How many of these outrages are installed in your hallways?
*apple-polisher
*backseat driver
*bulldozer
*bully *chopping block *copy cat *dead end *dumpster
*fall guy *flatulence *foreplay
*gone bananas
*hell in a handbasket
*interruptus
*jumped to conclusions
*knuckled under
*led by the nose
*lowered the boom
*mystery meat
*mudsling
*miles per hour
*environmental impact statement gateway
*needle in a haystack
*nutty as a fruitcake
*not worth the paper it’s printed on
*out to lunch
*protective services
*quisling
*radioactive decay
*rat race
*ruling the roost
*scapegoated *showboating
*screw loose
*sell you the Brooklyn Bridge
*too pooped to pop
*tsunami
*under a cloud
*upchuck
*voodoo
*Waterloo
*wild goose chase
“Data is like garbage. You’d better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.” –Mark Twain (attribution)
80 Ways They Cook the Data
Al dente
Au juis
à la carte
à la king
à la mode
à la money
Baked
Braised
Boiled
Beaten
Butchered
Canned
Curried
Creamed
Churned
Charred
Diced
Deveined
Deglazed
Drained
Flaked
Fricasséed
Fondued
Frittered
Grated
Gratineed
Ground
Goosed
Iced
Infused
Irradiated
Jellied
Julienne
Juiced
Kneaded
Molded
Marinated
Macerated
Overdone
Peeled
Parboiled
Poached
Puréed
Pickled
Pressed
Pinched
Raw
Roasted
Reduced
Reconstituted
Refried
Sliced
Sauted
Stewed
Stuffed
Steamed
Skewered
Smeared
Sucked Dry
Toasted
Tenderized
Truffled
Trussed
Triple Secced
Tutti-fruittied
Tossed
Unleavened
Unsalted
Upside down caked
Vinaigretted
Vol-au-vented
Vivisected
Waffled
Wall-eyed
Waxed
Woked
Whisked
Whipped
With Carrot Sticks
On rye
And a grain of salt
With pomp
And circumstance
Signifying
Nothing