Category: Humor

Have you seen something funny or amusing that you want to share with the group? This is the place to do so.

Quotes Taken out of Context

Another series of quotes noted and shared here completely out of context from the meeting in which they were heard.

The breast that’s on the table right now.
 – Jason King

I will keep my mouth shut.
 – Andreas Dreps

Propel the slides.
 – Ian Mansfield

Holy toledo, that was good.
 – Deb Williams

She looked like a deer in the headlights.
 – Pete Nieto

I’d better not see any pants coming off.
 – Andrew Smith

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Background: This all started at a US Sales meeting and in order to stay focused on what was being said, I started writing down the business cliches, like “let’s circle the wagons”, “let’s table that”, “always be closing” and then count how many times they were said. As I began paying attention, I would hear a phrase that was appropriate for the context in which it was said, but wow, it sure was amusing to see the phrase just sitting there by itself. That lead me to put them into a slide show show so the phrase was seen in its purest form along with the person who said it.  As this practice became known, the slide set became the unofficial and humorous wrap-up presentation, kind of a summary of the things stated over the course of the meeting.

Cliche

Saw this joke in a book review:

“Mom,” asks 10 year old Johnny when he got home from school, “do I have a cliche’ on my face?”

“A cliche’ on your face? Whatever do you mean, Johnny?”

“A cliche’,” he answers, “you know, a tired expression.”

Funny friends

So, FOCM Member Bob Arnesen, now President at eClinical Solutions was quoted in a press release about their new data analytics/business intelligence tool called elluminate and I copied his quote:  “We have a unique perspective on industry needs to support clinical drug development,” and sent it to him and to our mutual friend Chris Dapolite with Oracle.  Chris is one funny hombre and he replies with this:

That’s my boy!!!!  Only a few of us have this unique perspective.  It comes from many years of unique experiences.  You all do realize that in such a boring industry with such boring people, we are obligated to perform duty’s that very few would ever dare……  We breath life into clinical research and drug development……  It is an important role we have and thus gives us a unique perspective.

The clinical research industry, like any other, I am sure, has some cleverly funny people.  Having fun while working is key to enjoying life.

 

 

 

Quotes out of context

Another set of quotes from a particularly great meeting for quotes taken out of context:

Sucked in the backdraft
– Elizabeth Thiele

Selling ice cubes to an eskimo.
– Elizabeth Thiele

Slow that mustang down.
– Elizabeth Thiele

We gather up our foo foo nuts.
– Elizabeth Thiele

I’m a corn cob from the Midwest.
– Elizabeth Thiele

If you hear something, say it.
– Elizabeth Thiele

People need to follow what they need to do.
– Elizabeth Thiele

Bob.
– Fred Naids

It’s Jonathan.
– Jonathan Goldman

Charles.
– Fred Naids

Ask Sherwood Williams.
– Unattributed

To go into places we’ve never been before.
– Deb Nichols, channeling Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise

Grabbing all these balls and moving forward with them.
– Adrian Pencak

Shrink wrap that.
– Elizabeth Thiele

Paul is from Buffalo, he doesn’t know what the Super Bowl is either.
– Provided by a contributing editor

Check back for more postings. If your name is mentioned and you’d like it removed, please email me at chris@focmnetworking.com and I’ll give your request strong consideration and may even might possibly act on it. Seriously, though I will remove it if you want me to.

Background: This all started at a US Sales meeting and in order to stay focused on what was being said, I started writing down the business cliches, like “let’s circle the wagons”, “let’s table that”, “always be closing” and then count how many times they were said. As I began paying attention, I would hear a phrase that was appropriate for the context in which it was said, but wow, it sure was amusing to see the phrase just sitting there by itself. That lead me to put them into a slide show show so the phrase was seen in its purest form along with the person who said it.  As this practice became known, the slide set became the unofficial and humorous wrap-up presentation, kind of a summary of the things stated over the course of the meeting.