Historical Irony Enthusiast Gifts

"Well they look pretty undocumented to me."

'You insistence that women go first is sexist, patronising and offensive.'

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

"Where is everyone?" "You had 'everyone' killed." "Stalin family reunion"

Made in China

'When he said it would be 'me and him against the world' I had no idea everyone was already mad at him.'

"Can you read the part about Job again?"

Angel wears t-shirt with logo: YOLO.

"I thought it would be appropriate to have a band playing as we went down."

"Tell me, Chuck, is barbarism the natural state of mankind, and will it ultimately triumph?"

"When they said progress made our replacement inevitable I thought they meant by AI."

'Waiter, could I have some more water right away?'

"That's right, it's @kingphilbert3rd... Yeah, with a P-H... That's him, yep, now tap "follow"..."

"Grant them amnesty and then hang them."

Right-thinking people against wrong-thinking people

'You keep turning them out and I'll dig a parking garage.'

A rare picture of Henry VIII's divorce lawyer.

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. Frankly, it beats Pandora."

"They got me for pillaging. How about you?"

Please help. Always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Dear Author: We really are tickled by your persistence. Sincerely, The Editors.

'It always great to get away from it all.'

'You're proposing to me with, cubic zirconias?... But, you're a diamond dealer!'

Leaking Hudson River paintings.

'I want my lectures to have entertainment value.'

John Bull presenting the building for the 1862 International Exhibition to Britannia

"Of course no one wants a forest fire anywhere, anytime. It can be devastating. That's why I feel so guilty."

'I'm afraid Mr. Caldwell doesn't want to see you now. However, you're free to visit his web site.'

An artist creates a sculpture of a "thumbs up" and is then crushed by it.

"No worries. I'm well-prepped and ready for anything they might throw at me."

"The house next door is slated for demolition, but your house is in the way."

"Oh sure, it's easy to blame your husband, when he's not here to defend himself."

"We brought him into oversee our millennium menu...he did such a good job on the last one"

'Too cheap to buy me real flowers, huh?'