Publishing Hero Gifts

Protest sign editors: 'End Layoff Now!'

Frank moonlights as a Grill Sergeant.

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

Nervous Oral Testing

'Life is all attitude: 45 seconds of enjoying it...45,000 hours of regretting it...'

Good luck with all the revision...

'Sometimes I wish we'd never told him he was adopted.'

JAMES BONDING

"We do not usually acknowledge unsolicited manuscripts, but we want you to know that we tore yours into tiny pieces. Yours sincerely, The Op-Ed Page."

'I'm a work-at-home dad.'

Nervous Student

Man selling lamb weekly

Man milks a book.

'Good luck with your exams' (mountain climbers).

'We know it's good...we had an excellent ghost writer.'

Homeless count.

Professional football.

'Mother will catch you!'

"If you don't rake them your leaves will simply break down into mulch over the winter."

"I don't care if your mother is watching on telly, just get the ball in the net!"

"If the nanny state wants us to solve the housing crisis they need to get out of the way and let us learn from the leaders in the field..."

"He's retreated into nationalism."

"I mean, he does have a point."

Planner at work.

"Look, I'm the bobblehead of this team."

"Your story is quite the booze-filled dive into the depths of depravity. Is this your first children's book?"

Giant sandwich bags.

"My family's been working this land for at least 400 years...!"

I must not erase major breakthroughs....

'I'm about to throw a tantrum. What are you doing?'

Are you printing your own book? No, it's my mailing to agents!

"The first rule of celebrity biography is write about who you know."

"Ugh. I've been on hold for 20 minutes..."

oh no - here comes the national trust again...