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Messalina- Probably Intended to Illustrate 6th Satire of Juvenal

A lady and gentleman discussing the class divide

"Would you say that the sales projections in your 3 year plan are realistic?"

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

Beckett for Beginners: "Waiting for Thumbkin"

Bureaucracy gone mad!

'Probably giving evidence at some sort of industrial tribunal....heh!'

A rare picture of Henry VIII's divorce lawyer.

'Upon further review, the pig did not have control of the ball prior to being eaten...'

John Bull presenting the building for the 1862 International Exhibition to Britannia

"I hate weddings. They make me feel a momentary lapse of cynicism."

The Modern Damocles -

The Unknown Philosopher, who first realised life is no picnic.

ENNUI...(smiley face).

"Maybe I will and maybe I won't - You're not prejudiced against transvestites, are you?"

Bureau of Missing Door Knobs

Knights of the Round Whatever

'Make sport of the Queen.'

Gentleman discovering that his servants have been eating most of his good meat

"For the glory of God Almighty, and in the names of the munificent King and munificent Queen of Spain, I do on a day—either a Friday preceding or a Monday directly following a weekend that is earlyish in but toward the middle of October—in this year of our Lord, 1492, claim this land."

'Of course cutting back on this level of bureaucracy will require a lot of work...'

John Banville

Well done, Harris. That's one of the straightest paperclips I've ever seen.

Art Vandalism

Colonel George Hanger atop his Steed

"Thanks a bunch. I'll just run these by our committee and pass them along."

This would be Andy's first and last day as golf instructor at Sunset Oaks Country Club: "Remember, *hic*....Always jerk your head up and swing at the ball as hard as you can."

'Never to be seen again!"

Man met with a horse instead of a carriage at the railway station

'A role model? Yes, I suppose he was. Everywhere he went, people would say 'That's Bill Fenton... You don't want to be that guy!''

Jonathan Swift

Jester Cries Over His Replacement

Might Versus Right.