# I'm Gonna "Reach Out" And "Throw \_\_\_\_ Under The Bus"..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213 "2011-07-16T03:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/1 "2011-07-16T03:08:32Z")
… because “it is what it is”. Three phrases I am sick of hearing. That’s it and thanks for letting me vent. ;)😃 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/2 "2011-07-16T03:19:17Z")
At the end of the day, let’s leverage the low-hanging fruit. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/3 "2011-07-16T04:32:55Z")
What’s the take-home from this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/4 "2011-07-16T12:38:02Z")
Zounds! ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/5 "2011-07-16T12:44:53Z")
We’re going to have to deep-dive on this one, really take in all the granularity. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/6 "2011-07-16T13:08:55Z")
I’m not sure what the key learnings are in this thread, but the writing’s on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/7 "2011-07-16T14:34:35Z")
If you’re struggling to get onstream, tune in to [corpspeak - lurkertech.com](http://lurkertech.com/corpspeak/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/8 "2011-07-16T14:39:59Z")
Are you asking for a paradigm shift, **Quasi**? I’m not sure best practices would allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/9 "2011-07-16T16:38:04Z")
(from my boss’s repertoire) Well, yeah. Let’s just _waves hand in the air_ _nods head affirmatively_ _stops speaking_ Gotta love the vagueness. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/10 "2011-07-17T01:16:49Z")
“Nothing is impossible.” “You can be anything you want to be.” “Everything happens for a reason.” ---
**Author:** ![Dano83860](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Dano83860](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dano83860)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/11 "2011-07-17T03:40:35Z")
I’m not getting a warm fuzzy feeling about this topic. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/12 "2011-07-17T04:33:24Z")
We’ll touch base on this topic later, after we dialogue in the War Room. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/13 "2011-07-17T04:55:18Z")
Put a pin in that for now, I’m really in the weeds on this project. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/14 "2011-07-17T06:54:23Z")
I suggest we run it the flagpole, see who salutes, then table it until someone conceptualizes an end-run solution for it. ---
**Author:** ![mikews99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/15 "2011-07-17T06:59:52Z")
We need to grow this thread so we can take it to the next level. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/16 "2011-07-17T08:20:24Z")
Allow me to ‘ping’ the OP as well ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/17 "2011-07-17T13:52:45Z")
This thread is the gold standard! ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/18 "2011-07-17T14:01:03Z")
I was recently the recipient of a speech from one of the exalted from on high. During the 50 minutes we were held in thrall the only thing I gathered was that we are, “moving forward”. Apparently that phrase is used by management in lieu of a period at the end of a sentence. As an example, take my paragraph above and append “moving forward” to every verb-noun combination, comma, and period to translate to management-speak. _I was recently the recipient of a speech moving forward from one of the exalted from on high moving forward. During the 50 minutes we were held in thrall moving forward the only thing I gathered was that we are, “moving forward”. Apparently that phrase is used by management in lieu of a period at the end of a sentence moving forward._ The entire talk sounded just like that, but I guess it is what it is. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/19 "2011-07-17T15:25:23Z")
What is the ask in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213/20 "2011-07-17T15:53:54Z")
This thread has created a lot of synergy for me because I network with many entities that talk this way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gonna-reach-out-and-throw-____-under-the-bus/589213.md?page=2)