Competing

GC: "The sys dev team went running last week, they are getting fitter."

JH: "So you're going running today to keep up?"

GC: "Yes, need to keep fit. I'm worried if it came to a fight who would win, SysDev against CS."

JH: "Yep, we'd have a battle."

GC: "CS against Ops?"

JH: "Well, I know the outcome of that one - we would...lick...their...arses."

GC: shocked pause

JH: "...well, not literally."

References

CN details her previous work experience.

GH: "Why did you extend your contract?"

CN: "Well it keeps me off the streets."

Anti-thesis

Whilst listening to loud music outside the British Library.

GC: "They won't appreciate that in the library while they're trying to write their thesaurus…"

Messy

GC: "Hi, how are you? You seem to have a stain on your shirt."
PMcL: "That was from my plums... it's plum juice."