Lively Loner Gifts

Quiet night? Liven up that game of solitaire with a Mexican wave.

Club Antisocial

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

'Openly sobbing, or non-openly sobbing?'

Martin hated dining alone – but loved the savings.

"It's lonely here at the top. Thank goodness I've never been a people person."

"All of my friends are imaginary."

'I'm worried about myself, Doc...I'm not spending much time with other cats.'

"This isn't working out, Henry...I'm a social butterfly and you're just an annoying little moth!"

Your own tedious thoughts next 200 miles

Hell, yes, it's lonely at the top. Plus I get nosebleeds.

'Will you be dining alone tonight, Sir?'

"I'm not afraid of being alone. I just need someone around to discover my corpse because I can't afford a housekeeper."

"Or, is it the perfect beach day because there's no one here to p*** us off?"

'I told you that nobody would show up.'

"I am having an alternative Christmas."

The Loneliest Job in the World

"I like sad songs."

'We were lonely at the bottom and in the middle. I'm sure we'll get used to being lonely at the top.'

"Have you been here long?"

'... and with the advent of Email, fax machines, cellphones and Blackberry's, more and more executives are working from home.'

"How was your lonely little dinner, sir?"

'Just because I'm eating alone doesn't mean you should suggest the 'loser' special. But I'll take it.'

"I just can’t stand the loneliness anymore."

Meet the publisher's entire marketing dept. 2-4pm

Christmas during a pandemic.

'Showing up early just makes matters worse. Now I feel more alone than ever.'

'Looks like Harvey's entered his holiday mode.'

Get home. No one there. Oh, the joy of the house to myself!

"I said, 'You're starting to get on my nerves'!"

" ... well yes, technically this is waterfront property, but ... "

"You unfriended them all - remember?"

Jobs that will make you really lonely...

'I know living on an abandoned nuclear test site has its advantages - no bugs, no snakes, no univited guests but did it ever occur to you that there's nothing else here either?'

'Where's everybody?'