Pixel Prophet Pillows

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

Rage.

Moses on the web

'We manufacture micro computing circuits. We're looking to hire someone who can anticipate the next small thing.'

"The new revenue stream is finally kicking in."

Pie Filling Reader

Smiling businessman with rising profits

'I've got one week to master this program. The boss is threatening to hire an eight year old.'

"Oh, I can't complain"

'This is why we can't have nice things... '

"I've diligently spent the last eight hours saving an entire colony of elves from a pack of vicious dragons and your only concern is that it is 2 am?"

'I think you'll find these projections somewhat exaggerated, but in a good way.'

'I know I can't take it with me, but what about computer simulations?'

"Love your feng shui!"

Perhaps we could get the Saatchis to pain a pretty picture.

'Here's the improved margins you said you wanted to see this year, Tom.'

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."

The Speculators

"...and right here in Q2 is where the 'you know what' hit the fan. . ."

"These printers can be pretty self-righteous when they present their bills."

' I see Brad's playing his new video game again.'

"Our accountancy firm says that there are a number of ways to interpret the figures... which one do you prefer?"

'That seating section is for video gamers only.'

"The short term solution is money and the long term solution more money."

'Of course, for me, Christmas has a deeply felt religious significance! The stock exchange is my church...!

"I can't decide which I'd rather do- make a twenty-billion-dollar bid of turn down a twenty-billion-dollar bid."

'No doubt the upturn will come soon because the sheet of paper ends here!'

"That's our projected sales."

End of world nigh!!!

"Then it's settled -- our strategy is to hope for better things."

Another entry from the encyclopedia of gaming: Pixel sprain - any physical injury incurred from intense video game play.