Basement Dwellers Mugs

"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)

"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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cat and Broom

'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.

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

Tortured Plank

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

Madison Avenue and Maple Street

"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?"

'It's the people downstairs again.'

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

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

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

'You can't use the elevator as guestroom!'

'But this IS my mobile home!'

"I'm a Big Apple kinda guy, stuck in the Garden State."