Talking Maestro Pillows

Ventriloquism For Beginners.

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

Nathaniel Hawthorne

'He was only reaching for his powerpoint presentation pointer.'

He then drew a number of smaller pie charts behind the bigger chart. That helped to put it into perspective.

'Remember, Henson; we're not here to hobnob - we're here to schmooze.'

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

Although not felt by everone, Wanda's powrful jargon sent seismic shock waves through some of the more geologically unstable department in the organization.

'And this is after the creation of a Special Effects Department.'

'Who wants the talking stick?'

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

How to identify the alarming mood swings of male menopause.

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

'A 'pregnant pause' is effective only if you've already said something.'

'Hey! Did you suddenly forget English? Get in here!'

LOVENUTS: When asked her opinion on the subject, Didi simply gives a rueful smile.

"Whoa, too much information!"

A Dummy Corporation.

'... And now I shall pass you over to tonight's speaker who will give a brief summary of my introduction.'

'Impressive resume. Great interview. But can you rock?'

The Violin Artist

"I am reminded of a morbidly depressing anecdote. . ."

Questioning

"I'm part of a working party looking into teaching the Blairs Italian"

"So, you've got butterflies in your stomach, a bug in your ear and a bee in your bonnet. Any other complaints?"

Sylvia helped Robert to edit one of his memos.

Teacher complaning he can't understand pupil in his course on 'Voice projection and pronunciation'

'You ask him to sing. I don't speak Italian.'

'I decided to do a video report. Do you want the classroom version or the director's cut?'

Make sure your CV stands out for the right reasons....

"This is Harold. . . He's in charge of office merriment."