[As CEO, did you ever attend meetings and company functions in the early days? If so, what were they like?]

"Grug hates bored meetings, so try to avoid them if can."

[You mean "board" meetings, right?]

"That what Grug say. Grug would make Mug and Zugham, Zughar father, deal with them. Instead Grug go to workshop cave in new work village of Bouldercorp, Grugston. Big cave, high ceiling, many hide on floor for feet to step on. Grug stay and drink mash-water and work on new sell until Mug come and grab by ear, drag home.

Grug chuckled, reaching into a not-snack pocket and pulling out a wizened scrap of what appeared to be skin of...something, and displayed it to Banou.

[Cannibalism is bad, Grug.]

"Relax, it only Neanderthal hunt and scrape big-horns hide. Grug use one time to play trick on Mug when she pull on ear, since kind of feel like Grug-hide. Grug lay it on ear and then cut and squish to shape, then Grug put red-berry in ear."

Grug reached into his snack pocket and pulled out a handful of raspberries and popped them into his mouth.

"Grug always love red-berries, so useful. Anyway Grug was ready, so when Mug clout Grug head and pull on ear, it come off in hand! Grug bellow like wounded mammoth, lurch around smoosh red-berries against head, going "Mug tear Grug ear off, oh the horror, Grug disfigured now!" Grug looked out of corner of eye, see Mug look suspicious, see looking at 'ear'. That when Grug decide to run out of room quick.

Mug stay there for minute at door, look sad, feel bad, then Grug look over shoulder, see her taste it. Face like mastodon Mug made after that, chase Grug through whole town until throw necklace at Grug ankles, knock Grug down. Grug try get good punch on haha square, but miss."

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[Haha square?]

Grug looked scandalized, looking back and forth before leaning in closer to Banou.

"Grug not sure this appropriate for live television."

[...should be, I think.]

"Place Mug have that smell like river fish-cat...please don't make Grug ruin reputation with viewers."

[GRUG.]

"Grug tell you before, all fair in love and survive. Mug grab Grug in place he go to doctor for now, when she mad at him."

[Can we get back to the meetings please?]

"Gladly, so Grug get dragged off by Mug to Big conference cave in Little Rock, throw him in chair, Grug bruised and bloodied. Bunch of Grug's workers tell about many hands of roc egg, many rope needed, shiny finds in deep caves, need foot-bag with more shiny. Grug listen for while, do job, be good boss ,until Grug wounds catch up to Grug, and Grug fall asleep on chair.

When Grug do, Mug grab his arm and pull, wake Grug up with loud yelling."

[I'm definitely getting a sense that you're not the executive type, Grug. Most executives don't have to get into fisticuffs before attending a meeting. In that case, I believe a better question is, did you have any meetings at all you DID like?]

Grug nodded emphatically, grabbing the arms of his chair.

"Grug have meetings of own choice with top of Grug's workers every long-summer and long-winter, big gather, many fires and much hunt and mash-water, talk about business and how make better. Grug live for meeting of that kind, let Grug feel in action after Grug get out of doing Grugself. Grug and workers get fuzzy on mash-water and try new sell item in party, much fun, only little group explode, great time!"

[I'm glad to see you're so interested in the welfare and thoughts of your workers, it's a nice change from most companies.]

Grug perked up, as if an idea had suddenly struck him.

"Grug think you should come work for him, Banou. Great pay, good benefits, easy job, keep interview of Grug."

[Uh...I'll need to get back----]

Two men in black suits and red ties barge into the room and seize Banou under the arms, bodily lifting the diminutive brunette out of her chair and spiriting her out of the room with barely a swing of a tie.

"Grug guesses we done for today, Grug probably need to go talk to Grug law-boys, get working on this. Oooo this another mess. Big Rock hate Grug after this."

Grug stands up, stretches, and ambles out of the room. In the background, a tinny recording plays:

[Well, I guess that's all for today, folks! This has been Banou of Channel Big Rock, reporting live, interviewing the CEO of Bouldercorp, Grug Quicktalker. Signing off!]