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.'

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

'I heard it through the grapevine.'

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

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

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

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

'Pss-st, Harley-Davidson is up one-and-a-quarter...pass it on.'

"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."

'Rumors...'

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

'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!'

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

'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.'

'Is it true what they say'

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

'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.'

A woman waits in a "Gossip" stand

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

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

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

"What's the word on the street?"

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.'