Quarterly Prophets Pillows

Beware of the 4th Quarter

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

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

'The World will speak hip-hop tomorrow.'

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

"The new revenue stream is finally kicking in."

Smiling businessman with rising profits

'Well, that's just great...you can part the Red Sea, but you can't open a jar of pickles for me!'

"Remember that optimistic, slightly crazy, throw a dart at the wall forecast? We beat it."

"Oh, I can't complain"

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

'Now think, Harris, what did you do different on that day?'

"I can't understand it, we did quite well in the first three quarters.

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

"Oh, the crystal ball rolled off and fell right on my foot! Didn't see it coming!"

"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. . ."

Wall St Baptist: 'Life is exactly like the stock market exchange and we each have our own portfolio to manage.'

'I know it looks silly, but they say his prophecies have regained their old accuracy.'

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

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

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

'My father carried this sign before me, as did his father before him.'

The End is Near.

Before becoming the legend that he is today, Nostradamus first enjoyed a pretty good living at the tracks.

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

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

A self-filling prophecy.

"That's our projected sales."

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