Cold War Collector Gifts

Stalin's toothpaste: USSR

"These are the very weapons your mother and I used in our famous duel."

"We don't call them 'horns' anymore. They're interactive audio crash deterrent stimulators."

'It's genuine 17th century satsuma - and the pair would have been worth ?14,000.'

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

"Where is everyone?" "You had 'everyone' killed." "Stalin family reunion"

"I want to be straight with you, Cathy—I've gone through a number of cars in my life."

'Heirloom Tiffany Lamp Delivery. I Brake for Everything.'

Harry S. Truman

"Do you buy cars here?"

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

Showing off the good china 3-7 pm.

Thank you to those who never came home and to those who never left their side.

His cubicle had come to be known as 'Teddy Bear Heaven'.

'You don't have the muscles to buy a muscle car, dear.'

'God's speed.'

'...So you claim this is genuine Rembrandt?'

"Dang, there goes another piece of the wife's good china. You see father, it's

'... Going once...going twice...aaaand--sold! To the gentleman in the front row for a thousand words.'

'I'm afraid you'll have to buy a car, sir -- Braxton, here, accidentally sold your car to somebody else.'

"The keep saying unrestored and what a nice PATINA, Ted. A better-sounding word for old tarnished stuff would be SCRINCH or SKRITCH, don't you think, eh, Ted?"

Harry Chauvel & T. E. Lawrence

"Twenty-five thousand, do I hear thirty thousand? Let me remind you all - this is the last Thin Mint cookie in the sleeve..."

Doulton Canada Geese

'Mom, dad's toasting the new year with the car again!'

Glasnost

"Fetch, Ernie, fetch!"

Old cold warriors home: 'By god, I'll tell you who was soft on communism. . .'

"I should now like to make a few anti-Soviet remarks."

"I'm sorry, I can't assist with this request."

I think the best thing about this whole Russia stuff is the movies. Interesting hypothesis. Think about it: the best action movies we ever had were the cold war ones, like "Wargames," "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Day After," etc

Acme Flyswatters.

'But, honey, the girl in the bikini only adds to the awesomeness of my car.'

"There it is...the car of my dreams! It's the perfect match! The seat...the steering wheel...they just call my name! I'm not leaving here without it!"

Gorbachev Changed the World