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"It's wet, but it's a dry wet."

"Don't even interact with him. He just likes to say 'Kalamazoo.'"

'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?'

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

Men gossiping

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

'I don't like it... It's too quiet.'

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

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

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"Please try not to offer expert analysis."

"NOBODY LISTENS ANYMORE."

"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."

'This is our real-time chat room.'

"Hold that afterthought!"

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

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

"I find it a very good conversation starter."