Belgian Buff Gifts

Mathilde - Queen of Belgium

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Florabation - '..mmm...It must be spring!'

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

Theorbo

"Be creative...!"

Of Mice and Men.

President S Grant's Proposed Civil Service Reform not to the Taste of Certain Senators

May your Christmas be full of harmony

If the Brontë sisters wrote science fiction

"Hendrickje, I feel another self-portrait coming on. Bring in the funny hats."

Trying to describe the size of the Big Bang.

"Shall we put it in play?"

Verbal Orders

"The favourite practical joke amongst Big Bang theorists"

"And now, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, Number One, first movement."

Teddy Boys' Picnic

In the eighties, Americans knew how to be Americans. Big cars. Big radios. Big hair. Everything was big. Unfortunately, I was so buff that all my huge stuff looked tiny in comparison. So I would loan my stuff to the skinniest, wimpiest kid I could find. Hold this. Let me reminisce vicariously through you. (Sigh.) Those were the days. Is it working?

Kit makes an appointment

'...Would you like me to try out my Big Bang theory?'

"Today we'll explore the origin of the cartoon universe. Also know as the 'Cartooniverse'."

Origin of the Universe/Big Bang Theory/Big Cowlick Theory

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Music ofnthe Baroque

Planner at work.

Black Hole Exhibit

Claudius Monteverdi.

"Oh, we'll hang Kaiser BIll to the sour-apple tree..."

'I've made spaghetti Johann - very good for contrapuntal work!'

Baroque

Jack the Ripper.

'He thinks he's so hot but, personally, I'd rather be artificially inseminated.'

An angel spinning the Vitruvian Man

Claret

'This $10,000 bottle of Bordeaux is also a powerful solvent. It entirely dissolved my savings account.'

Cheap Circus in Whitechapel