Missing Item Detective Gifts

'I really think your best hope would be in missing persons, sir.'

"What's that? I asked for a teal lichen. That's a brown thread. Are you trying to upset me?"

'Hello? Missing Persons?'

We have a problem with your research. We're Encyclopedia Britannica and you're Wikipedia.

'I've forgotten the author and title - do you read minds?'

Micro and Macro Department,

"Your curriculum vitae is extremely detailed, isn't it? I don't quite know what to make of the fact that your third-grade teacher, Miss Hartley, made you stand in the corner for throwing an eraser although another kid did it."

Don't forget to read the small print.

"You say in your resume that you're very meticulous."

"I just audited our books. Your register came up five cents short, Rudy."

Devil in the detail

'Talk about paranoid. He reads the fine print on his money.'

When pedants take a break.

Working from home.

"So in other words, we're hoping to discover what makes the nitty, gritty."

'Take a look at this everyone - it just could be the signature we've been looking for.'

Forward Planning - The key to Success

Lost luggage turning up on Mars.

Art Museum: Lost and Found - Hats/Coats/Wax.

Think Zero Defects

'There's only one piece left. C'mon, we can figure this out.'

'I gather this is your first sting operation.'

"This franchise deal looks great! But I can't see the fine print."

"The little one? That's for small print!"

X-Raying Christmas Presents

"How's this? 'Employee grants to Company, throughout the universe, the omniverse, including all fictional universes of parallel universes yet to be discovered...'"

"This is Clint. He handles the small print!"

Dave could never work out how he lost his nose stud.

"Relax, Ms. Jones. I'm just X-raying this gift from my brother-in-law to see if I should re-gift it."

"I do, too, notice the little things, and most of them irritate me."

'And this is the small print in your travel insurance...'

"My wife is quite keen on checking the finer details before we sign anything."

"… and this one too, doc — 'university' is definitely spelled wrong."