Modern Communication Admirer Gifts

'It's a hi-tech romantic thriller...she e-mails him, he e-mails her, they meet, she gets nabbed for online solicitation of a minor.'

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"You've got to learn about verbs. How else are you going to verbalize your feelings?

"I don't believe I've missed a single sign since you made the switch to Power Point."

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

'Bob, I know you're a Mockingbird, but a few compliments every now and then would greatly help your marriage...'

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

"They communicate through clicks and taps."

She - Interpreter - He.

'I'm majoring in communication and minoring in pizza delivery - What about you?'

With the popularity of spell-checkers, many people are turning to the new speech-checkers.

Ruddy bloggers!

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

My phone is synced with my tablet, my tablet is synced with my laptop ... but none of them are synced with me."

"Hi, you've reached Susan's desk. I am monotasking right now, so I'll call you back it's the phone's turn again. Beep!"

'After we learn the alphabet, are we going to learn how to text?'

On-the-job creativity may go unrewarded an may even create consternation among co-workers.

"When we first started seeing each other, we would always use the same word for snow."

My wife's been talking to the skin I shed for over an hour.

'A thousand word report? How many words is that in text message?'

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

"Teenagers! Everyone try to look cool!"

Presentation Skills: 1. Be Prepared.

The Love Psychologists

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

'This is Martins, the office I was telling you about. She's got a real knack for texting people down from window ledges!'

'We finally learned to communicate, and he's worse than I thought he was!

"Go ahead, tell him... Your friend is correct. Nuts are fruit. Why won't you ever believe me?"

"Nd how did tht mke u feel?"

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

'I was just ringing to see if you'd got the email about my letter.'

'No, there's nothing on my mind, but if there was I don't want to talk about it.'

Technological advances within the office.