Corporations do not like to waste money so instead of watching profits go down the drain, the drain is installed at the top where profits are accessed by the CEO, executives and shareholders.
employee 107562: No raise again this year.

employee 303267: That's because all the profits keep going up the drain.
by occupy_a_lobbyist February 8, 2012
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1. Aussie slang for one SpEEdY B0I

2. when you have a molecular scale dick, and she has a universal pussy
the boy raced past like a rat up a drain pipe

IT WAS LIKE TRYNA FIT A NEEDLE DOWN A HALLWAY
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