"Finishing touches" is code for "we've bought the concrete."
S1 E10A Management Course
S1 E11A Conflict of Interest
Manny the Mouth. All the news that's fit to flush.
I beg your pardon. What do you mean "no signal"? No signal. I’m at the centre of the universe. I’m at the epicentre of the known cosmos. No signal.
TDTaxi Driver
Ninety-seven per cent coverage, those new phones.
Really? The other three per cent presumably consists of the central business district and a couple of outlying districts in which human beings live.
John, don’t fight what you can’t change.
That’s the ANZAC spirit, isn’t it Bryan?
[Gina runs past towards the bathroom]
What’s wrong with her?
Big night with the Albanians.
Really? She went out with an Albanian delegation. What does that mean?
She set fire to one of their wigs.
What happened in Melbourne? What legacy did they have?
As a result of the Olympics?
Yes.
Slums, by and large. They built a whole lot of accommodation out at West Heidelberg. It’s still there, I think. You still hear it mentioned from time to time. "Police later found the vehicle abandoned at West Heidelberg." "Police are anxious to speak to the population of West Heidelberg."
Can you get Ian Barrundi to come?
Ian Barrundi? Yes.
Get him to come.
We’d need a weight lifter.
Well, we need a recently retired, top flight international athlete.
Who’s as thick as pig shit.
He’s very good in a meeting, Bryan. He’s excellent in a meeting.
He knows nothing about corporate law and doesn’t know what the Minister’s deal is.
The Americans don’t know that.
It’ll take me an hour and a half to brief him.
He doesn’t need to say anything. Go and ring him. He doesn’t need to say anything. I just want him to be there. Tell him to dress for church and be in attendance.
WTWilliam T. Eyck
So who is the Chief Executive?
At the moment?
WTWilliam T. Eyck
What do you mean at the moment? How many have you had?
I’m speaking from memory... about four, so far.
WTWilliam T. Eyck
What happened to the other ones?
Some of them are spending a little bit more time with their families.
[John reads the latest Joseph Williams article in the Sunday paper]]
"Businessman’s secret charitable donations. Joseph Williams tells of his little known secret million-dollar deal to benefit philanthropic causes." "Secret"... "tells of" "secret"... "tells of" "secret"... "tells of" "secret"... "tells" "secret". I give up – spot the deliberate mistake. Does the man think we’re absolute idiots?
S1 E12Horse and Dream Team
Some sheep are terribly brisk.
[To taxi driver] Could you possibly experiment with a slightly higher gear? I'm actually a fair bit late and I'm going to see an American, and they think lateness is very, very rude? It'd be a pity to annoy them at this stage after so many years of sycophancy. [pause] It's the pedal on the right. [beat] That's the one.
I can ask them to leave, if you like?
TMTom Miller
No, no problem at all.
No?
TMTom Miller
I'm an American, we invented television you know.
Ah yes, in your capital of London.
FWFrank Woodley
G'day g'day! And another g'day.
S1 E13Transport!
Do you know who it was who made that call?
Yes, I do. Yes. And he did it on my specific instructions.
It was a woman.
Ah well, that is serious. Oh yes, I can see the concern there. That’s actually dangerous. I’m surprised that’s allowed. A woman?
Have you got the Media Accreditation stuff here somewhere?
Just putting the finishing touches on it.
Have you done the press release on the Internet?
Yes. Got that covered.
Have you booked the satellite for the CNN thing next week?
Got a call in.
Did you fax Juan Antonio’s itinerary out here next week…?
As we speak.
…because there’s a message on the machine that they haven’t got it.
Bloody hell.
Do you think perhaps we could fax it again? You do know they should actually have had it yesterday?
I’ll take that on board, John.
[Quietly] Gina, have you actually done any of these things at all?
No, I haven’t.
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