http://blogs.msdn.com/bobreb/archive/tags/quotes/default.aspxTags: quotesenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/bobreb/archive/2007/05/05/great-quote-first-time-i-ve-seen-it.aspxSat, 05 May 2007 18:59:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2429976bobreb1http://blogs.msdn.com/bobreb/comments/2429976.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/bobreb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2429976<p>Thanks to P. G. Wodehouse.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <blockquote> <p>"It is not easy to explain to the lay mind the extremely intricate ramifications&nbsp;of the personnel of a Hollywood picture&nbsp; organization... The chief executive throws out some statement of opinion, and then looks about him expectantly. This is the cue for the senior Yes-Man to say yes. He is followed, in order of precedence, by the&nbsp;second Yes-Man -- or Vice-Yesser, as he is sometimes called -- and the junior Yes-Man. Only when all the Yes-Men have yessed, do the Nodders begin to function. They nod."</p></blockquote> <p>And it works at all levels and types of authority, all forms of yes (sometimes the word "no" is used), and with a variety nodding styles.</p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2429976" width="1" height="1">quotes