Solution Master Pillows

'These are some great solutions we've come up with, Ed. See if we have any problems they'll solve.'

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

"We structured the deal so it won't make any sense to you."

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

"I like this Carl, you've come up with more solutions than we have problems."

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

Genius

'I can't get out! -- I lost the owner's manual!'

During his financial report to the board of directors, Ted hits the poignancy button by mistake.

'Tommy's book reports are like no other.'

'Think tank' and 'Rethink tank'.

"The problem with your reasoned solutions is they don't fit my preconceived notions of the problems."

"I can't solve for X. I have a fear of the unknown!"

"And this all happened in the last week..."

'Okay, here's the plan...'

Eureka

'I have nobody else to blame but myself so we need to brainstorm.'

"I didn't have a carrot so I used a fish stick for his nose."

'To find out how to start your new mobile, please read the manual. T' read the manual, please start your mobile.

'As all coherent strategy has failed, we turn to you.'

'You know, this is the 2nd bottle of this I've opened, and I still have no idea what it tastes like.'

Kate's first task as new principal was to right a number of wrongs.

"I'd prefer a win-win solution – but I'm open to just a win."

"The instructions state that some anger, frustration and confusion is expected."

"I think I'd be better off trying to figure this out the game on my own."

'Well done! I've never heard anyone slip from jargon into gibberish and out again with such ease!'

Low hanging fruit

"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

'It just needs tidying up a bit.'

'Unfortunately we're approaching the expiration dates on most of our quick-fix solutions.'

'Well, we've divided an elegant solution. Do we have any elegant problems?'

Air Pollution Agency - 'Tell them I have the solution to most of their problems.'

'Please don't read anything into the minutes, Ms. Thomas. Just reading the minutes will suffice.'