When the discussion gets out of control, Jim cuts it short and brings the committee back to the conference room to make up their minds.

But before the discussion had gotten very far, they were interrupted.

Or as directly as discussions ever got with that man.

"The discussions got to the point where the best next step seemed to be to take it to the shareholders," he said.

"This discussion is getting us nowhere," he said after a moment.

A discussion has now got underway on the physiological function.

Well, it was about time the discussion got down to business!

But as in previous years, the discussion never got to the point of serious action.

"The whole discussion gets down to a single factor," he explained.