Italophilia Mugs

Red Light District in Venice

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

Outer Space Outsourcing

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

Honoré de Balzac

"I have your gender reveal results. Boy, girl, boy, boy, girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, boy..."

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

"They've hiked up our targets again...I'm going to have to put in some overtime to have any chance of meeting them!"

"Yes, I saw the obituary. So, is that why you weren't in yesterday?"

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

Man running in a hamster wheel

'I want to empower you to fulfill your potential! If you can work 16 hours today, then your 20-hours shift tomorrow should really elevate your self-esteem'!

'When I took this job, I had no idea how much it would cut into my quality, family texting time.'

Computer monitor for a head.

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

Literary Canines.

"National Metaphor Day by the looks of it."

'The pile of unread books by the bed looks bigger than the futon...'

"I make it myself!"

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'Now, what's Italian for pizza?'

'I didn't come in to hear that I'm burning the candle at both ends. I came for more wax.'

Litterary Dogs.

"Good evening several times and welcome to QI. As usual I'll be asking a series of quite interesting questions and some comedians will be doing a lot of knob and fart gags. It's a winning formula!" "Don't knock it. No one likes knockers!" "Speak for yourself!" "Was that an entendre? I'll have a double." "Mine's a large one!"