Frage: "Somehow I keep startling this one co-worker. I think they are going to want me to wear a bell."
UIM: "Well, you are descended from the rare Nordic Ninjas. The small strain of introverted Vikings - they were okay with pillaging and plundering, but they didn't want to make a lot of noise about it, and they needed some quiet time to recharge afterward."
(Pause.)
(UIM snickers.)
Frage: (resigned to it) "Okay, what of your own jokes are you laughing at now."
UIM: "Just imagining a panning camera shot down the longboat, all the other Vikings are singing and drinking as they return home with booty, and there's just this one morose Viking in the middle. Soundtrack is playing "How Soon is Now" by the Smiths."
