Past Meets Present Ponderer Gifts

'They look more up to date than the ones in your tool-box.'

Historical memory is on life support.

"Admit it, we're lost."

"Look, Professor - a stegosaurus!"

Another Theory as to Why Dinosaurs became Extinct.

'Your 'marriage' invention sounds good, but what if it leads to a concentration of power for the central government?'

"I'm sorry, but you didn't recognize me as the Messiah when I had braces and glasses."

"How the hell is that supposed to feed us?"

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

A caveman rubs two sticks together and gets a computer.

So, that's bipedalism? It doesn't look very ergonomic.

'We froze him until medical science knows how to cure spear wounds.'

"All I'm saying is now is the time to develop the technology to deflect an asteroid."

Unfortunately, napkins hadn't been invented yet, so good ideas were quickly forgotten.

"Your wheel idea was a huge hit, so what have you got for me this time?"

'The dawn of woman' - Ape-women dance around giant bar of chocolate.

'I'm telling you Dad: Walking upright and using tools is the way of the future...'

'Egad! It's the ghosts of sanity past!'

'Much to his disappointment, Thag's coffee percolator was an invention ahead of its time.

'It was fun to make bujt don't see any possible use for it in the future.'

The first Homo Erectus

Boss asks early man: 'So ... where do you see yourself in four million years?'

The Land Before Mimes.

'It's called fire...it recycles wood.'

'We'll never understand these kids. It's the old evolution gap.'

'Please don't be hurt, Dad, but I've decided to go into gathering instead of hunting.'

RIP William Shakespeare: To be or not to be...

'It's the Mesolithic Age? - But I just got used to the PALEOlithic!'

"I think you're suffering from nostalgia, Mr. Prentice."

'- and what makes you think they must have been TALL?'

"Oooh... bacon!"

'I'm afraid this is going to lead to regulation of my invention.'

'Art, art, art - When are we going to get some engineers?'

"I see you got an A+++ in science."

'It's the perfect time to move up the evolutionary ladder! The climate is stable, we have no natural predators, and interest rates may never be this low again!'