lion food

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lion food - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  lion food
  
     <humour> (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by
     extension, administrative drones in general.  The term derives
     from an old joke:
  
     Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their
     chances.  When they finally meet after two months, one is
     skinny and the other overweight.  The thin one says, "How did
     you manage?  I ate a human just once and they turned out a
     small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible.
     Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even
     grass."  The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM
     office and ate a manager every day.  Nobody even noticed!"
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-12-01)
  

lion food - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  lion food
   n.
  
     [IBM] Middle management or HQ staff (or, by extension, administrative
     drones in general). From an old joke about two lions who, escaping
     from the zoo, split up to increase their chances but agree to meet
     after 2 months. When they finally meet, one is skinny and the other
     overweight. The thin one says: "How did you manage? I ate a human
  just
     once and they turned out a small army to chase me -- guns, nets, it
     was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects,
     even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, I hid near an IBM office and
     ate a manager a day. And nobody even noticed!"