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'I feel confident about our presentation. If there is any blowback, don't worry. We're both wearing our flak jackets under our suits.'

They're ready for your presentation. Just a sec! Oh, no! Someone smashed Twig's face in gym! Uh, oh. Classic dilemma. Yeah, do I rush to my daughter

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

"You're losing the audience. Switch to the Powerpoint presentation."

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

"Now that I have everyone's attention..."

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

"I'm razzled, but not dazzled."

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

"I don't believe I've missed a single sign since you made the switch to Power Point."

"Nervous about this morning's presentation?"

"A dozen eggs and a pint of semi-skimmed...Sorry, looks like I left my presentation in my other coat."

"Fantastic presentation! All of the investors loved it."

"Whereas we used to display losses in shocking and offensive red, we now display them in warm and comforting toasted almond."

The number one injury in today's workplace: severe bends caused by repeated exposure to deep-dive presentations.

"It's confusing when everybody has a pointer."

Presentation: Thinking each other are idiots.

"One of the most compelling graphic presentations I've ever seen!"

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'Maybe the reason we don't have those 'off the chart' sales anymore is because our charts are too big.'

'On the plus side we've saved money by getting all the numbers on one graph.'

'I see you're still trying to get the staff enthused over the weekly meetings.' (Meeting offers free coffee, free snacks, eye-popping charts, exciting videos and free idea pads).

"For cryin' out loud, Frank, we don't have all day! Cut to the cheese!"

'I won't lower myself to the level of my opponent.'

'Herb will provide one of his concise interpretations of the quarterly sales charts.'

'It's perfect, but can we see it in white?'

They loved the presentation on competing in the marketplace.

Bottom line, is that the sweet smell of success or your aftershave?

"As you can see, our corporate structure is turtles all the way down."

Presentation skills.

Around here it got a little tricky...

Change Management: Change can be ruf.