Beachcombers-in-training Mugs

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."

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

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

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

"Remember that time you tried to kill me?"

Viking on beach with rubber ring shaped like viking ship.

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

'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."

Daughters on the beach

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

Try me/try me/try me...

Crab with a clown face.

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

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

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

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

Bathing-men attend to women on the french coast

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

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

'It must be the dead sea.'

I can hear a podcast of yesterday's sea.

'There is no point in leaving civilization, because civilization will not leave you.'