'A cousin to the hammerhead, here we see the allusive, yet, handy, multi-use shark.'

Stuff: You Don't Really Need But Still Don't Have.

'I'm an atheist!'

'Surely they're not ALL still in their offices!'

Gym. Check in Here. The only time I feel the burn is when I pay the memberbship fee.

Aftermath: Hostile Takeover,

"And here you see where we successfully concluded the merger to everyone's mutual benefit."

The Cattle show Week.

Lady in Card Shop sees Sympathy Cards section with 'Bear Market', 'Falling Dollar' and 'Inflation' categories.

'This is all without rhyme or reason.'

"This doesn't have anything to do with the falling price of oil, does it?"

'I hear they bought out Winken, Blinken and Nod.'

National Optometrists Association. O.K., whose idea was it to form a focus group?…

'We're in a fantasy team owners' league, we locked out our players and came here to yuck it up.'

"Gotta go. My ten o'clock is here."

"I was going to transmute it into gold, and then I read that the base metal market has made a remarkable recovery!"

"You can't beat the prices of these big box retailers."

"Ma'am, do you know how well you were driving?"

'All those opposed, signify by using the usual sign.'

Before The Merger.

Today the sunset closed lower in heavy seas...'More media mergers!'

Unexpected Merger

'See? The clash of corporate cultures wasn't so great after all!'

The merger has been called off

Godot finally turns up

Money and Football

Stunning politeness.

"All you had to do was ASK us to leave!"

"All in favor of toupees, say aye."

The Way of the Euro?

"27 marathons in 27 days - he's no but a show-off!"

Space Turkey Aliens visit a family on Thanksgiving.

"I'm not sure, Roger, if the merger was a good move."

'It appears that Megalamp Industries, a conglomerate, wants to take over our family.'