Social Setting Strategist Mugs

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

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

'No thanks, I don't drink when I'm driving home a point about investing.'

"What's with the Tim Russert act?"

"Now remember, if I jump out the window, I want to leave."

"Let me get this, but keep in mind that you'll pay for it in other, more subtle ways later on."

"And this right here was our weekend in the Hamptons."

"Think I'll be a more effective alpha male if I learn to play pool?"

'To address this mistake we must use root-cause analysis. I'll begin by saying it's not my fault.'

"Dammit, Higgins, we don't need simple explanations, we need complicated excuses!"

'We'll also need to do a credit/blame analysis.'

"Do we want to tackle this head on, or just stun it with a glancing blow until Monday?"

'Dear Miss Etiquette, I'm never sure if I should say anything...'

"'Disability benefits' they said... Not while there are perfectly good jobs as traffic cones to be had!"

'Are you two friends?' - 'No, we just hate the same people.'

"It's a dog-eat-dog economy. And I'm the Doberman."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

She realised it would be foolish to start a diet with third cousin Rodney's retirement party due in only 12 years.

"Our new dog seems to be really, really shy!"

'You got much on at the moment?'; 'No, nothing really.' (Naked man)

Capitalism and the Earth

'Oh hey Rhonda, whatcha doin?'

'Dinner for two, table for seven.'

Why are you here?

'I certainly phoned SOMEBODY and said, honey, I'm bringing home a guest for dinner!'

This stuff fixes things at home, why not here?

"Agreed then-I won't network you if you don't network me."

"McNab here is with our consensus engineering department."

"If they find out I'm a flight attendant pretend a heart attack so we can leave early."

"I wish I'd been invited to all these parties before I discovered the joys of staying in."

"Okay, so we all agree to support your father's run for office even though his ideas are bats**t crazy."