Food For Thought Pillows

"It's not that you've chosen the wrong diet, it's just that you're not meant to eat them all at once!"

'I don't want you to give up eating entirely -- just the food part.'

'It's midnight, do you know where your brain is?'

"Do you remember when we used to put FOOD in food?"

World Hunger Conference.

Tomorrow's world 2165.

"How about this? We carpet the road and use the resultant static electricity to power our electric cars."

"Here's the remote to your smart home. It's big, but the good news is you'll never lose it."

"Steak, Richard, is just grown up veal."

"Have you ever given any thought to what you're going to do after all your hopes and dreams are crushed?"

"I suppose you're wondering why I've summoned you here at 3 AM, minion." "I try not to wonder." "After crunching the numbers, I've determined we'd increase profits by being open 24/7." "We're in the suburbs. Everyone's asleep." "Not true. By being closed at 3 AM, we're missing out on the potentially-lucrative Igor the Wino clientele." "Go to the alley and give Igor a 1-for-the-price-of-2 coupon." "Very bad man."

'So, ten thousand pounds could be yours if you call in and answer this question...Why the hell aren't you in bed?!'

"As a courtesy for the inconvenience, please accept a voucher for three additional hours of your life, redeemable upon your death."

New Year 2020

"Hi, everyone! Thanks for coming to our gender reveal party. We've got something really special planned."

Cybernetics Research Lab.

"Genetic engineering has made us disease resistant."

"Mum, what is a nugget?"

"What - you got As in Maths, Nature, Science and English? Son, haven't you watched the news or looked online - if you want to succeed nowadays you have to be dumb as dirt!"

'Boy or girl, straight or gay - I don't care as long as it's science-literate and non-republican.'

"Of course, if you get your client off in the initial trial you're throwing away the appeal fee."

Maternity Hospital

"So, professor, in a post-industrial robotic universe, what would be the role of politicians?"

'No, you can't turn your vegetables into bio-fuel.'

"And that is why GMO's are bad."

Danae's Prescient Auto-Biography: '...My prescient autobiography is a publisher's dream...no need for fact-checking!'

"I'm an optimist. I'm convinced that everything is going to go to hell, but not for a while yet."

'Mmmm...Gordita.'

"But if you teach him to fish, you have fed him for a lifetime."

'I know these safety meetings tend to run very late, however... '

View of the sea - 'One day son, all this will be houses.'