Icebreaker Expert Gifts

'Nice to meet you... And I don't use that phrase lightly.'

"Serve again- I wasn't ready."

"So … Rachel tells me you're Canadian …"

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

"Don't even interact with him. He just likes to say 'Kalamazoo.'"

"Let's start with an icebreaker..."

'No ice.'

'I do a lot of icing. It's part of my mellowness.'

'Well, I must say I never thought team-building exercises could be such fun.'

'Before we begin, everyone turn to the person next to you and give them a hug.'

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

Suddenly, everyone spoke at once....

Baking

Welcome to your new English Class.

'If you'll excuse me, I'm going to work the room.'

'I'm not very good at mingling.'

"We'll start with some 'ice breakers' and 'team building' games..."

Rubik's ice cube.

'Wait! Don't get in. . . It's totally cold.'

"Date of birth?" "1989." "In 1989 I couldn't make ice... still can't." "Good lord, she could be my daughter! I'm so #!@* old." "That's the year my wife left me. Now I have a cold and I'm depressed!"

Boy breaking off a huge icicle.

Develop Your Social Skills: Asking Questions is a Great Way to Keep a Conversation Going.

"Develop your social skills. Share information about yourself so people will want to talk to you." "I like to dissect animals."

At the Penguin fishing school: 'Gunvald has set the bar kind of high, gang!'

A fish using pizza as bait to catch an ice hole fisherman.

"I'd like a vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing on the side."

"You want that neat, or on the mostly melted rocks?"

But, mom, I don't want to go to summer camp!

'Dang... so much ice around us, but not a lousy drop of Scotch!'

He took every chance to practice his talk.

The Icebreaker

"Before we begin this family meeting, how about we go around and say our names and a little something about ourselves."

'Why do I have to go first?' 'There's no I in team, Dave.'

'Looks like Tungor's wife's waters have broken.'

"I thought it might speed up the dating process."