Old-school Scholar Mugs

'When I asked you to do research for your assignment, I meant the library not on Google!'

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

Gen-Next Library

"We've been wandering in the desert for forty years. But he's a man—would he ever ask directions?"

Two Generations of Readers

'Agreed, 40 years is a long time to wander around, but think of the travel expenses.'

"And almighty God said to Adam, 'Get a room already will ya!'" "Little known fact from the Book of Genesis."

"First they came for the horoscope and the crossword and I did nothing. Then they came for the cartoonists and there was no-one left to satirise it."

'I don't like reading on screen, so I'm printing the internet to look at it later.'

'Exams were harder before the Renaissance.'

"Whatever happened to throwing Frisbees around?"

'They're encyclopedias, Timmy... They're an early form of Google.'

'My battery is dead. How does it end?'

"Books are tricky. You can't text with a text book and you can't call with a phone book!"

Medical Student

"It says God created heaven and earth, then there was light. Why didn't He do it the other way round, when He could see what He was doing?"

How can you read that comic strip Blondie? Its about a kinder, simpler time. It's about ancient history. They do the same material over and over. Exactly. I can count on it. Not like your stupid Pearls and Get fuzzy. Oooh, look how angry and edgy they are. They're sooo clever! Your whole gig is being angry and edgy. Look, I'm setting Candorville on fire.

'Oh darling, it is not an ibook, it is only a book.'

Sign by school library reads: 'Passing Lane'

"Eugene is retro. He thinks everything was better in low-def and black and white."

"I'm impressed! Junior actually asked to use our old-fashioned dictionary!"

"Get a computer?! Do I look as though I have room in here for a computer?"

'Lost your kindle in the cab? Try my outdated destined-for-extinction, low-priced print edition.'

"Actually, I'm sitting here reading a book—just to see if I can still do it."

"Do we look like investors in high-tech funds to you?"

'Well, that was when a pretty rock was worth a pretty rock...'

"Come on. I always browse the Mom and Pop stores before buying online."

"It's your Grandpa's version of keeping up with technology...reading the papers online."

"Polishing my mouse just doesn't have the same calming effect as sharpening my pencil."

'Well, on a pencil that rubber thing is called an eraser, not a delete button.'

'Grandpa says there's more to life than what you see on TV. He must not have cable.'

'Dad! Open up to social networking. Stop being so Henry David Thoreau-ish!'

"I hate everything with a chip in it that isn't chocolate."

'All this talk of ABS's and old style MDP's is causing a lot of stress...The partners don't take kindly to change... He still hasn't recovered from us moving his desk nearer to the door!'

'You can swipe it as many times as you like, but that's not how a book works.'