Stone Age Scholar Pillows

'I was close to a breakthrough when the grant money ran out.'

"I'm waiting for them to work out the bugs first,"

"I don't know. I'm something of a technophobe."

Man invents the recall.

Those Were The Days

"I like it. What would you use it for?"

"Oog creates fire and all you can come up with is that silly round thing!"

The first car accident.

'Look, fire is fire - Why try to develop theories about it?'

'It even has its own built-in home security system!'

'It's a rock made of plastic.'

"Don't bother gathering carbs for me, I'm on the Paleo diet."

'This thing is dangerous! -- invent fire and burn it up!'

'No, not cro-magnon...something about it makes me think it's neanderthal.'

'Neolithic, are you sure? I thought we were neoliberal.'

'I'm calling this a plate and I already have service for six. Six more and I can invent the dinner party.'

Fire first discovered here B.C.

Wheel Passes MOT

"Drat! A flat tyre. . ."

'Another invention? -- You are SUCH a geek!'

'Hey! -- what have you done with my invention?'

'Hold everything - we just signed a non-proliferation treaty.'

'And you call yourself Homo Habilis!'

"Now all we need is nomenclature."

"I don’t know what your invention’s called, but it’s really irritating."

"This is what I use for social media."

"Actually I consider myself a postmodernist."

'See? I've got a rock AND a stick! -- I've invented MULTITASKING!'

We apologise for the disruption to your evolution...

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

"Make yourself comfortable on my new decorative throw rocks."

'A wheel? No wonder I broke a tooth. I thought it was a donut.'

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

'The wheel was easy, the owner's manual is hard!'

Ideas Ahead of their Time