Classical Satire Lover Gifts

'Working class but a terrible social climber; seems to have died from aspiration pneumonia. '

It's a new government directive requiring us to be 58% more cheerful within 18 months.

Beckett for Beginners: "Waiting for Thumbkin"

It started friendly enough...'I'm Henry VIII, my dear, but you may call me 'Hank'.'

Bureaucracy gone mad!

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

"Why can't you be more like little Hester Prynne? She's getting straight A's."

'Dropping the Pilot'-the Fall of Bismarck

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

The Notre Dame Five Year Restoration Plan Swing Into Action.

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

The Modern Damocles -

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

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

'Mind if I head off a little early today?'

'It says here that later in life they were able to patch things up and became best of friends.'

Exotic Insects Arrive in England with Imported Fruit

ENNUI...(smiley face).

Bureau of Missing Door Knobs

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

"Right! It's a heart op, neurosurgery and counselling. And I'll have the Wiz"

"Oh stop it. You know perfectly well that before every battle the enemy shouts things at us that we may find offensive."

"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."

The Bengal Lancers/Bingo Lancers/Bagel Lancers/Bungle Lancers

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

Art Vandalism

Abraham Lincoln

Hamlet.

Keister Island.

Colonel George Hanger atop his Steed

"For me it's all about the craft of acting."

Charles I

'As it's Sunday there will be 30 minutes browsing before the service begins.'

Goosestepping Nazi Geese

'Forget about the Holy Grail for now - I want you to look for weapons of mass destruction.'