Quirky Committee Member Gifts

"I guess the point I'm trying to make is, calling the committee on Progress and Evolution a bunch of know-it-all nincompoops might have felt good when you said it, but..."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

'Hanson - committee of four.'

'What we need is a decision, not more foot-dragging.'

"The state of graduates literacy levels is shoking and both my colleegs agrree that there maths isn't much better."

'It may not be our usual business lunch, but it will sure impress the hell out of the budget committee.'

"Hold everything! I just thought up a terrific loophole!"

"I think I see a miscreant in the carpark. There's no time to call the police I must deal with it myself."

'There's an absence of leadership in this authority,we need to explore the possibility of thinking about setting up a sub-committee to look into it.'

'Okay, let's go over this again: You tell me your great ideas, I repeat them back to you, then you tell me I have a great idea and I get all the credit for it!'

"There's no need to go round the table - I know who I am."

Cello player with pencil instead of bow

Niche Extracurriculars

Melvin likes to indulge his inner child.

Plain English group.

"The vote is tied. Half of us think the proposed plan is astoundingly asinine, and the other half finds it stupid beyond belief. Let's try to find a middle ground here, people!"

"The Board just wants to be sure you're well supported."

"Good to have you aboard. Now, let's meet some of the oddballs weirdos and eccentrics you'll be working with."

"Caption: we work in an office; however, we have dressed for the circus. What a humorous mixup."

"The steering-committee three are we. Run it by us, and we'll see."

'Thanks for making it guys. Come on in and pull up a chair.' A square hole in an office floor where chairs can be pulled up from

'Excellent - it's unanimous!'

"I suppose the first thing to do is form an escape committee."

'The cow mooed, the pig oinked, the chicken clucked, I baaed and then we adjourned.'

"It's all good – but some of it is better."

'Ed here has some sort of problem with his membership on the visitation committee, Reverend.'

Pole Vaulting Club

"Motion denied then"

"Thanks a bunch. I'll just run these by our committee and pass them along."

'Before I read the investment committee's report - I would remind everyone that I never asked to be on this damn committee.'

'I think we should form a committee to look into this 'individual initiative' thing.'

Hudibras - 9 - The committee.

'Mr.Shumway here is our visiting ethicist.'