Design Flaw Detective Gifts

Man at council planning offices can't get through door due to position of steps.

'Is it true the building's sinking?'

"I told you we should have gotten the ‘up’ stairs."

Early design for the Two-Man Kayak.

"This new phone you've designed...it doesn't make calls!"

Setbacks in the development of the rubber mallet.

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

STRIP Hambone: Fix it yourself

'Mark my word, Walters, this is no ordinary virus.'

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

'Since we've remodeled, you are no longer here.'

Micro and Macro Department,

'As far as we can tell, the system went down because someone stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.'

Don't forget to read the small print.

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."

"I just audited our books. Your register came up five cents short, Rudy."

"You say in your resume that you're very meticulous."

Devil in the detail

"At least you have taste when it comes to your computer's wallpaper."

Fine Print Letters

"I think these may be counterfeit bolts."

"OK, let's see. For starters, the guarantee only covers the muffler."

I figured out how these folks keep guaranteeing the precise day the world ends. Shhh. Keep it down. Why? It's a scam? If you read the read the fine print, they are promising that the world will begin to end that day. Could take forever. It's a no-lose scam … Shhh! What? It's scary when the world might end. There are a lot of people out there who need comforting. Women people, I presume. Women people, I presume. Who take comfort in necking. And you belittle their fears?

When pedants take a break.

'Talk about paranoid. He reads the fine print on his money.'

VARIOUS ITEMS OF LABELLED KITCHENWARE.

I spy with my little eye in the sky …

"I'm an atheist. I don't believe in programmers."

Same Day Glasses - "They'll be ready in a month. It's not my fault you couldn't read the fine print."

"Do me a favor, Harlow. When you greet me, stop saying 'Hello, big spender!'"

'I've brought my attorney along to read the small print.'

Forward Planning - The key to Success

'No, I haven't taken up jogging...A velociprator was after me!'

"The $350 we received to stimulate the economy is still missing..."