Idea Detective Gifts

"Studies show that children of immigrants are more likely to to take advanced math and science courses and more likely to take advanced placement tests in preparation for college."

Worry tank

"Ah, ha! The universe IS expanding! I can't find my glasses anywhere!"

* For latent content, see your psychiatrist.

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

The dangerous world of the armchair thinker

"I believe I can create a great presentation if I can only tap into my cognitive dissonance."

' A new idea '

Assertiveness

'I can't believe an Alligator stole my identity... I mean, it's quite obvious I'm a Crocodile!'

"It's such a nice day. Why don't you go outside and plagiarize something?"

'Since we've remodeled, you are no longer here.'

"What's the big idea?"

Expressions of mystery.

'I'm exhausted from too much enlightened skepticism, fresh perceptive thinking, intellectual challenges and independent ideas. What I need is some simple cliche living!'

You have reached the end of your brain...

"I'd let you in, but I'm not sure I'm all here today"

"Gotta cut back on my binge thinking."

"At least you have taste when it comes to your computer's wallpaper."

"...I have the oddest 'earliest memory' and I wanted to share it. It's just as wekkm I guess. Knowing some man secretly attended my first birthday party has caused me to question my parentage all these years....Especially since Mother Park made me promise not to tell Father that the potted plant was acually J. Edgar Hoover."

It's always the same dream. I'm in therapy, analyzing my recurring dream.

Creative Juices

VARIOUS ITEMS OF LABELLED KITCHENWARE.

Sigmund Freud.

Inspiration

'I've invented copyright.'

Chasing the one big idea

"People are always whining about food labelling, but there's NOTHING that ANYONE with a reasonable chemistry degree and maybe a PhD in pharmacology wouldn't with a little effort, be able to understand....At least a little."

"I'm just sitting here waiting for an idea who's time has come...but apparently it's running late."

Writer Will Work For One Good Plot Idea

"The magical time of night when the artist awakes, not with any idea, but with the murky recollection of an idea from the previous day that was not written down and is now lost forever."

Business cartoon about a businessman looking in the wilderness for new ideas.

"There's no such thing as 'just' ducky."