Radio Communication Buff Prints

"Next time the killer comes on your radio do not say 'COPY THAT'."

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"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

"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."

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

"Hello? Speaking, not listening."

She - Interpreter - He.

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

'No, I'm the marriage counselor. What you need is the semantics counselor down the hall.'

"Can you tell the oak tree to tell the birch tree to tell the elm tree I said hi?"

'Some of these trees have been here for 2000 years... and they still can't talk. Man, we're awesome!'

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'We interrupt this programme for a sex flash.'

Letter Collecting Nerd

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

"'Original' to 'Carbon-Paper': Do you copy?"

"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!"

'Let us pray...'

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

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

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

Dog FM. (Man blowing dog whistle into radio microphone).

"Again, you may exercise your right to remain silent, but it's going to work against you since this is a job interview."

They had a tendency to talk past one another.

"Joe's cereal. NPR co-approved."

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

The Love Psychologists

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

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

'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.

'No need to text me the answer to that. I'm right here.'