Social Dynamics Gifts

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

"Cursed To Live In HowdyTown."

Suzie would later win a Nobel Prize for her Law of Special Social Relativity.

"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.'

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

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

People in elevator avoiding each other by facing walls.

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

Another form of performance anxiety.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two gossiping women talk about someone behind her back.

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

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

We all long to be long.

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

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

"He works and plays well with others."

'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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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