Basement Dwellers Gifts

"My little birdie flew the nest and then moved back home to live in the basement."

"Moving back home has given me a greater appreciation of my parent's wisdom and resources."

"You've been working out of your parent's basement since 1993?"

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

Politicians' basements (as seen on TV)

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

"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.'

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...'

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

Shakespeare Street

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

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

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

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

Cat and Broom

"The board is going to have to talk to 5-G again."

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

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

'And here we have the half bathroom.'

The noise from the basement was probably nothing – but if it was, she was a sacrifice her older brothers were willing to make.

"What do you mean you wouldn't sweat the water in the basement."

Tortured Plank

"Well, we could just tell everyone we have an indoor pool!"

Madison Avenue and Maple Street

It was going to be a subdivision, but they ran out of snow. Chilly Hills Estates.

"What, no day spa? And you call this a luxury bunker."

Skimming out star reflections

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

"It's times like this I wish I was ore than just an armchair plumber."

"Sorry for the racket, but, I ask you, how are ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen 6-B?"

"That's not the thrum and rumble of the great metropolis -- that''s the dishwasher."

'It's the people downstairs again.'

"You see? That noise you heard was just the man-monster Daddy cobbled together using stolen cadaver parts."

"Living underground is not what it used to be."