Shyness Expert Pillows

'Don't mind Ken, he's a bit shy around new people.'

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

"Maybe if I make myself inconspicuous I won't be called on."

Never being able to think of the right thing to say at the right time phobia.

We bonded over a shared lack of assertiveness. Vive la diffidence!

Bashful Royal Guard

The Shy Nudist Camp.

Group showers. Just one of the reasons few golfers take up football.

"Okay. So, apart from being a very shy ventriloquist, is there anything else you can tell me about him?"

'. . . You seem to have a strange obsession with shyness and safe sex. . .'

'Your, 'Never can come out in public' session is over. After I leave the room, you come out and slink away!'

Herman likes to stay in his comfort zone.

"I didn't mind the panel interview, but I got creeped out by the group hug at the end."

"Hello... I will be your instructor for this assertiveness training course... that is... I mean... if you don't mind!"

A shy parish cleric seeking to talk business with a lady

Socially awkward shipwrecks.

'If you don't stop worrying...you're going to die.'

"We couldn't find an introvert who was willing to take part."

'He's not really shy - just a bad skater.'

"So they wanted the bathroom?"

'Tell me how you developed this shyness.'

'I don't model now!'

'I used to be afraid of public speaking, but since I realised everyone falls asleep after 15 minutes...'

'It must be the burglars, Manfred, you know how they frighten him!'

No need to be concerned. After 30 years I'm finally emerging from this cocoon.

"Now let's all introduce... ourselves."

'You're new here, aren't you?'

Claustrophobics' Club

"Yes, we have self help books on overcoming shyness."

'It's for someone who is claustrophobic.'

How to Overcome Shyness.

Shy man in a photograph booth.

He was always painfully shy. (Originally published on 2004-04-07)