Anthology Enthusiast Gifts

"The funny thing is that when I invited you to contribute to the anthology. I never expected you to accept."

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

"If we only used bigger clubs we would defeat our enemies every time, and we would dominate them forever!"

A caveman paints from life

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

"My great-great-grandfather was forced to flee Europe because of religious persecution."

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

A trevor of trainspotters

Antiques

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

"Moby Richard by Herman Melville" "Wonderful! Not sure about the title—let's discuss editor."

"I'd like you to see an Anthropologist.''

'Thank god for the spellchecker!'

"'Autonomy' is the new BUZZ word! We have to unleash our staff. Professionals like you need to be free to use your own judgement, manage your own workloads...use your initiative."

Auctioneer: 'Sold to the lady whose husband just walked out!'

Early attempts at standardising currency.

'I just evolved the opposable thumb, and I've already got carpal-tunnel syndrome!'

"Too much club."

'How can we prevent preganancy? We don't even know what causes it.'

"What's with kids nowadays? Walking upright's not good enough for you?"

Authentic Rinkelmier chair (Built 1723)

"I'm still looking, sir?"

Books of Tablets

Boy with soccer spot patch on eye next to pirate.

'One of my forebears.'

'Take two of these, and call me in the morning!'

"Once he invented the wheel, it was only a matter of time before he came up with the food truck."

"I don't know. I'm something of a technophobe."

Early detection was rarely helpful.

'Huh...I just got this sudden, uncontrollable urge to invent spoken language.'

The Old Curiosity Shop