Great Listener Mugs

'I don't know what it is about you, Dave. But, you're such a good listener.'

Audio Books

I can hear a podcast of yesterday's sea.

'You are a very good nurse. You're actually listening to what I'm saying.'

Pet Shop - Parrot labeled as 'Good Listener'

Cares and woes.

Shell Pods

'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."

Broccoli: Just Full of Surprises!

Attention Span Man

Psychiatrist with bartending diploma

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you to turn my problem into something way worse that happened to you."

"Officer, I'd like to report... a sexual assault. I was at a part, this guy... he attacked me."

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

'I have this constant ringing in my ears. I think I have tinnitus.' - 'Does it sound like an 'eeeeeee' or a 'shhhhh'?' - 'It's like the murmer of a thousand forgotten souls quietly lamenting past sorrows.' - 'Hmmm. I don't have a checkbox for that, sadly.

'I'm going to put you in touch with reality.', 'Can't I just sneak up on it?'

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

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

Science Applied to Art

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

'I don't know how you stand listening to people's problems all of the time, Doctor Barnes.'

'She saw right through me.'

'I wonder if TED ever listens.'

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

Here's your problem. You have an iPod.

'OK, nod a little slower this time. Then let's work on saying 'mm-hmm, go on' ...you try it.'

Today, this humble feature attempts to answer one of the great quandaries of modern times. Is it Louie Louie, oh baby, my hair gotta grow? Wrong! What are the lyrics to the Kingsman's Louie Louie?* *Must be gleaned by listening. No peeking on the internet!

'Yes, puberty did put me through a lot of stress. . . but it was my daughters puberty.'

4th of July and PTSD

Harold finally decided to take his psychiatrist's advice to become more receptive.

"How did I get to be the only one that listens?"

Patient is listening to the doctors conference about him.

"My super powers are listening and downsizing my life."

My Mother Is Dead But Her Body Is Still Alive