History Aficionado Gifts

"It'd be worse under a Labour government."

'So we've had a long hot spell, what's the worst that could happen?'

'Not so fast! How do we know you're not terrorists with weapons of mass destruction?'

'Judging by those smoke signals, they know we're here and they're not afraid of us!'

'This is how we learned things before Wikipedia.'

Brexit - where to next?

The Gettysburg Address in process.

'Hey -- this guy says we can skip capitalism and go straight to state socialism!'

Desiderius Erasmus

'So, what do you want to talk about?'

"Darned large print version…."

A plantation dance.

Anton Bruckner

'Now that we can talk, I've prepared a list of taboo subjects.'

"C'mon, Goliath - if you think little David can beat you then you've got rocks in your head."

"Wow-everything still has that just-created smell!"

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

Oil supply.

'I know that face! Don't tell me... 'Stars in their eyes.' Right?'

Memorial Day

Attempts to boost morale on the retreat from Moscow

...and when the Lord explained to Moses what bifurcate meant, it was done.

'No Bonanza, no Gunsmoke, no Led Zeppelin... what a sad state of affairs this is! I'm glad I'm not in your generation...'

The end is near.

'Leaning? No, that's just the way you're looking at it.'

'Whoa! Who writes your stuff -- Mel Gibson?'

The early days of e-mailing.

The Real Use Of The Bear-Skin Cap.

Phaedra and Theseus

Oliver Cromwell

'Dost thou not know what they sayest about April showers?'

'I knew the answer to who was Thor, but Sammy Bailey stole my thunder.'

"In accepting this hemlock, I should like to thank the entire team for its dedication in making 'the Socratic method' a byword. And, of course, my devoted wife, Xanthippe."

General U.S. Grant Displays Rare Emotion At Appomattox.

"Give me liberty, or give me just one sec."