Ancient Wonder Aficionados Gifts

The Hanging Gardens of Shoreham

'Shoot, this is nothing, you should have seen how good we had it back in ancient Egypt.'

Pyramid (Drawn from memory) (Pretty accurate)

"Well. . . either it's sinking, or you got the measurements wrong. . .!"

Down With Wikipedia

"I get it!"

The Unknown Philosopher, who first realised life is no picnic.

'It's Johnny Taylor's snowsuit, but I don't think he's in there.'

Stonehens

"Thousands of years from now, men will marvel at this and wonder how we did it."

'I'm no expert but at a guess I'd say they had the drawings upside down!'

Hypatia

Stonehenge Imitation

History Department

"They ruin the landscape!"

Stoics vs. Epicureans.

'Tut, you've outdone yourself this time.'

'What do you think of as you great achievements?'

'It was built by the ancients as a calendar. We know because each pillar has a kitten doing something really cute carved on it!'

"OK, who's the joker?"

"I'm afraid we don't think you're really henge material."

'The time? Yes, it's VII ... no, hang on, er ... IX ... uh ... oh, for God's sake, it's half nine, OK?'

'The professor would have wanted it this way. He always was a breast man.'

'It's a fantastic design, but I'm worried that after the games it'll just end up as a useless load of stone with no legacy potential.'

King: 'I said build me a stone HENGE you FOOL! NOT stone HENS!!'

'Anyway it will do as a temporary structure.'

'WHO is the architect here?'

'We've laid it out so that twice a year the sun's rays will penetrate all the way back to the throne and smack him right between the eyes.'

'What planning permission?' ( STONEHENGE )

Plato

Walking in a winter wonderland

"I was miles away - could you start again?"

Zeno Gives Directions

The singular joy of living with a person who routinely glimpses the miraculous in the mundane.