Amateur Archaeology Mugs

Mudlarking

"...it's another metal detector."

'Why couldn't you just give him a bucket and shovel?'

'You and Rags working together make great dinosaur finders.'

"This is a neighbourhood vigilante area."

'Oh no, it's the Burkes! You stall them here while I go fix my hair and don't let them roam around. Remember, once you have cockroaches in your kitchen, you'll never get rid of them.'

'You say the ARKS are NOT two by two?'

'That's far enough for the first trip -- gather some soil samples and initiate re-entry procedures.'

"Yes, but this one is made of Chiclets."

Reinventing the Wheel

“If they were huggers like us they would have evolved useful arms.”

"Sadie, I just heard they discovered lots of ancient cities buried hundreds of years ago in the jungles of Cambodia. They've each got weird geometric patterns outlining what may have been gardens. But no one really knows what they were used for. I guess what I'm asking you is... what were they used for? Y'know, since you were there to see them in their prime. They were used for ritual sacrifices of dullards. For educational purposes, I shall now perform one."

'I have a bad feeling about this place, Watson... and I smell a rat!'

"How do you spell, asteroid?"

'This 'Palestine' place you're giving to us - Will we have the mineral rights?'

'So what if you found it? Whatever it is, it belongs to ME! Now, get off my beach!'

'I've written a poem describing my feelings on discovering the body, Inspector...'

'I'm going to ask you one more time; who left a hot mug on this table?'

"Y a un truc bizarre."

Dept of Egyptology - Toot and Come In.

The inscription says: 'Whiter teeth; fresher breath.'

'It seems a lot of trouble to go through just to sharpen a razor blade.'

"That's not the stick, it's a blood-stained satchel full of money... but hey, good boy!"

Optician and the PI.

"I'm getting dangerously close to figuring out what I did last night."

Toad a la mode: 'Hey! He keeps the flies off!'

An association for the advancement of science on an excursion.

Gracie tries to invent a shrinking spray and squirts Baldo with it.

'I roll it ahead of me, and anything it hits goes into my famous Road Kill Stew.'

"Whoa, I guess dad and mom didn’t send Scraps off to live on a farm after all."

'Nice try buddy, but we know the score. You were involved, but you only played a small part. What we want to know is who orchestrated this thing.'