Historical Comparison Aficionados Prints

'Why can't I go barefoot? -- Lady Godiva does!'

The International and May Day Terrorism

Cut!

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

'Are we there yet?'

'One more curse out of you, young man, and it's right down to the principal's office.'

"You think two weeks in isolation is hard?"

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

'What? You used a Welshman? The recipe specifically calls for a scot!'

Cover Design for the Savoy (No. 1) - Putto Figure in Lower Part of Image Altered for Publication

Thomas Keneally

Conspiracy Theory Bookstore: JFK, Princess Di, and Osama Bin Laden.

In my day, they didn

"I should cover your ears.I'm not very good at this.'

This castle manager job better be for real.

'The Fashionable Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress'

Quick, follow that star

'Barbarians at the gate? That's fine, I fully support social mobility.'

"Daniel, I seem to have dropped my keys, could you look around and toss them up."

Charles Dickens

'You've had a bad day? Try being stuck in this house!'

Nun fight at the OK Corral.

Censorship | Not Censorship

Architects and Engineers - Restoration of old Buildings.

William Wordsworth

"Let's try one with your hand tucked into your shirt."

'Fortunately our generation won't have to pay the huge debt. Our grandchildren will.'

"This area has a long and rich history. First, the Indians lived here, then it was a plantation with slaves, then poor people lived here, and now it's a magnificent condo complex."

"One day son, all this will be going with me."

"Archaeologists discovered several enormous ancient cities buried under the jungles of Cambodia." "That means the Khmer civilization was the largest empire on earth from the 9th to the 12th centuries." "That changes everything about our conception of the Middle Ages." "What was your conception of the Middle Ages?" "Well... It was... Well, knights, maidens, dragons... Mostly dragons. And elves."

Creationists now agree with the scientific theory that the ginosaurs were probably wiped out by the impact of a large asteroid.

The Eureka Stockade

"Your resume is remarkably similar to our CEO's."

'No, make the dominant race out of placental mammals — marsupials would lead to all kind of abortion controversies.'

Elegance & Social Distance