Sea-life Storytellers Gifts

"You may be in love, but can you support my daughter on what a herring makes?"

For his next book, he would write an epic novel of the sea.

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

The one that got away

'Are we there yet?'

Fishing with God

"As I was only saying the other day..."

'I wonder why scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats.'

'It's true what they say: People often look like their pets...'

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

'Look Reg, a ship...we're saved!'

'Son, I told you before: If you circle your prey for too long, you get dizzy...'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Scuba: 'You call that a knot, now this is a knot.'

Peter Benchley's New Book Fish!

'It was this big. I swear'

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"How much did it cost to have your ears pierced?"

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

"He's a keeper!"

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

'Fear of getting caught is understandable but fear of water, I think, requires counselling.'

'I win!'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

'I've told you time and again, if you didn't east so fast, you wouldn't swallow so much flotsam.'

'To think we used to complain about a little flotsam and jetsam.'

"With the benefit of hindsight, I’d say no, Ed, it wasn’t ‘funny’ letting him steer the boat!"

'It's grossed over a billion dollars. Let's go see the Titanic wreck.'

"Have ye seen a whale that matches this swatch?"

'I'm afraid the motion has been carried and you lost.'

"I forget who, but he's somebody's kid."

Help! Trapped on a desert island cartoon...

'Lucas A Non Lucendo.'

'Well, so much for whale-whispering.'

"I thought it was deeper here."