Curate Gifts

'It's one way to boost the numbers.'

Farmer and dean in a train carriage.

The Convalescent

A group of women concerned about a priest climbing a ladder

Churchwarden Talking to Rector

A shy parish cleric seeking to talk business with a lady

Curate tells two miners that he hopes to see them on Sunday. They reply that he is welcome to come fighting with them if he likes.

Gardener misunderstands the phrase 'forty-love'.

In The Mining Districts Again.

Fine Unsophisticated Old Boy from the Country

The ecumenical dinner party.

Curate's dress sense

"Me ? No ! Never get involved with politics."

'We haven't located your curate,sir - have you tried the missing parsons' bureau?'

Night-time halo

Priest

'Hurry, wipe it off before Dad comes home!'

"And the last little piggy cried, 'Oui, oui, oui' all the way home."

You're my Mona Lisa.

At the Museum

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

Bird feeding chick that is nesting in a knight's helmet

"I think he was a celebrity."

The Googler

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

"I'm beginning to regret taking this job at the local playgroup."

'That's about it so far, Son.'

'We're gonna need a bigger moat...!'

"It's a postmodern mosaic, almost lyrical in its undercurrent." "My five-year-old will be happy to hear that."

"And this is our media room."

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

'It's a Joan Biro.'

"What the %@!!* is that?!" "Is that a leg? Wait—no, it's an arm. Wait—what?" "The frame is nice." "Whatever it is, it makes me miss Bob Ross." "Gasp!" "The intentionally lost Caravaggio"

Physician tending a mummy.