Conversation Master Mugs

'Hold on, there might be someone more interesting on the other line...'

"Watch out for Bernie...he's a man of few words but a lot of gestures."

The Art of Bantering!

"But enough about you..."

Grizzly bears are gregarious animals.

'Remember, Henson; we're not here to hobnob - we're here to schmooze.'

"At least you don’t need a wetsuit."

"Liife! Give my conversation Liife!"

'May I suggest a pleasant viognier to put the subtext into gear?'

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'

Bar Therapy

'Thanks to his brilliant conversation techniques, Bob had the shortest calls.'

"She can be outspoken."

After talking one stranger to death, Velma starts in on the next.

'Why am I feeling like this..?'

I heard you're going to Mars to star on some reality show. Yep. Mars One. We launch ten years from now. Ten years? You don't have the attention span to wait ten minutes. In ten years, you'll have forgotten all about this. And when that day comes, I will mock and berate you mercilessly. You'll be dead in ten years. Ridiculing you gives me a reason to go on! Being around you gives me a reason to go to Mars.

And what kind of banter do you want with that? I got light, witty, or wry. Breakfast.

'Mind you, this isn't a secret I'd tell just everybody.'

Ok, I'm back. Sorry about the screaming.

'Yes, I laugh at most things, but it doesn't mean I can't have a serious conversation...'

Sylvia helped Robert to edit one of his memos.

'Let's go some place where we can walk.'

"I've got a patient who needs to chat to someone...Have you got anyone who's completed the 'verbal communications with patients in personal, supportive but not disempowering course?"

'I'll get my people to talk to your people, and we can go off and have a picnic.'

'I'm not naturally dense you know...Its taken years of practice.'

Lady praises date for being a good conversationalist.

"If I had my life to live over again, I'd unlearn macrame."

"Nice talking to you."

"Darling, I realised that you didn't like your dinner by the third sheet."

'All those in favor of looking at pictures of grandchildren before we start bitching about their parents, say aye.'

"With Gloria, it's in one ear and out the mouth."

'Every time you get ready to make a call, on your mobile phone, you reach for a comfortable chair. No wonder all that air time translates into large phone bills.'

Taxi Debates

'What's wrong? Have you got laryngitis?'

'Please don't interrupt when I'm about to speak Neville!'