Historical Discussions Gifts

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

"I'm voting for Stephen because I cannot stand Katie's mother, she is so catty! Anyway-- how're your parents doing with the divorce?"

Freedom comes at a cost. We must be willing to pay the ultimate price. Retail.

My belief is if you're old enough to take texts, counter-texts, and meta-texts in Western Philosophy, you should be old enough to drink.

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Denmark scrapped anti-blasphemy law!

"I have good news and bad news about your cat, Dr Schrodinger..."

"Now that was post-modern sex."

"So, what are you reading?"

'What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical.'

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"This next song I wrote I won't sing due to political correctness."

"The problem is you say Nietzsche and expect everything to be just peachy."

Spelling a newspaper

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

'To avoid possible schism, a period of careful reflection is needed before changing the light-bulb.'

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

"I don'y know about you guys, but I don't feel like I've lost one goddamn bit of my feminity."

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we admit that the moon landing was a big conspiracy?"

Trump Tower

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

What is the difference between a migrant and a refugee?

'What did He do before he was God?'

'How are we supposed to think the unthinkable if we have to drink the drinkable?'

"I just completely disagree with what you just said about America lacking focus."

Vladimir Nabokov

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

Hi, I work at the admissions office of the local university. If you could change the world in three days, what would you do?

"Certainly. A party of four at seven-thirty in the name of Dr. Jennings. May I ask whether that is an actual medical degree or a Ph.D.?"