Purveyor Of Patience Gifts

"I told him stamp collecting is a dangerous hobby. His jaw got locked in a yawn."

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

'No, Mr. Simmons, your MR images aren't in yet. We have older equipment, which takes a little longer to process.'

"Why do they call it rush hour when no one goes anywhere?"

A tortoise running along the side of the road, panting.

All of our representatives are busy right now. Stay on the line and someone will be with you in a few miles.

"But this time, Lucky, when I throw the ball... you bring it back!"

"Don't worry, darling. You'll happen."

"Are we done yet? ... Because I'm turning around now."

Test your patience, back in one hour.

"I said, 'You must be waiting for 'Mr. Right,' too.'"

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

"Sorry for the wait, our computers are down. We have to do everything manually."

"Wanna play 'Waitin’ on the Cable Guy'?"

Waiting to do the second coat was the worst part. It was like watching paint dry.

Snail crossing

'I'll wait for Harold one more year. He hasn't crossed the finish line yet from the 1932 Olympic's marathon.'

'He was a physician, but because of all the difficult patients he gave it up and became a veterinarian.'

The Specimen Hunter

"Two minutes, 40 seconds. Next ... Two minutes, 53 seconds. Next ..."

"I'm just phoning to tell you your 'cheque in the post' has just arrived."

'Why do I always pick the slow moving queue?'

'Disappointed? You ask if I'm disappointed? Well, Arthur, after 38 years of patiently peeling away one onion layer after another, I'll admit I HAD hoped there was something more that a tough, green sprout-thingie at your core!'

'...... in sickness and in health, through the long lean years before tenure or perhaps no tenure, for better of for worse ......'

"Some dog friendly pub this is. Ten minutes I've been stood here, and still haven't been served!"

"OK, that was the ebb tide. Now we wait for the neap tide."

'We'd better go home, Jimmy. We're driving your mother up the wall.'

"I have a high tolerance for tedium."

Ice Whaling

Wal Max - Complaints Department

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

'Excuse me, but is there anywhere we can get something to eat while we're waiting to get something to eat?'

'For Heaven's sake, Charlotte! Relax! We're on holiday!'

Patience Tested While You Wait.

'Are we there yet?'