Beachcombers-in-training Gifts

Boy on beach listening to shell, says to father: "Sorry Dad, but that is one lame ringtone."

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

"Those aren't coconuts, they're tennis balls." "Sweet mother of Novak Djokovic!" The island of lost tennis balls.

Check out the nice crawdads I have in the bait bucket, George.

Desert Island Meals.

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"This is going to make the most amazing driftwood table."

"Remember that time you tried to kill me?"

"Mom! Your cell phone’s ringing ... it’s Dad!"

"I'm from brokers without borders. Invest in deserted island reits!"

"Once upon a midnight dreary / while I pondered weak and weary."

Viking on beach with rubber ring shaped like viking ship.

Summer 2000: Children stumble upon the remains of Linda Tripp's old head.

'Hold on, I'll get the camera.'

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

Gone With the Wind: The Beach Blanket

"Moments like this make me glad I taught you how to fetch mojitos."

It beached on a pile of plastic bottles, so they were able to just roll it back out.

'I don't care if it's hot, I won't go in the water!'

Daughters on the beach

Hey, it's true, you really can hear the sea in these shells!

'It must be the dead sea.'

Bathing-men attend to women on the french coast

"And then, when I feel like a rum punch and breaded shrimp, I can just swim to Tony’s Trattoria."

Young Picasso at the Beach

Man listening to seashell: 'Oh, Rub-ber Ducky, you're the one ...'

'The new lad's collecting shells again boss.'

"If you hold a shell to your ear you can hear the ocean..."

I took a vacation to forget everything and I forgot my luggage.

Crab with a clown face.

Try me/try me/try me...

'It's true what they say, you really can hear the sea in these things!'

"If you hold it to your ear you can hear the ice caps melting."

I can hear a podcast of yesterday's sea.

Hey, I think I found something. Heavy metal detector.