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'Forget about the birds and the bees. Tell me about new names for the Washington Redskins.'

The Department of Really Stupid Ideas: 'Most people think they just appear out of thin air! But the truth is, there's a great deal of very hard work involved!'

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

"The leadership team wants a catchy acronym for a new social media app they're calling Functional Applied Relationship Tracker. Any suggestions?"

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

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' A good idea '

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

Bright idea

Creative department

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

Worry tank

Innovative

Blue sky thinking

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

"I think it's about time you started thinking outside of the box Harold."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Work colleague says 'This is great, where do you get your ideas from?' as man gets them from small elves living in the wall

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You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

"Do you mind if I bounce something off you?"

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

"OK team, we need innovative solutions and we need 'em fast!"

Genius

Unsuccessful board meeting.

No, no, Grok, we love your creative voice! Ort is just here to do a little punch-up.

The artist wakes refreshed, creative juices flowing.

'I want to see more blue sky thinking.'

'I wish his guidance counselor spent more time on college plans and less time suggesting names for his band.'

He's our ideas man. I can never tell if he's working or not.

Unfortunately, napkins hadn't been invented yet, so good ideas were quickly forgotten.

'...and, if your idea is so imaginative, innovative and original, why aren't our competitors doing it?'

'Think tank' and 'Rethink tank'.

"People were steal his ideas"