Out of context

4 February 2010

“I’ve got a great idea for a business venture flogging flip flops to drunken girls walking back from the races carrying their high heels.”
Aviva head of marketing Richard Kelsall.

“I was walking through Swindon one evening recently and thought I had stepped into the Thriller video.”
Zurich UK IFA sales director Richard Howells is not the biggest fan of his company’s base in the UK’s twin city to Disney World Florida.

“I have recently been told that there is a John A Sipp living in America.”
Suffolk Life’s John Moret is disappointed to learn that he has a rival to the claim to be Mr Sipp.

“To grow hair.”
Buckles chief executive Nigel Spiers answers Sanlam chief executive Lukas van de Walt’s life ambition question for him during an MM profile.

“It is seven year-old barrel-aged balsamic vinegar.”
A waitress informs Aviva PR David Gwyer after he grumbles about the bitter-tasting condiment.

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