Rockhound Mugs

Old Geologists Never Die...they just switch to soft rock.

Sign on Geology classroom door: 'Don't take your teacher for granite'

'Careful - this is the great canyon we call Everest.'

Sign on lead mining company billboard: 'We support the N.R.A.'

'Identify your Ore'

'Us finding this rare ore was as likely as an alien tapping me on the shoulder.'

"Don't go to the archaeologist's house. He'll give you rocks for trick or treat."

'I was just playing rodeo and breaking horses.'

The rocket powered skiier

Dog in Daisys

'Oh, nothing's wrong -- I just expected Earthlings to be taller, that's all.'

An early space launch attempt.

Rocket and Witch Race

'Dang, again we're going so fast that we caused a disruption in the time-space continuum.'

"Listen here pup, it's time you realized it's a "dog eat dog" world."

'It's looking good this time: I've been here for six months and the kids haven't lost interest in me as yet...'

Will you be mine?

Moon Lander

'How can I get my baby to sleep?'

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

Small child in plane made from cardboard boxes

"We succumbed to your hype."

The band.

'Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream...'

C'mon, help me out! Which rock do you think my kids would like better?

'A common problem - we all give them our undivided love and devotion.'

"I know it's not in our nature, but we really gotta stop charging everything."

'Okay wait. Screaming and failing is for large cats...'

"You bet I'm stressed, I can't stop imagining there's a poacher hiding behind every bush..."

Houston gets serious about cleaning up space junk

"...9...8...7...6...5...4...3..."

Football Planet

"10 - 9 - 8 - 7 — Get your finger out of my ear! Buzz, go sit down. Now I lost count. Re-starting countdown: 100 - 99 - 98 — Buzz, I swear to god..."

Pete Townshend

Lessons from the fossil record: Discarded consumer goods in the anthropocene layer in the rock strata.