Modern-day Caveman Mugs

"If you ask me between your stuff and my stuff, there's just nothing left to invent."

I'm "Oog," this is "Wonk" and the guy drawing on the wall behind you in "Blog." (Published originally on December 14, 2007.)

'We tried hunting and we tried gathering, but now we usually eat out.'

'I can't wait 'til hunting is googling and gathering is calling out for delivery.'

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The First Fire Stick

Pre-Historic Gentleman's Duel

"Great, just great! And while you're in here, potchkeeing around with paint, Seymour Rabinowitz in the cave next door is inventing fire already!"

"Here we go again, every 30,000 years or so this Paleo diet becomes a fad."

Oog is an expert at throwing stones at things - he's a "rock-it" scientist.

"Right, I think I'll call it fire, now I just need to work out how to monetise it

'This is the age of specialisation - you can't be a hunter AND a gatherer.'

Stoneage Anachronism...

"Let's just binge watch this."

"Central heat. Pretty posh."

"This is my urban man cave."

"Something has corrupted my files again."

Dummy. Now we have to apply for another grant.

Metro Sapien.

'If you worked on inventing fire instead of that round thing, you wouldn't have to eat cold cuts.'

'He also wants to be domesticated.'

'If you want to see my resume, it's on my cave wall.'

'And this is where they switched to High Definition.'

'No, I haven't taken up jogging...A velociprator was after me!'

"My new boyfriend is free range!"

"This doesn't feel right. Maybe I should paint you outside, being pursued by hunters."

"It's a great invention, but what if it leads to UTILITY BILLS?"

Prehistoric Pop-Up Books Club

"You've got to give him credit - He was the first in his family to learn to talk."

"Congratulations on the discovery. Good luck getting it insured."

"He says 'fire no rocket science' - whatever that means."

The First Power Point

'Not that yukky color!'

I'm "Oog," this is "Wonk" and the guy drawing on the wall behind you in "Blog."

'Sure, but I'm the one who has to SKIN it!'