Talkative Gifts

'Sure, I can talk, but I still feel culturally illiterate.'

'Men are like fragments of soap... they get together in bars!'

'..and we thank thee for these bio-engineered vegetables..'

'…and remember - around HERE, ‘talk is CHEEP'.'

"She likes to be included, so I told her the tea is called 'Squirrel Grey.'"

'Yak, yak, yak.'

'Some of these trees have been here for 2000 years... and they still can't talk. Man, we're awesome!'

Men gossiping

Life on Earth - The original chat room.

Dialogue

Woman on the phone.

'There's a bench over there why not sit down and rest your weary mouth?'

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

You can't get what up

"Stop squawking. Use your words."

"Water cooler talk stations."

You're right, boss, there may be too much idle chit-chat, but let me talk it over with my friends.

"I'd appreciate a little more reacting to my ranting."

"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."

'I don't get it. He's got only one tongue and two ears, but he talks twice as much as he listens.'

Pie chart of pub conversations

"Frankly, I just want to talk about how great I am non-stop and uninterrupted for 50 minutes every week on a long term basis."

Now showing - "What's the least noisy film we can chat through?"

'No, he didn't have any last words,his wife was in there and she did all of the talking right up to the end.'

"Your lasagna was dismal, as was the coffee, but you, Sofi, are fabulous at Pictionary!"

'I'm sorry, what were you saying? I was busy critiquing your outfit?'

'What do you mean I've wolfed that down? You've never stopped nattering!'

I conduct comprehensive surveys - I ask my girlfriend.

Preserved

"I'll have to go now, Penny. My boyfriend keeps wittering on about something or other!"

"I just want someone who texts me as often as Joe Biden does, you know?"