Classic Enthusiast Gifts

'I learned Russian to read Chekhov. He's better in English.'

Alice in Wonderland - Painting the Rose Tree.

Jessie Bernard.

Moby Dick: Pop-Up Version

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

Diner.

"Remember that time you tried to kill me?"

The Missing Sock Returns

"And this is our media room."

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

"Desmond likes to live in the moment. . . and that moment happens to be 1960."

Early Colour TV

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

Instructions for Bow Tie Wearers

'This is the worst film noir I've ever seen.'

"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."

Computer Class.

Edison invents the personal stereo

Atlas with the earth, says: 'So then I thought, Why not just roll the damn thing?'

T-Shirt: 'Been there done that but I'd do it again.'

"If there's any one lesson we've learned from the eighties, it's how to shop!"

'Caesar salad?'

Did you ever get that feeling in the moonlight?

“I have to warn you - my parents are a bit old-fashioned.”

"You funnin' me, bub?"

'It's an antique!'

The fate that awaits us all: creeping Rooneyism

"The sign ruins our surprise attack, but it's a big OSHA fine if we don't have it."

'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'

'Do I remember pre-decimal coinage?I remember pre-Tudor coinage!'

1950's.

"This car is a retro classic. Instead of a USB outlet there's a cigarette lighter."

"Well..I think the old Thermograph machine I rescued from work goes a treat with our kitchen units."

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'