Taking Over Business Mugs

'Some day son, all this will be up for grabs.'

Man to realtor: 'How much for a starter cubicle?'

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

Under new blame.

"The torch is passed, but since the company is going green, I'm passing a high efficiency, solar powered multi LEC prism spotlight."

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

"Oh, no! We've inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company."

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"It was a mom-and-pop, but we inherited it."

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

"Are you sure you haven't overvalued the worth of your business?"

Cafe investors: I'd like your support in acquiring the lemonade stand down the street. By cutting redundant labor, marketing and technology. I place our annual savings at $17 billion. The phone company investors bought it. Can monkey lick your head?

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

'It's okay if don't want to give us control of your company. We're perfectly capable of living with incredible disappointment.'

"They're going to be tough shoes to fill."

No - None sense, take-charge, inc. - Formerly: Happy-go-lucky, inc.'

"Potential buyers of the company are coming through today. Tell everyone to look sharp and put a few bowls of potpourri here and there."

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

No early morning tea past this landing

'Cards for all occasions: takeover, buyouts, mergers, flotation, bankruptcy.'

Predator, Inc bought Prey, Ltd

"All this is mine now! I had my lawyers declare you incompetent!"

'Should our firms merge, which one will be the girl?'

'Do you think you can turn the company around without making us all dizzy?'

"I told you all this would be yours someday, son, and today is that day."

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

'One day, this will all be your fault.'