Active Listening Mugs

"I'm afraid the turnout wasn't as high as we'd hoped. Ten of them misheard the date, six got the time wrong, and most of the rest ended up at the wrong venue."

Audio Books

"I need him to stop think and start listening."

'It's true what they say, you really can hear the sea in these things!'

Try me/try me/try me...

I can hear a podcast of yesterday's sea.

"Still Undecided Political Blocs"

Mozart's very good, but can't beat Rossini for sandbox activities.

"I suppose we should start with listening skills!"

"I've been invited to two different thanksgivings...One with family, one with friends, which one do I go to?"

'Howard can't come to the phone now. He's standing by for a major concert announcement.'

Not-so-easy listening...

Clive Anderson

Easy & Hard Listening Rock Radio.

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."

Psychiatrist with bartending diploma

"I feel like my emotional baggage is permanently stuck on the luggage carousel."

"Coming up... more of the same mindless pop songs with repetitive lyrics and nauseating melodies!"

"Virginia Woolf meets 'Car Talk.'"

'A listener from Ridgeway asks, 'When visiting a friend, is it improper to drink out of the toilet unless asked first?' Good question...'

You wouldn't believe the screams of joy I hear when I announce a school closing...and that's just the teachers!

"Mmm... now WHERE did i leave my radio..?"

"I'll knock 10% off this session as I wasn't really listening."

Welcome to "The Ask Sadie Show," pre-Halloween edition. First caller is Zombie Eaton, from Schenectady. What's your problem?! Munch

Birdwatchers making each other playlists

It's so quiet. Listen to the sounds of nature! Pound pound thump. Pound thunk. Human nature.

"If you think I talk too much, you should come right out say so! That way we can talk about it."

'Golden Oldies are now songs I hated when my kids were teens.'

Science Applied to Art

"Doctor, I find you very easy to talk to."

'I composed the ad jingle in my dreams: 'Hey, this flying monkey's the one for you ...'.'

"Ah, summertime! Robert Potts is sitting in for Jim Jensen, who is sitting in for Harry Reasoner, who is sitting in for Walter Cronkite, who is on vacation."

'I wonder if TED ever listens.'

'She doesn't know that listening is not the same as mentally rehearsing her answers.'