[easton]

My dad used to pick three random words from the dictionary and try to work them into whatever him and his coworkers would have to say during a menial update meeting. One time they were able to work all three words into a single sentence.

[RegW]

During a particularly bad period at one company I worked for in the 80s, a coworker declared that there would be points awarded for each reference made to the Titanic during the upcoming project meeting.

He sat quietly making notes during the meeting, while we all tried to work in "lurking beneath the surface", "steaming ahead regardless" and "only 10% of the issues are visible above the waterline".

As the meeting went on the quality got worse. It was quite clear that something was going on, when suddenly he stood up and announced the scores. Even awarding one of the managers points for mentioning Belfast.