Communication Curious Prints

'Remember when we had to go into a sound-proof telephone box to make a public phone call?'

'Maybe we should talk to him more, Malcolm.'

'And just why would we need caller I.D.?'

'It's your wife - firing off another text message!'

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"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

Dialogue

'The World will speak hip-hop tomorrow.'

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

She - Interpreter - He.

Ruddy bloggers!

'Why don't you try seeing it from your point of view?'

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"It probably got lost in the voice mail."

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

"Oh! It's you! I was expecting the machine."

"I feel like I don’t even know my own husband ... and it’s driving me wild!"

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

'Your wife says you act like a fool. I thought you said she never pays attention to you.'

"Miss Duxbury, put me through to someone."

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

The Love Psychologists

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

Harvey went to the kitchen to top up his gin and tonic. When he came back, things took an unexpected turn.

'We finally learned to communicate, and he's worse than I thought he was!

"My spokesperson won't speak to me."

'Modern romance'