Non-conformity Mugs

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

"Jerry always did sip from the cup of a different brewer."

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

Do not think outside the box!

"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..."

"Honestly, Kate—can you picture us in a shopping mall?"

'Not getting into university is not going to stop me doing the things I hoped to do...'

'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.

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

Protest

The Mainstream

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

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

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

Man burning his tie.

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

Dare to be different.

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

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

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."

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?'

"Your experience is impressive and your qualifications excellent but I'm afraid you're let down by not being the same as everyone else."

"And what if we don’t feel like being herded?"

Autumn Leaves

'It says here you like to push the envelope.'

'It just happens that all my heroes are anti-heroes.'

"An ingenious choice, Madam - dispensing with the usual pretence of impressing one's guests in favour of amusing them!"

Dumbed Down Culture