Office Nonconformist Gifts

'This isn't working. They're going to see the nose ring eventually.'

'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.

"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..."

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

'You're developing a reputation as something of a cowboy, Henderson.'

Protest

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

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

The Mainstream

"I don’t know, Margaret. She looks like the type who makes exotic stuffings."

Do not think outside the box!

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

Man burning his tie.

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."

Frank Zappa

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

Loner sheep sings 'I gotta be me'.

"Without mentioning any names, certain questionable liberties have been taken with our dress code."

"I beg to differ."

Rebel without a cause. Poet without a war.

"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?'

"I love meetings"

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

The end of boardroom table establishes independence

Autumn Leaves

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

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