Surfing Storyteller Mugs

"We'll have to pick this up later. My plane just went down, sharks ate my personal assistant, and apparently I'm winning some kind of surfing competition."

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.'

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

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

'He's going to be an estate agent, just like his Dad.'

'the selling of seashells by the seashore was sluggish.'

'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.'

"Hey! I've got audio but no visual!"

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

'It was this big. I swear'

"He's a keeper!"

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

'I win!'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

"Trust me, come low tide everyone will want these seats."

Punch&Judy/Counselling

'Gee, Grandpa, you sure have a way with animals.'

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

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

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

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

A child with a parasol is blown off the Chain Pier in Brighton

'Lucas A Non Lucendo.'

'Well, so much for whale-whispering.'