Dark Ages Detective Mugs

Britain in 410AD

A boy acting suspiciously

CIA report

Harry S. Truman

'Look! There's a Zyzzkzkk!'

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

The Ukraine, Europe and Fascism.

Sadie, I just heard something disturbing, and I think you're the only one who can tell me whether it's true. Youtube is telling me we've lived 300 years of phantom time. Pope Gregory XIII's math was off when he created our calendar, and this is actually the year 1717. What's more, the "Middle Ages" is just a fiction the pope created to explain his rounding error. You were there, Sadie ... Did King Arthur really exist? I'll tell you all about that nice boy, as soon as I demonstrate how we dealt w

Frankenstein's Ancestry

Early attempts at standardising currency.

'Oh I don't mind you turning over my cups to look at the mark. But next time, please finish your tea.'

Authorization for the Use of Farce

"Now we're leaving the hall of stuff we stole from other cultures and entering the hall of stuff we paid too much for."

'At a guess I'd say it's one of the lesser Pharoahs.'

'Henderson, I believe I'm onto something.'

'Don't throw the little silicon chips away -- we may find a use for them someday.'

Russian Spy Debriefing

"...I have the oddest 'earliest memory' and I wanted to share it. It's just as wekkm I guess. Knowing some man secretly attended my first birthday party has caused me to question my parentage all these years....Especially since Mother Park made me promise not to tell Father that the potted plant was acually J. Edgar Hoover."

History Department: 'I used to be a revisionist myself, you know!'

'It's not cheating...My king is Henry VIII.'

"It's five post meridiem in Central Europe. Compliled form the major networks the news is next."

'Don't mind me....I'll just sit here while you work on homeland security, unemployment, health care and your many other prbblems!'

'Son, history is important because it's the story of our past that we rewrite to understand our present.'

When you said you were going to find your ancestors I thought you meant on the INTERNET!

"On a nice sunny day like today, you'd think some of the dark matter would be visible."

'No, not Cro-Magnon - something about it makes me think it's Neanderthal.'

'Now watch and listen!'

'Sodding Sat Nav.'

'Okay, just be patient -- it could be months before they learn to obey all of these.'

Ukraine Chasm

"Hmm interesting Hallmark..."

The Oil of Iran

Descartes's Demon

iPhone Senior

It isn't just the media that's biased...often the voters are too.