Advanced Design:

Beyond the comprehension of the ad agency's copywriters.

All New:

Parts not interchangeable with existing models.

Approved:

Needs revising

Automatic:

That which you cannot repair yourself.

Clarify:

To fill in the background with so many details that the foreground goes underground.

Conference:

A place where conversation is substituted for the loneliness of thought and the dreariness of labor.

Confidential Memo:

No time to send to the whole office.

Consultant:

Someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is and then walks away with the watch.

Forwarded For Your Consideration:

You hold the bag for a while.

FYI:

Found yesterday. Interested?

In Conference:

Nobody can find him/her.

Let's Get Together On This:

I'm assuming you're as confused as I.

Note & Initial:

I'm not taking the fall for this myself.

Policy:

We can hide behind this.

Please See Me:

Come down to my office. I'm lonely.

Top Priority:

It may be stupid but the boss wants it.

We Are Taking A Survey:

We need more time to think of an answer or we can't find anyone willing to be responsible for this.

Will Advise In Due Course:

If we figure it out, we'll let you know.

I would give up chocolate, but I'm not a quitter!

Since hockey has been cancelled, no one has seen the Zamboni driver.

But I'm sure he will resurface eventually.

 

"When he called his society together, Jesus gave its members a new way of life to live.
He gave them a new way to deal with offenders - by forgiving them;
He gave them a new way to deal with violence - by suffering;
He gave them a new way to deal with money - by sharing it;
He gave them a new way to deal with problems of leadership - by drawing upon the gift of every member, even the most humble;
He gave them a new way to deal with a corrupt society - by building a new order, not smashing the old;
He gave them a new pattern of relationship between man and woman, between parent and child, between master and slave, in which was made concrete a radical new vision of what it means to be a human person."

- Stanley Hauerwas

I recall a time when my son was about 18 months old. I had him strapped into a backpack and was rushing to catch the bus. Apparently I missed my step and fell down an entire flight of stairs (13 to be exact). I was bruised and bleeding and had torn my jeans ... but my main concern was, naturally, for my child.

My fears were alleviated, though, when from behind me I heard a gleeful giggle followed by, "Again!"