Culinary Non-conformist Mugs

Man sitting and reading 'Joy of Take Out' book surrounded by take out boxes.

'Let's not go by the book.'

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"I'm not weird I'm a 'person of weirdness'."

Thinks he's too cool for school.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

Protest

"The salad should be delicious. We ordered it with lots of extra bacon bits."

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

"He says that when he had a vegetable salad as an appetizer, he can now have burgers, pizza and Coke as a reward."

"I don’t know, Margaret. She looks like the type who makes exotic stuffings."

The Mainstream

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

Do not think outside the box!

'You just don't seem to be fitting in.'

'As far as we know, no one who has eaten our genetically-modified food has turned into a creature or anything.'

"Picasso is at it again. I don't know what he does in there. all he says is that he's living his dream."

"I'm outside the fancy dress shop...."

Dare to be different.

Frank Zappa

'Louise, everyone is wearing that this year ... don't be such a sheep to fashion.'

"Without mentioning any names, certain questionable liberties have been taken with our dress code."

Loner sheep sings 'I gotta be me'.

"I beg to differ."

"I used to be old, too, but it wasn't my cup of tea."

'Dinner in tumble dryer - gone to see therapist!'

'The kids were rebelling against the new school uniform policy, so we had to make some design changes.'

Armstrong, an unmarked truck just delivered a pallet of mystery meat. Turkey. It doesn't look like turkey. It looks more like some sort of dehydrated pigeon. What's it matter? If we slap it in a sandwich, smother it in "gravy," and label it "turkey," customers won't know the difference. Wait, did you just think quotes around the word gravy? "no."

A man without a chicken on his head!

'Follow the crowd! Do what the other sheep do! Gad, child, why can't you remember that?'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

Dinner Cereal, Corn Flakes with Spaghetti Sauce.

"What do you consider your most attractive feature and what are you doing about it?"

"I'll get the onion soup... it's the only thing on the menu that I don't know why it's bad for me!"