“Some weather we’re having, right?”
“Some climate catastrophe we’re having, right?”
“Some great conversation we’re having, right?”
“Care to make things interesting?”
“Does anyone have a revolver that’s loaded with a single bullet?”
“If the elevator got stuck and we were all trapped, who would be voted the leader?”
“If needed, who could fit through that hatch in the ceiling?”
“If I run out of supplies, who has hidden food, and where is it exactly?”
“How do we feel about cannibalism?”
“Tell me how attractive you think I am using only the floor buttons.”
“Anyone in here ever heard that Aerosmith song ‘Love in an Elevator’?”
“Anyone in here ever made love in an elevator?”
“Anyone in here ever thought that it’s kind of strange to write a song about having sex in an elevator when the obvious implication is that that experience would last, like, forty seconds, max?”
“Is anyone in here Steven Tyler?”
“Is anyone in here Liv Tyler?”
“Is anyone in here John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, in office from 1841 to 1845?”
“If you were President, what would your platform be?”
“If you were President, how would you start a conversation in an elevator?”
“If you were President, who would your Vice-President be, if you could only pick a member of Aerosmith?”
“Who in here still frequently says the ‘Anchorman’ quote, ‘Boy, that escalated quickly’?”
“Who in here caught that that’s actually more relevant to an escalator than an elevator?”
“Who in here agrees that, even though the fandom and over-quoting of the film have tarnished its legacy significantly, ‘Anchorman,’ as a work of art, cannot be faulted for that, and remains a very good movie?”
“Going up?”
“Going up against me? That would be a mistake.”
“Going down?”
“Going down all the way to Chinatown? That is not a destination on this elevator.”
“This is my floor, but let’s stay in touch. What are all your contact details?”
“Why are you closing the elevator door?”
