Social Dynamics Gifts

"I don't like large groups. I can never remember what our plural is."

"Cursed To Live In HowdyTown."

"What'll it be, Tyler - your lunch money or heaps of verbal abuse?"

Kids Gang.

'Do you mind if I call my parole officer?'

'I think I'm introverted. Because the fake conversations I have in my head with people are so much better than real conversations.'

Tables with the Labels: Shy, Reserved, Anxious, Avuncular, and Gregarious.

'You mean your big smile is bottled-up aggression? Mine is bottled-up hostility.'

"Damn it, when things were going well there was nothing but eye contact."

People in elevator avoiding each other by facing walls.

High Street signpost with lots of Bar signs - "I remember when all this was shops."

'Jones, how about a moratorium on keeping up? Our budget is a bit tight this year.'

Another form of performance anxiety.

'I feel very secure, but I should try to act a little more insecure.'

"I'm not going to Sid's funeral, he won't be coming to mine."

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

Eeny, Meeny, Miney hang together while Shirley frowns in the corner.

Sign on desk reads: 'Thanks for not wishing me a nice day.'

We all long to be long.

"Your request to join is being reviewed by the group moderator!"

Two gossiping women talk about someone behind her back.

'Surely you wouldn't want me to laugh at your joke if I didn't think it was funny!'

'I prefer the term 'whistleblower' to tattletale.'

Musical Chairs: Because kids don't already have a hard time fitting in.

Musical Chairs: Because kids don't already have a hard time fitting in.

"The Passive-Agressive Door-Holding Game:See if you can make an innocent stranger hurry from more than fifteen feet away while you hold the door."

"He works and plays well with others."

"Oh, no! How are we going to divide this space by seven?"

"If there's one thing I can't abide it's being interrupted while I'm mansplaining."

'Don't stare, woman. They're one of those poor, sad, childless couples.'

'Did you ever feel like you were just the control in an experiment being carried out on somebody else?'

'I'm not ashamed to be married to you, but if the other geeks saw I married a beautiful woman, I'd lose my geek status.'

"Look, fella, I'm sorry. What more can I say?"

'...and he doesn't like anyone to mention his club foot...'

"Listen kid, you may have been a big man on playground."