Reality Tv Escapee Gifts

'We'd like to get away from reality TV.'

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

"Mum! - T.S. Eliot - 'Humankind cannot bear much reality'."

"My husband is taking me on a cruise, so I’m looking for a book that will help me forget that I’m on a cruise with my husband."

"I'm sorry- I can barely hear you with this goddam ocean behind me."

Tired executive going into gym coming out gleaming

'...Sometimes the sheer monotony of it all just gets me down.'

'Do you have to be so melodramatic?'

'On to the office again?' - 'No, my pro.'

'Is your verdict unanimous?'

Life is simpler in the sticks.

"I took the road less traveled. Now I have no bars."

Elevator/Open Range

"You and your lists! You're missing out on life."

But doc, my tenuous grasp of reality is what gets me through the day!

'Like the judges, he's turned his chair around to concentrate on the singing.'

"I've had to leave the city: the noise pollution was making it difficult for me to fly safely..."

Wilderness - City.

"Ah, its great to get away from the rat race!"

"Your mind is not in your work...you're probably having one of your little tropical fantasies."

"No... I want to get OUT of touch with reality."

"Hi, J.B. Guess where I am."

'Joyce, you've gotta see this! This 3-D large screen HD TV is amazing!'

"Yes, yes, but it’s only an hour from Manhattan."

"Someday I'll buy a little place in the country and take my finger off the Zeitgeist."

Hi, dear, I'm working from work today.

'Dad, can I speak to you, offline, about father son bonding?'

A people-meter family out enjoying the calm night breezes while claiming to be inside enjoying a rerun of 'Falcon Crest.'"

… and then I got laid off from my law job and I've been just … hanging out. It's been interesting. Being outside the type A machine, I realize just how dependent I was on the judgment of bosses, and, before them, teachers. Some days, I can go whole hours without feeling like I'm letting someone down. No kidding. More like half-hours. Minutes, really. I exaggerated. Do you still like me? Careful, something strange afoot.

'Sorry Darling, I'll be late home: There's a strong head wind...'

Psychaitry. "Put me in touch with reality"? --- But I've heard bad things about reality!

"Dad, there's nothing good on TV. We're bored.

"Between my virtual office and virtual reality headset, there's nothing real going on in my life."

"This is where I go to get away from reality TV."

If we were at work we'd be at lunch now.