Consider these definitions:
Designer: A highly trained and creative professional who works for almost nothing.
Contractor: A gambler who never get to shuffle, cut, or deal.
Bid Opening: A poker game in which the losing hand wins.
Bid: A wild guess carried out to two decimal points.
Low Bidder: A contractor who is wondering what he left out.
Designer's Estimate: The cost of construction in heaven.
Project Manager: The conductor of an orchestra in which every musician is in a different union.
Completion Date: The point at which liquidated damages begin.
Liquidated Damages: A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.
Auditor: A person who goes in after the war is lost and bayonets the wounded.
Lawyer: A person who goes in after the auditors to strip the bodies.
