"There's a perfectly rational explanation! I have no idea what it is, but there has to be one!"
"Hmm... maybe standing behind the skeleton that [another PC] is shooting at wasn't my best tactical decision ever."
GM: "What are you doing?"
Me: "I'm chatting up Simone (a French Femme Fatale PC), and she's trying to ignore me."
[simone player mimes blowing cigarette smoke in my face]
Player: "What's his name?"
GM: "Uh... [flip, flip] 'Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Module.'"
And last but not least...
"You see Ted Danson being held at knifepoint by two gummy bears."
Explaining the context would only spoil it.
bigdamnhero
“On my planet there is a saying -- the man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.”
“Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.”