Proposal Perfectionist Gifts

'Agreed. We fund only those proposals we can understand.'

'Looks good. Let me run it past the number-crunchers.'

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

"Our proposal didn't get the grant, but they want us to teach proposal writing."

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"Help with writing grant applications? Yep, that's my specialty!"

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'I've given a lot of thought to giving some thought to your latest proposal.'

How government officials propose.

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

"I was hoping this presentation would be more interesting upside down."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

Brian wanted to call the presentation "Synergy". Paula wanted to call it "Cooperation". They could never agree.

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

A presenter with a very complex chart to explain a business plan - 'And it's as simple as that!'

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"Any questions?"

Worry tank

"Quit stalling, Smithers. Where's the SALES chart?"

'It appears the 'What?'s have it.'

'Fancy you doing a curtsey and she being a non-serving royal, you big dope!'

'Ted, I really wish you'd update your presentation software so we could do away with the 3-D glasses.'

"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."

"Peterson proposes we move out of the mountains."

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"Good invisible exports figures this quarter, sir."

"I'll be glad when they invent PowerPoint."

Hanging off every word...

'This prediction has a margin of error of plus or minus fifteen...fifteen class-action suits brought against the company.'

"I think you might need to start again."

D.I.Y

"You need to take the weak parts of your presentation and work them into something that won't get you fired."

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

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

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'