1. Wild laughter, after you ask for a raise.
2. "I hope you don't mind that I took credit for your idea in the meeting back there."
3. As you're working to get a rush project done on time while he reads the Wall Street Journal: "Would you mind getting me a cup of coffee while you're up?"
4. "I'd like you to meet Marty, the newest member of our team. She'll be sharing your tiny cubicle with you for a while."
5. "I'm sorry to hear that you prepaid your three-day vacation, but Monday's not a company holiday, and you've used up all your vacation days for this year."
6. Calling from behind his closed office door (thankfully): "Cancel all my appointments this morning, I've just spilled coffee on my suit and am going to have to work stark naked until it and my underwear dries."
7. After days of trying to convince your boss to let you leave early just once so that you can schedule a dental appointment, and having your requests denied: "I need you to wrap up around four today so that you can give me a lift to pick up my Porsche. I'm getting new racing tires put on her."
8. On the Friday afternoon just before your vacation: "You don't mind working late tonight, do you?"
9. "Have you updated your resume lately?"
10. Any sentence that begins with: "Due to company cut-backs..."