Mechanization Buff Gifts

Remote control sheepdog

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"I'm looking for something really dull and repetitive."

'This is a wind-up, isn't it?'

Great Moments in Computing #192: Newton discovers the computer.

Dave cut costs and now realizes that in order to pass inspection, he may have to arrange a marriage between his daughter and the building inspector's son.

'Once I got the cold fusion problem out of the way, the rest was easy!'

"All right, pal, I'm just saying, that's what I'd do if it was my Large Hadron Collider."

Showing gardening tools to a tower block.

'The buildings are merging.'

Welcome to Elmville "Home of the world's biggest pothole." The mayor sure knows how to make the best of a bad situation!

'It's a bloody-cross-breed.'

'I have identified 240 stages of organizational change. Before I discuss them, coffee anyone?'

West End Shows closing - box office piled high with boxes.

They Always Say That

'Ok, we've rented the whole building ... oops, they just put on another floor.'

"I'd like to give you a break, but we did have you doing a hundred and eighty-six thousand miles a second on the radar."

"... But here in the outside world, I need more time and I need more space."

The Mayor Alonzo Q. Furdweiller Pothole. Looks like the mayor and the city council are bickering again.

''Relativity,' you say? — Well, it can't be any worse than your 'speed bump' theory.'

'We've found the problem...'

"Don't be ridiculous. If the wheels were round, you'd never be able to stop."

"Did you have any problems at the design stage?"

Physics toy.

Elwood 'I Can Fix This Myself' McGrunzen

Sharon's more of a do-it-yourselfer.

'Best bit of winter pipe lagging I've seen for ages...unfortunately, that's just the scaffolding.'

Restored antique carriage in A.D. 2500

I need a 10 foot board. That's 70 feet in dog feet.

'Don't worry - all tall buildings sway a little in the wind.'

'So that's what it's for Ethel. It's somewhere to put their spirit level

Scaffolding being put together by glue.

'Office real estate' lifting weights

Building getting a new coat fitted