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"How's your old lady?"

Silly News.

'You must be Jim's new gardener. I'm his neighbour, Gerald. Had any luck with the Petunias this year? Aren't those Jim's feet sticking out of the ornamental pond?'

Men gossiping

"How to talk to people" "Make them rue the day"

"Passengers, as we begin our descent, you may now suddenly act open and friendly to the person beside you."

"I guess when your husband dies you'll really understand what they mean by a statistical death."

"No, no, that’s in a bar, Mr. President — you can talk politics and religion here."

"My wife and I handle our own finances. I'm an accountant and she's a grief counselor."

"I like them. They hate the same things we do."

"Nope! He'd never set eyes on a water cooler in all his years in the office!"

"Remember, I want to hear fifteen solid minutes of small talk before you ask for the Wi-Fi password."

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"You do something about Human Rights and trade or...or....or..."

"I don't like the tone of your voice. Mind if I tweak it a bit?"

'Yeah, but this time she just said no -- there wasn't any hysterical laughter!'

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'Sure I talk to myself. It's the only way I can have an intelligent conversation round here.'

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"We should probably talk about the elephant in the Roomba."

"Cat got your tongue?"

"But I haven't finished explaining about dollar-cost-averaging." "Sorry, I didn't register for this course."

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"I said, you know why women talk more than men?" "What?" "I said, you know why women talk more than men..." "What?"

'I wish i could think of some way to get away form him.' 'I wish i could think of some way to get away form her.'

"There's a kind of rhythm to making money that something inside me responds to."

"He says he's a Professor of Rhetoric but I'm not persuaded."

"Please try not to offer expert analysis."

"Hold that afterthought!"

'You do obscenity very well. Can you talk without being obscene as well?'

'This is our real-time chat room.'

"It was a typical 'His lawyer said/Her lawyer said' situation."

"NOBODY LISTENS ANYMORE."

"Richard has quite an ear for dialogue."

"Be patient with Ed. You can skip his political harangue in 15 seconds and move right onto sports."