
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.
Author: William Butler Yeats
An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
Author: Finley Peter Dunne
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
Author: John Buchan
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Author: Laurence J. Peter
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.
Author: Mark Twain

Resolving to surprise her husband, an
executive's wife stops by his office.
As she walks in
unannounced, she finds his secretary sitting on his
lap.
Without
hesitating, he begins to dictated a letter... "And in
conclusion
gentlemen, budget cut or not, I cannot continue to operate this
office
with just one chair.
This is the joke from a category: Business jokes
The
Americans and Japanese decided to
engage in a boat race. Both teams
practiced hard and long to reach
their peak performance levels. On the big
day they felt ready. The
Japanese won by a mile.
The American team was discouraged by the
loss. Morale sagged. Corporate
management decided that the reason for
the crushing defeat had to be
found, so a consulting firm was hired
to investigate the problem and
recommend corrective
action.
The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing
and one person steering: the American team had one person rowing and
eight people steering.
After a year of study and millions
spent analyzing the problem, the
consultant firm concluded that too
many people were steering and not
enough were rowing on the American
team. So as race day neared again the
following year, the
American's team management structure was completely
reorganized. The
new structure: four steering managers, three area
steering
managers, and a new performance review system for the person rowing
the
boat to provide work incentive. The next year, the Japanese won by
TWO miles!
Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the
rower for poor
performance and gave the managers a bonus for
discovering the problem.
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A shopkeeper was dismayed
when a brand
new business much like his own opened up next door and
erected a huge
sign which read 'BEST DEALS.'
He was horrified when another
competitor opened up on his right, and
announced its arrival with an
even larger sign, reading 'LOWEST
PRICES.'
The shopkeeper
panicked, until he got an idea. He put the biggest sign
of all over
his own shop. It read 'MAIN ENTRANCE'.
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A
very successful businessman had a
meeting with his new son-in-law. "I
love my daughter, and now I welcome
you into the family," said the
man. "To show you how much we care
for you, I'm making you a 50-50
partner in my business. All you
have to do is go to the factory every day
and learn the operations."
The son-in-law interrupted, "I hate factories. I can't stand the
noise."
"I see," replied the father-in-law. "Well, then
you'll work in the
office and take charge of some of the operations."
"I hate office work," said the son-on-law. "I can't stand being
stuck behind a desk all day."
"Wait a minute," said the
father-in-law. "I just made you half-owner
of a moneymaking
organization, but you don't like factories and won't
work in a office. What
am I going to do with you?"
"Easy," said the young man. "Buy me
out."
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A young
ensign had nearly completed his
first overseas tour of sea duty when he
was given an opportunity to
display his ability at getting the ship
under way. With a stream of
crisp commands, he had the decks buzzing with
men and soon, the
ship had left port and was streaming out of the
channel.
The
ensign's efficiency has been remarkable. In fact, the deck was
abuzz
with talk that he had set a new record for getting a destroyer under
way. The ensign glowed at his accomplishment and was not all surprised
when another seaman approached him with a message from the
captain.
He was, however, a bit surprised to find that it was a radio
message,
and he was even more surprised when he read, "My personal
congratulations upon completing your underway preparation exercise
according to the
book and with amazing speed. In your haste, however,
you have
overlooked one of the unwritten rules -- make sure th
e captain is aboard before
getting under way!"
This is the joke from a category: Business jokes