UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS OF RESPONDING TO A COMPLIMENT

- "thank you from the pit of my stomach"

- "you are welcome?"

- respond in the royal we - "we thank you very much"

- ask for a piece of paper and write out an algebraic equation that uses T-H-A-N-K-Y-O-U as variables

- consider buying the complimenter a complimentary votive candle

- "you don't have to say it, I already know"

- run and hide

- say, "well, that figure reflects more of a combined income than my actual salary"