Seaside Existentialist Pillows

Academics At the Beach

"Nation-building never works."

I rather like bucket and spade holidays.

"Ooooh, I bet that feels nice."

He can identify a fly taken by a trout at fifty yards range.

Academics At The Beach: The Old Man And The Sea

'Still think nuclear testing is harmless?'

Of pitting his own wits against their natural cunning

A Poem about Sand

"Ooo... she sounds nice... 'I enjoy burying myself in the sand and sideways walks on the beach.'"

'Oh, come on - If you're gonna mess up my castle, take the whole thing.'

Shallow End (Slightly innocuous statements) - Deep End (a little more weighty)

"It ain't easy, Doc. There's a lot of pier pressure."

'How's the water, dear?'

No early morning tea past this landing

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

Vacation Mobile

"We're not on vacation anymore. The company folded."

'Pirate's Cove is about a half mile down the beach.'

"I'd like one of your bucket and spade holidays."

How Relaxing It Is To Go To The Beach. . . How Close You Live To The Beach.

"It doesn't do you any good being depressed about your job, because you're stuck doing it for the rest of your life."

"Alarmingly, after five minutes the pool had come no closer."

Get a rockpool!

'Perhaps we should leave details of the divorce settlement until after we are married.'

Mozart on a lilo

Starfish doing the wave.

'Wow, swimming IS great exercise! The bathroom scale I put down here shows I'm 20 pounds lighter!'

"Don't be afraid of sharks. They generally attack only when provoked."

"IBM up 2 1/4, ATT down a 1/4,GM ... "

How swimmers look and feel after a long swim.

Lemmings on Vacation

'Despite anosmia she fonded her penuche.'

"You can speak freely- this is a private beach."

There it is – my dream beach house.