Playful Author Gifts

'After you grade my report, may I have my intellectual property back?'

Larry, working on the great American stick-up note.

Playdough's The Republic

Advocado

'Satchel, I have just had a revelation.'

'Rock.' - 'Paper.' - 'Boris.'

Hamlet

'Out, damned Spot.'

"It's a mobile."

'Sharon's into genetic engineering!'

Anderson Cooper as a Kid. Today, an expose that asks the question: Who IS Simon, and why must we do what he says?

'Hard to follow...'

Clown answers the door to a custard pie in the face.

Girl on a giant pair of scissors.

Jimmy had a very active imagination.

Daughters at Bedtime

"Bill just does celebrity cook-books these days, that's where the real money is."

'It's another cookery programme but It's aimed at children.'

'This is alphabet soup, Mom. I don't use the alphabet in the summer.'

'Interview Dr. Witt for your esteemed journal? Of course, as soon as his play period is over.'

Intellectual Foreplay...

"Tea parties are passé. I'm opening a craft brewery."

"I feel like we're finally making progress."

"Don't be so gullible! - He can't EITHER call some mouse superhero with his wristwatch."

The Gong

"I'm a home-tech specialist. Your daughter called us. I'm here to convert her doll house into a smart doll house."

'He loves to fetch but he hates getting wet.'

'I see the TV has broken down again .'

Dog Anatomy from Memory.

"I'm a little angel when I'm asleep. Does that count?"

"I'd like to know more about this 'Civil Disobedience'."

"I changed my mind about eloping with you, Billy....my mother didn't fix broccoli for dinner after all!"

"Hi, it's me. My mum's confiscated my mobile." (Kid talks to friend using margarine tub and string).

"I hope you don't mind but I used a couple of your ugly ties for a tail."

'Looks like I might have to rethink the football idea!'