Tale-telling Trainer Mugs

"Could I have another machine? This man is reading a comic book."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

The Ferocious Viking Wiener Dog

"When I first arrived, Young Master was always with me and Old Master didn't want anything to do with me, nor it's the opposite: Go figure..."

"I'm not sure about this new trainee - he asked me when does he get to see the actual ropes."

Three lanes of traffic with the first two lanes crowded with turtles. The third lane (to the left) a couple rabbits speeding along without any traffic. An easy pass sign has carrots replacing dollars.

'You're doing a play in kindergarten?'

Horror Stories.

"I hope you don't mind - I'm training a brand-new assistant and I've asked her to check your blood pressure."

"Tell us the one about swift justice, Grandpa."

Early accounting scandals.

"I can't tell you how it ended. That would ruin the sequel."

"Simon, I'm not really interested in your juvenilia."

"Let's try 'roll over.' We can come back to this."

'Yeah. Yeah... Wolf, girl, grandma. I got the picture.'

'Do you honestly expect me to believe that fairy tale?

'The frog is deceased, Mr. Graham. You don't need malpractice insurance.'

'I bet he starts with a joke!'

"When I was your age I would have snagged that before it hit the ground."

"It's the dog."

'Other than no dognip or an indoor bathroom, I enjoy being a dog.'

'And now for my William Tell shot.'

"Forget George, he scarfs down everything in sight. Aunt Rose and Grandma are good for slipping us a slice. Most important, the kids are sloppy. We're bound to find some juicy scraps under their chairs. Stay alert!"

"I got the cream, but the bulk of the old lady's estate is going to auction."

"My report on summer vacation. . . Book and movie rights are available for $1000 each."

"Your story is quite the booze-filled dive into the depths of depravity. Is this your first children's book?"

'Tarzan'

"I kid you not, he shot that duck right over the middle of the lake and said 'fetch'! Do you have any idea how cold that water is?!"

School of hard knocks: Mail box 'Knock-knock jokes'

"Trust me, boss, he knows his pies...he just needs more retraining."

Yeah, yeah, yeah - tell my editor the fables are almost done, and she'll have them as soon as

'You know, I almost envy you sometimes.'

'It started off as stories I told my wife.'

I swear, we rode right through the town and my mistress Lady Godiva wasn't wearing a thing...

"The quality of the writing is an embarrassment, it has no style, no fluency, no soul!"