Original Thinker Gifts

'We're looking for new, original thinkers...people who can think 'outside the box'...'

I'm so sick of 2017, Randy. What? It's still 2016. I know. But everyone's saying how horrible 2016 is and how they can't wait for it to be over. I don't want to be part of the herd, I want to be a trendsetter. There are better ways to be a trendsetter, little buddy. #hashtag-2017-stinks.

"I'm BORED with blue-sky thinking."

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

'Let's not go by the book.'

Copycats

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

"No, I didn't steal your content. I just have your content's doppleganger."

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'The creative process works best with a relaxed brain, so I'm letting my mind wander to let a solution drift in.'

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

' A good idea '

"Either that's Marmaduke with a lizard's head in front of us, or I really mixed up my meds."

Dog Walking Services

"She's been so creative lately."

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

"I just love the way you're so endlessly inventive in the bedroom."

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

'I couldn't think of a science fair project so I just re-invented the wheel.'

'Assuming their porridge was poured at the same time, how could it then be too hot, too cold and just right?'

Empty box of ideas

Eureka!

"Wait 'til my Dad hears about this!"

"If I can't ask for more wishes, how about more genies?"

'According to creation mathematicians, all of Euclid's theories were originally found etched into rocks.'

"Just because I can deliver toys around the world in one night, doesn't mean I understand the tax code."

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

Problem Solving: Man rows desert island to land.

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

Edison: The Early Years,

A resourceful girl, Cynthia hoped to get credit in both Earth Sciences and Culinary Arts with her ozone layer cake.

"Seth, here, is one of the best young creative compromisers in the business."