Covid Collector Gifts

"It will be enough for my whole life!!"

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

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

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

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

Do it! Go into the woods alone!...

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

Tragedy/Schadenfreude

'Don't you try those cheap scare tactics with me, Rendleman!'

Tragedy, Comedy & Selfie.

'Hello, I'm your understudy.'

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

'The mask?... Oh, I always try to obscure my face a little, at parties. Just to give the other guys a fighting chance.'

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

"They were built during a pandemic."

Tragedy, Comedy, 'Dramedy'

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

Tragedy! When the feeling's gone and you can't go on.

Masquerade

Batman - Face ID

"Remember if anyone there asks... We're all from one household!"

"Fetch, Ernie, fetch!"

A Masked Ball

"I wonder what this was for."

"Sorry, there's no toilet paper or hand sanitizer down here."

Cat Mask

"Hey, Zorro! You forgot your mask."

"One fine day my son, all this will be yours."

Art in pandemic time: after Jeff Koons Coronaballoon

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

"Hey, Dad, guess what? My Honus Wagner baseball card is worth $2.1 million!"

Luddite Zoom.

"It's a flip phone. I guess we can document this as an ancient, archaeological discovery."

"No more Dr Nice guy"

"Can't tell one from another with those protective face masks."