Rumor Detector Gifts

Clancy: Starting Rumours

Every morning the office gossip was cascaded down...

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

"Some idiot spread the rumour that the boss had called in sick! Now look what's happened to the tobacco and coffee stocks!"

"I only told a few friends."

'She's the worst gossip I've ever come across.'

'Today on wall street, a rumor led to a rumor which raised fears of insider rumor-mongering.'

'I heard it through the grapevine.'

"Facts are good, but we need all the rumors, gossip, and speculation to fully understand the situation."

"The sheep all have rabies. Pass it on."

"Quick - make something up, I've got a space to fill."

"Boss, there's a rumor going around that someone lost a $1,000 bill in the cafe. There are like 200 people out there." "Interesting. And I assume they're all looking for the $1,000 bill. I assume they don't want anyone else to know about it before they find it." "I assume each of them is buying our food and drink so the others won't suspect they're here with ulterior motives." "I wonder who could have possibly spread such a rumor in the first place?" "Very bad man."

'That was one of my all-time great rumors.'

"The Cheshire Cat has dentures. Pass it on."

'Rumors...'

"I can't approve of your office gossiping, Frank...and after you tell me the latest I want it to stop!"

I overheard management saying they were kicking you but I didn't hear if it was upstairs or out.

'I hear there are some mighty big deer in these woods.'

"Damned lies."

'What's this rumor I hear, that they're putting saltpeter in Meals-On-Wheels!'

'Oh, Charley, if you hear a report that I'm going to be married to that girl in black, you can contradict it. There's nothing in it.'

"The market reacted today on rumors that the rumors were only rumors..."

'Is it true what they say'

'I learned some interesting things in school today. I read the graffiti on my desk.'

"I prefer to think of myself as an opinion former."

'Now they're saying our financing is being pulled. I'd love to know how these crazy rumors get started.'

Let's meet for a drink after work. I've got office gossip you can't appreciate without a buzz.'

'You can only believe half of what you read on a cave wall.'

A woman waits in a "Gossip" stand

"What's the word on the street?"

1820: Rumours spread about the Grand Old Duke of York.

"I read that drinking beer can cure cancer and bring world peace."

They Shop Among Us

'All right then. So, you didn't pierce your belly button. I'd just like to know where these ugly rumors get started.'

'Rumors that the rumors that caused the market jitters, may have only been rumors, is causing jitters in the market today...'