Analytical Discussion Pillows

Sport: Crisis in the Real Madrid.

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

Reading my Critics

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"That was totally....what's the word I'm looking for?"

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Darling, I think we need to talk about where this relationship is going..." Male evolution.

"...I don't believe in the past or the future. I don't even believe in right now. Everyone remembers the past differently. Everyone imagines the future differently. Everyone even disagrees about what's happening right now. So who's to say tomorrow what you and I did tonight?"

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

"No es problema para mi si no es problema para ti."

Six Thinking Hats

"Next time be more careful where you put the decimal point!"

'Herb will provide one of his concise interpretations of the quarterly sales charts.'

"So, what are you reading?"

"I have good news and bad news about your cat, Dr Schrodinger..."

"Compare Calculate Contrast Before you make a move"

"Now that was post-modern sex."

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

Experience-Productivity Ratio / Age-Salary Ratio.

"Discussion topic: Is our society becoming less civil and more violent?"

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

'Carl Jung loses it...' 'don't tell me I made a Freudian slip - it's a Jungian slip!'

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'