Collecting Historical Anecdotes Gifts

Queen Ranavola of Madagascar executed any of her subjects who appeared in her dreams....

"First, I sent a rocket of a drive down the fairway, then I took the 7-iron, put that ball on the green...a hundred and eighty yards if it was an inch..."

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

'Silly me. I thought his 'Catch and Release' bumper sticker referred to his philosophy on trout fishing.'

"I don't mind emotional trauma if I can turn it into a really funny anecdote."

"Same hectic routine every damn year. Mind if I hang back with you?"

'Tom's always been the black sheep of the family.'

'I don't remember ever having a good memory.'

"I've been window-shopping..."

"My great-uncle Octavio always wore his hat in the house. That way, if bad company knocked on the door, he could say he was just leaving."

Newton discovers surrealism

Margaret Cavendish

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

"Back in my day there weren't any delivery trucks, distribution centers and fancy computers! We just hopped door-to-door until our feet bled!"

"We never have any activities that make for cute anecdotes anymore."

' You shouldn't believe everything you read in the fairy stories.'

"I am reminded of a morbidly depressing anecdote. . ."

'I'd like now to introduce Len who will tell slightly humourous stories in his inimicable self-serving way,'

'When I was your age we had to carry our water from the spring in a bucket...and then we'd get it out with a dipper!'

'Okay, but don't try to operate it until I invent insurance.'

"I just invented this. I call it "freezer bag"."

Napkin Writer

"She was this tall with curly blonde hair Officer: She ate our porridge and broke our furniture..."

Sooner or Later

'Could you just sign it 'Bobby'.'

He began with an anecdote, spoke off the cuff, digressed from an aside, and flew off on a tangent.

'This is for a different book.'

"We'd like to go somewhere that will provide us with a rich source of after dinner anecdotes!"

'If you didn't know how long a cubit was, you should have asked...'

Rabbit.

"Fee fi fo fiddle, i feel the need to piddle!"

"When we said 'Lead us not into temptation,' we didn't mean it had to be a DESERT!"

The Emperor's New Plane.

'I gave Brian his marching orders last night and he goose-stepped round the bedroom!'