Plan Plotter Pillows

'...your hindsight on this project was far more accurate than his foresight.'

"We only got six days of funding."

"Talk, Wallace - where'd you hide the loot?"

"For heaven's sake, Ogden, it's vacation time! Must you make your little lists even on vacation time?"

'I went into that meeting with a hidden agenda and then forgot where I put it.'

When Engineers Crack.

"The anger management consultant said he wasn't going to alter his **** dates at this t****stage which fits in with the 'managing change' consultant who said it was to late to change her plans..."

"What a tragedy... he still had two years of his super left..."

'We took the old plan, folded in half, and now it's the new plan.'

"I think you might need to start again."

Innovation & Calculation

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

Engineer on the move.

"If he doesn't go nuts first, he'll be the first person to ever write a novel on a cell phone."

"That's it - I've had it up to here with measurement devices."

"We're still trying to sort out the details."

Bad Office Planning

'I've worked out that all you need for a summer blockbuster is...'

Father Time Management

Clear construction agreements are important.

"I thought an illogical framework would work better."

"I'm afraid the umbrella constitutes an enclosed space and must be taken down."

"Would it have killed him to create a screened-in porch?!"

'Steve, I admire your determination to make this plan work.'

'Company planning department'

Larry, working on the great American stick-up note.

Popping an idea.

We find this model works better for us!

'It's bad enough we missed every deadline, but we're the long-range planning committee!'

'It's called lateral thinking.'

"Lunch Thursday at one? Looks good to me."