Planner Extraordinaire Gifts

'I'm just working out the best time to take paternity leave.'

"But I CAN be spontaneous...just give me a couple of days."

When things go wrong.

"I'll be there in three 'All Too Well's."

"Remember – Dad's 50th is in 2026... Have you gotten him a card yet?"

I'm writing down all the things I want to do before I end up in an arrangement. A bouquet list!

'My management team the forward thinkers.'

Date Control

"OK...your payment plan is all set up. Your check is due the first of each month."

"It's called a calendar. It seems to be some kind of oracle as they don't plan anything before first consulting it..."

"We only got six days of funding."

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

"Gals, you know I hate being the center of attention, so for the next 45 minutes I am going to monologue about all the minute details of my wedding planning."

When Engineers Crack.

Worker ant's To Do list.

'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"

"I think we should try something a little simpler."

"Hold on a second, Bob. I'm putting you on a stickie."

"That was a great ideaof yours, chester."

A cat is hiding in a block of cheese to lure a mouse out of its hole.

"We find it as long as you manage the inputs, the outputs will look after themselves."

'The project is a little behind schedule. It was proactive, now it's retroactive.'

'Then it's settled. We'll make 7 million with blue handles, 5 million with red handles, 4 million with purple handles and 2 million with green handles.'

"Can you come look under my bed? It seems like a complete waste of storage space."

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

"If the meeting goes on for longer than scheuled...I'm prepared!"

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

Engineer on the move.

'Hold me!'

Pinata Zombies

"I'm afriad we had to cancel the 'perfect planning ' seminar. We forgot to book the hotel until it was to late and the speaker we hoped to use died in 1958."

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