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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 24548" data-attributes="member: 27">How about "If you don't put that little toy of yours down and pay attention to the person standing right in front of you, that person is going to snatch your toy away and throw it under a bus" ?One of my favorite parlor games to get these chattering people away from me (or out of my way in a supermarket, etc.) is paying attention as if I know what they're talking about and pretend to be listening to a regular conversation.  As you hang on their every word and react as you gauge their reactions (laugh when they say something sarcastically, etc.)  it totally creeps them out---but it's worked every time I've tried it.  They move along and (maybe) realize they need to pay attention to their surroundings and quieten down.</blockquote>