My boss...
...once used the line in a meeting:

'So we're agreed that whilst sales promotion isn't the magic bullet, it will definitely wash it's face - so when Mr Promo is in town... fill your boots?'

[Client stares back blankly]

'I mean to say, whilst it's not our only tool, we definitely want it in the back of the truck, yeah?'

[Client stares back blankly, then eventually speaks...]

'Pardon?'

Oh yeah - I should have mentioned that the client was Spanish and only spoke English as a third language...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 12:48, 3 replies)

Ha - fantastic!
I'm going to pretend to be Spanish on my next conference call, just so I can treat these people with the contempt they deserve.
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 13:34, closed)

better to just stick to being English
and say "I'm terribly sorry, but I haven't got a clue what you are talking about"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 13:40, closed)

I once heard someone say "If we're to break the glass ceiling we need to have blue sky thinking and run this up the flagpole".

They managed to get his meds down his neck in the end and wheel him back into the soft room.
(The Moop, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 13:51, closed)