Oeno-enthusiast Gifts

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

'Have you tried our home-made wine?'

Team Leader

'This is one of our most recent vintages!'

"So have you ever stopped to ask yourself: If he really knew the secrets of the universe, would he be living in a damn cave?"

"See? A huge surge in all the major crowdfunding sites right before the Big Bang!"

Three card brag - I'm great! I'm really handsome & I'm very rich.

"We finally found a way to bottle enthusiasm."

"Mrs. Beasley, send the employees a memo stating that, from now on, they are to refer to me as 'Alpha Male'."

I am your BIGGEST fan!

Standings: Milky Way Conference

The Boss.

"I'm treating you like a living deity for one day."

"And afterwards, I'll be signing my new DVD of this presentation in the lobby."

'I don't need such a big office as this. My ego does.'

'Actually I can't even figure out the origin of this organization.'

'The only exercise I believe in is the exercise of power.'

"If the universe is expanding by 3 trillion cubic light years per second, why can't I find an apartment?"

'...Would you like me to try out my Big Bang theory?'

"I knew it!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson, but your hair just doesn't say anything to me today."

"If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy."

'Well that's certainly new!'

Did life reach Earth from outer space?

First attempt at the Big Bang

New Images from Hubble

"Anything you say, Mr. Einstein, can be used to explain the origin of the universe."

"He claims he does the work of two employees."

The Big Bang

"And, for God's sake, don't let anyone finish my novel!"

Attila demands Italy and Switzerland. Keep Switzerland but give him the boot.

The great and near-great

'Millions of billions of trillions of light years away? I could visualise it if you said it in MILES!'

"In short, then, I'm looking for a job that matches my sense of entitlement!"

"So which bit do you think was 'nature' and which 'nurture'?"