Merger Mavens Mugs

'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!'

Aftermath: Hostile Takeover,

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

The Cattle show Week.

'This is all without rhyme or reason.'

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

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

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

'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.

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

Godot finally turns up

Unexpected Merger

The merger has been called off

Money and Football

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

Stunning politeness.

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

"All in favor of toupees, say aye."

Space Turkey Aliens visit a family on Thanksgiving.

Wall Street .

"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.'

"I'm glad I found the time to join this meeting, otherwise we wouldn't see each other in years!"