Cataloguing Gifts

"Ambitions... to do everything by the book"

The Dorrie Decimal System

"Good news! She's asking for her Banana Republic and Williams-Sonoma catalogues."

'And that,and that,and that...'

Pre-Winter Ennui-'Hon, did you have the furnace checked?'

Woman in bed with catalogue of worries.

Stranger in Strange Land's End Catalog

"He can barely remember where he put his backpack, but he's got everything memorized in that holiday toy catalog."

Chimp with mail-order anthill.

'What terrible pre-Christmas gift catalogue have you got hold of now?'

'Whoa! A classic case of mailbox catalog overload blowout!'

'Acme Meat - meat products, bi-products, and bi-product spinoffs...'

'Let's face it - home shopping catalogues are marketed at old people...' - '...but with a bit of lateral thinking they could easily target busy young professionals.' - 'These 'bathing wipes', for example, mean I can now wash my lower half on the way to wo

'I just love mail order catalogues. It's so much easier to eat delivery people than to chase gazelle.'

Library has a palindrome book section organized palindromically.

While you're down there, Hon, see if we got the Belle Boudoir catalog.

"These are my leather-bound Hammacher Schlemmer catalogues."

'I ordered it from the catalog.'

'You're in luck. It comes in Large, Extra Large and Bowl Full Of Jelly.'

Gracie gets excited reading a toy catalogue when she realizes the CEO is a Latina.

Hi, mom. I see you've got your catalogs. Indeed. What vegetables shall I plant this year? Why should I care? It's your garden. True�But your front porch gets my surplus. Can you plant chips, cookies and ice cream? Tomato. Beans.

"Hey, wanna get kinky and read each other's catalogues?"

"Pick any three items and they're yours"

'Some achieve fame. I've achieved a stack of catalogs full of sticky notes.'

The Real Truth Why Adam and Eve Left the Garden of Eden

"Oh, how thoughtful! You brought the Sears catalog with you!"

'An American Vignette Number 18' Sears catalogue 1948

Seed Catalogue

Who wants to suggest our next book? This month is busy. Ditto. How about a poetry collection? Better yet?

"It's from Neiman-Marcus. We've been pre-approved to receive their catalog."

Mail order shopping

"Has anyone ever mentioned……" "Yes."

'Oh, yeah that - I'm in the mail order business.'

"I'm worried. Christmas is still several months away and we haven't received a single gift catalog."

'Hey, here's a good deal! If we buy something, they'll stop sending catalogs for a week!'