Catchphrases To Remember

Here are some newly Noted catchphrases that left The Cube amazed, amused or a-wondering . . .

Low hanging fruit - 'Heard this one in a meeting with our President. A bit scary when you think about it, because it's what you did as a kid when passing someone else's house and stealing their oranges. He doesn't mean that, of course. He means . . . What does he mean?

Follow the blood - Another overheard from a Presidential meeting. Something of a trend is developing here, one that is not too reassuring.

Velocity of the enterprise - Whew, finally!, a Prez saying that is clear and easy to understand. It seems that we have this business, and we're rushing forward like a bullet, and we're going to smash into . . . oh.

Terminal decisions - Maybe, once upon a time, this meant something like "The buck stops here." However, put altogether with the above catchphrases, here's the paragraph that our President constructed at the most recent shareholders' meeting.

"When you brought me aboard to shape things up, I told you we would go after the low hanging fruit, and then follow the blood to the best profit margin areas, letting the velocity of the enterprise carry us through - but now, I see, we'll have to make some terminal decisions about this plant."