Home Tinkerers Gifts

"I think I've fixed the intercom. Just remember to speak into the ceiling fan when the doorbell rings."

"...and before you embark upon life's journey, could one of you help me with my laptop?"

MacGyver's Cat: 'You see, I took your bed and two paper clips and made it my bed.'

'A computer is only as good as the people who are employed to replace the people who were made redundant by the computer.'

Mouse in a hamster wheel.

'Roger's busy making a cat-flap in the kitchen.'

'I don't like the sound of the engine.'

"Maybe you set it up wrong."

"I couldn't find the phone charger, but I was able to locate all the mouses the kids lost over the years."

'This software package can cut your workload in half. Do you want to purchase two copies?'

'I'm a do-it-yourselfer, but I've never been a done-it-yourselfer...'

His verbal skills are developing, but his motor skills are very advanced. (Originally published on 2009-02-01).

"Dad's at that awkward age when he knows just enough about computers to really screw 'em up!"

"Have you been fiddling with the cuckoo clock again, Tony?"

'I've run your letter through the word processor several times, sir, but it just keeps getting worse.'

Innovate or die.

"That's the last time I ask you to fix anything around here!"

"If the jumper cables don't work, I'll pour more motor oil on the keys."

Remote control car breakdown.

"To return to normal height professor, we simply: 1. Switch on The Nano-Ray. 2. Find the Plug; 3. Insert it..."

'There's no fear of him making a Frankenstein's Monster out of this is there?'

'Help me, sir... I want to save my last sip of lemonade, but it doesn't work!'

Receiving the early-morning T-mail.

"It used to be that if you worried about unseen forces you were considered paranoid. Now you're a security expert."

With a little twist on the sidecar concept, Harold was able to ride his motorcycle well into his later years.

Biker and Cyclist.

'When you grounded me to my room, you said no TV or computer. You never said I couldn't build my own bike.'

DIY Store "I don't know why we come here..."

'Henry, just break down and buy a power drill.'

"How do you like our new smart water hose? It knows when you're dirty and hoses you off before you come into the house."

Humphry Davy: "My isolation of the alkali metals led...to this great battery..."

Adaptability

Repairing the UFO

". . . And what electricity we don't use we can sell back to the National grid."

'We need a memory upgrade ourselves to remember all these passwords.'