Disaster Buff Mugs

A survivor from the Titanic standing on an iceberg

"We'd better stock up on TV snacks in the event of war."

Scarpia's Palace

Apocalypse Research Center

Research and Development: 'We've finally done it. An actual cell phone!'

"Would you mind adjusting the vibrate on your phone? There's a seismologist on TV claiming there's been an earthquake in our neighborhood."

'Well, this is definitely the last time I shake a bottle of Champagne before opening it.'

Friends often dropped by and subjected Sir Isaac to a little good-natured ridicule.

"Can you write 'To Mandy - you're the best'?"

"Just great. These humans bring us back from extinction just in time for another global climate catastrophe."

Greatly enlarged view of newly discovered particle.

Restored antique carriage in A.D. 2500

'Quick! Page the flight deck, bring me oxygen, gloves, a mask and someone junior!'

'Lightening hit the band shell while the orchestra was playing...'

Mixing Business and Pleasure

"Great! The world ended and I slept right through it!"

'Someday one of us will look back on this and laugh.'

If you see something, say something.

"Think about it: State-of-the-art tar preservation! And then, when we eventually find a cure for this extinction thing, there YOU are! On the ground floor!"

"Lovely weather for it."

'Teddy, someone from the Pentagon wants to talk to you about drones in Pakistan, whatever that means.'

'The End is Near' and 'There's No End In Sight.'

"Wow, I did not see that coming."

People run from a falling cloud

'Dude, the river is flooding! Get out of here as quickly as you can!'

Rescuing footballs from a fire.

'That's the Director of Housing. She isn't taking the news of the rates freeze too well...'

As is often the case, many of the world's great discoveries are accidental.

'Welcome to Florida. Do you know your evacuation route?'

Twisters

2012 Doomsday