Reference Enthusiast Mugs

"These references are excellent Mr. Canning. But do you have any from someone other than your mother?"

"I imagined the Library of Congress would be much bigger."

'Here's MY information highway!'

'Instead of a raise, Yomp, you may call me 'Chief', instead of Mr Staghorn.'

"Housekeeping?!"

'It finally took me thirty years, but I finally have one of every 3-D comic book ever made'

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

"I understand the revisionists are hot on your trail, Professor Delauney."

'I don't understand. You've wasted the whole interview going on and on about what you know... I think you'd better start telling me who you know.'

"Makes me wish I'd kept that gorilla suit."

"I consider every member of our family to be like family."

'But I did study. I guess the software didn't install successfully.'

Exposed Intimacy Safety Vulnerability Hidden Enmity

'Yes, your papers seem to have lots of citations, but I've checked: They're all self-citations...'

"I got my PhD in Nursing just so people would have to call me Doctor."

"I know your previous employer gave you an excellent reference, but you were self-employed."

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

"Anyway, to make a long story short, I'm the guy who invented CliffsNotes."

'People who can read Venn diagrams...'

"Stop! Information overload. I need to rebuffer."

'That book is still floating around the system.'

'She files things on a biblical basis. Seek and ye shall find.'

'There's more information available now than ever before. I can only block out so much of it.'

Google Magazine

"I can tell you about this article or you can just read the comments online."

List making as therapy.

Returning to reading

'According to this list, this list is ranked #4 on the greatest lists of all time.'

'What's my Dad buying me for my Birthday?'

"Our carbon footprint has been very, very good to us."

'What terrible pre-Christmas gift catalogue have you got hold of now?'