Hypothetical Thinkers Gifts

Worry tank

"Randy, if you were stranded on an island, what's the one book you'd want to have along with you?" "Easy: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. It's got the perfect heft to knock coconuts out of trees." "Well, I'd like to have How to Get Off an Island, by Archie Macguyver." "That title's actually a metaphor for overcoming shyness." "We really should have our own book review show."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'Never mind inspiration. I need background material on atomic physics.'

The Artist

Math Dreams

"Remember when we used to wonder if there other beings somewhere out there?"

"Little help?"

'Thanks to the internet it is now possible to be extremely well-informed and completely wrong at the same time!'

Road Forks in the Road: No Way and Yes Way.

Sigmund Freud.

"I have an imaginary friend called Fred, and my dad has one called Alexa."

Selfie Stick

Quantum Psychic

"Do you think there's intellegent life in there?"

Two birds sharing a bowl of worms.

Girl to boy: 'If flowers could fly, they'd be butterflies.'

"It's just one monkey at one typewriter, but we've given him an infinite need for validation."

"I never subscribed to Hobbes' state of nature theory until the night we left the kids without a sitter."

The Reason Ed isn't mentioned in the bible.

Innovation & Calculation

'Wait a minute! What if this isn't just a puddle?! What if it's a huge, furious hibernating snowman?'

"Must be another paradigm shift."

'Einstein's blackboard as he left it'

"Bonk!"

"You always get to be the therapist! I never get to be the therapist!"

'A man has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink!'

Sisyphus visits Stowe

"It's going to be huge! Cheese-flavored vodka!"

"It's nowhere near as far away as we thought!"

Sisyphus and coronavirus

"The moon, the dinner, dancing. How could this night be more perfect?"

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

'Even in the mundane tasks, aim for perfection!'

"I keep having these funny moods, doctor."