The Office - Michael Scott's Misquotes - Random

Michael may get some words wrong... Yet we always know what he means.
It's eerie. Or irie.
Write what Michael really meant to say in these situations
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"To tell you or not, and I'm glad I did. I feel very, very good and catharctic"
Cathartic
[to a woman] "OK. Well, thanks for wasting my time tonight, idiot. God!" - Dwight Schrute
"Hey, you don’t deserve her" - Michael Scott
She doesn't deserve you
"I believe the expression was cut off your nose it's a spider-face" - Jim Halpert quoting Michael
Cut off your nose to spite your face
"…those things are like ticking time-bags"
Ticking time-bombs
"This is like a witch hunt. This is like The Blair Witch Hunt Project"
The Blair Witch Project
"It's too late to undo it. I need to know. Otherwise this thing is going to spiral out of amok"
Spiral out of control OR Run amok
"Contraptions! She's Contrapting"
Contractions
"This is what we want. Our balls are in your court"
The ball is in your court
"…find out if there are any skelletons in his attic"
Skelletons in the closet
"Check it out. Christmas bonus. 3,000 Gs"
3000 (dollars) OR 3 Gs (grand)
(handing a hat to Donna)
"I have your baguette"
Barrette
(after spanking his twenty something nephew)
"There are many different schools of thought on capital punishment"
Corporal punishment
"You know what they say, keep your friends close"
Keep your friends close and YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER
"Well, well, well… How the turntables…"
How the tables have turned
"I am downloading some N3P…" - Michael Scott
"That's not it" - Jim Halpert
"...music…" - Michael Scott
MP3
[while cutting his pants] "Okay. Oh... there we go. Watch that I don’t hit my corroded artery here…"
Carotid artery (not in the leg, in the neck)
Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure
Fund Run
"...it is my responsibility, as manager of this branch, to profiligate great ideas…"
Propagate
"I felt it would be [answer] to have a little refresher course on romance in the workplace" - Gabe Lewis
"Perfect. Yes. It is quite apro... propriate. Carry on" - Michael Scott
Apropros
"They are trying to make me an escape goat"
Scapegoat
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