Ironic Inviter Gifts

"Oh, Stan, I love your sarcastic sense of humor."

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

Sock Puppet in Literature

'This wine is dreadful - try some.'

Workaholic's Hoilday Appartment

"Sure, it's 'beautiful,' Ray, but where are the outlet stores?!"

"Thank god we're out of the city."

'I keep telling myself that this is better than a crowded beach in Spain...'

Boy copying abstract artwork in an art gallery.

"She's not naked, Jake, she's French."

Man reading 'Bankruptcy for Dummies'.

'The sun lounge book of melanomas.'

"I'm kind of a big deal in antisocial media."

"You'll find all the adult 'Dummies and Idiots' guide books in the children's section."

"Nihilistic rage motivates me to cling desperately to this job."

'All right. Who's in charge around here?'

"I learned how to pack small. I bought Brad a big suitcase."

Tourist is told to go home by a monument

"What do you mean: 'You don't believe that this is my answerphone'? Do you think I'd lie?"

Success Without Effort

Chapter 3. Andrew's scheme backfires.

'It's SUPPOSED to be quiet up here!'

"Apparently our hotel is just a stone's throw from the beach..!"

"Animal Liberation by Peter Singer"

"How can one sum up Henry's impact on all our lives? Negligible, I guess that'd do it."

"We were all given motivational videos at work today. All it shows is our boss shouting and sacking people."

'My son never called me until he became a telemarketer.'

'About my accrued holdiay pay...can you mail it to my offshore account?'

"You'll get three meals a day,but they will all be continental breakfast."

'I know you don't like to travel, but I just want you to run this down the hall.'

'If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.'

'I thought I'd just crease a few book spines while I catch up on my soaps.'

'Oh, great! We've been going round in right-angled triangle.'