Basement Dweller Gifts

"I finally have my very own place where I can do what I want in my parents basement."

'Wow, that sounds rigorous. What are the prerequisites for living in my mom's basement?'

"It means taking a healthy pay cut, but my dad has decided to stay at home and lock himself in the basement."

"The time will come, son, when you will move out of the basement and into a basement apartment of your own."

"Jody, some nice men from the C.I.A. hope you can tell them what the Russians are up to in Syria."

Politicians' basements (as seen on TV)

"Fred, I think you're spending altogether too much time down here with these mushrooms!"

'You live in your parents' basement. Don't you think calling it your 'lair' is pretentious?'

'I want to be totally up front with you folks. There is a slight water problem in the basement.'

'Do you get out of the basement much?'

'Remember, what happens in the basement stays in the basement!'

"I work from home. Well, technically my parents' home. I live in their basement."

'Behold. Ed and Jim have finally reached nirvana.'

'Sparky, fetch me an impudent little chardonnay.'

"Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian – none of it compares to retail therapy."

No Parking - Scandal or No Scandal

A man sees Zeus throwing lightning bolts on the balcony of his apartment.

'Humans are so considerate: They put perches like these for us on every one of their houses...'

"Consider yourself lucky that you only got a little shaken up in that dryer--socks get lost in that thing and aren't ever seen again.'

"Flat pack furniture is my passion. It's just a shame I haven't the space to assemble it."

Junk art/ food/ tv/ music/ amusements/ novels/ views/ life.

Kid arrives with CCTV camera, saying: 'It followed me home, can we keep it?'

Fleeting illusions of happiness hour 5-7

Of course, the rent on the fourth floor is considerably higher.

Shakespeare Street

Upper West Side Story

"Time like these make me wish we had sprung for that apartment with a park view."

"I travel Prada whenever I can."

'Honey, the neighbors have persuaded me to stop coming out into the hallway every morning to play 'reveille'!'

'...And as suburban sprawl continues to grow, many people are finding themselves living uncomfortably close to their wildlife neighbors.'

Cat and Broom

'Mr. Fitzburger, didn't we agree on a no-pets-in-the-apartment policy?!!'

'And here we have the half bathroom.'

A large bird house with many compartments; one is labeled "Sup't.".

"Trust me. It's no big deal. I'm even tuning you out right now."