Pinhead Strategist Gifts

Mr. Blok goes bowling.

'Tomorrow's special is fish, so wear the flounder suit.'

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

"There HAS to be a giant ball at the end of all this string."

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"The economy's been worsening for a while, but people still don't feel it, Rudy." "...Which means we still have time to get in on the despair action." "Despair action"? "We're going to expand our menu. Add more comfort foods, more 'sale' items, debt consolidation loans..." "Nobody's dumb enough to get a debt consolidation loan from some random guy." "Ha ha hoo hoo hee-"

"Or we could raise your profile by coming out with that pimple on the end of your nose."

"But will it distract the public's attention enough that they mindlessly buy our products?"

'If we're going to have a banking relationship, you'll have to trust me more than this.'

'The bad news is that our company is bankrupt. The good news is that we're only morally bankrupt.'

"My favorite tea: hot daffodil-infused chamomile with a hint of whiskey. Are you serious? Of course I'm serious! I've been dosing myself with small quantities of poisonous daffodil ever since 1931. You have to build up an immunity if you want to survive in the cutthroat world of Scrabble tournaments."

"Take me to your thought leader."

"My mommy suggested I try a different advertising approach."

"Saturn. No contest. A deadly, treacherous gas giant ringed by a gossamer halo of ice. It symbolizes both death and life. Both evil and good. It symbolizes existence itself."

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

"The figures for the last quarter are in. We made significant gains in the fifteen-to-twenty-six-year-old age group, but we lost our immortal souls."

Targets

A businessman sits with an executive toy of smokestacks.

What's your exit strategy?

"I'm afraid there will be more cuts."

"My first novel is a prequel of a sequel, it's about time travel."

"I'm in advertising. . ."

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

'You really have no idea what you're doing do you?'

"Timing is everything. I recommend that you act now before the authorities discover I've escaped."

'We would like to visit with you about the possibility of expanding our franchise...'

'Let's put it on the back burner for now. Give us both a chance to cool down.'

"Good thing I listened to you and implemented the new strategy."

'Here's the secret to a profitable 99-cent pint night - 14 ounces of foam, 2 ounces of beer.'

"Bottom line - don't forget to lie."

"I'd fire him in a minute, but the old man thinks we need his unique perspective around here."

'Are you sure this is the best strategy to find new customers?'