Tall Family Tales Gifts

Kate realised that having a child with a really tall father did have its advantages.

Books: Novels, Short-Stories, Tall Tales.

"Feel free to take notes."

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

Fishing Tales

"Just kick back and enjoy this. These are the nest years of our lives!"

'My 'What I Did Over The Weekend' report is about my hunting a 17,000 pound moose, deep inside Canada.Some or all of this report has been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.'

The Tale of the Tape of the Tail.

"Listen, pal, I’m not seeing a ‘giant squirrel eating a rib-eye steak.’"

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Elephants never scared me. I once chased three of them into the river/I was able - before I lost my teeth - to bite a crocodile's tail right off / I'll never forget the time I roared so loud, twenty or maybe thirty monkeys fell right out of the tree.

Fishing Boat Derby

'It was this big. I swear'

Paul Bunyan gets the leg-lengthening Operation

"That's right kiddo, I'm one of the original band members of the Musicians of Bremen..."

'I never saw a tracer bullet that I didn't admire for color, clarity and swiftness.'

Men reading Tall Stories, and Short Stories in a Library

"Yes, I was using my mobile whilst driving... I was calling the police to tell them I was chasing a gang of bank robbers!"

'All this is nuthin! There was one yeaw up noth...when it snowed fah two yeaws! I had t'dig down ten feet t'haul in my lobstah traps.'

"Oh, you haven’t seen holiday drama ‘till you’ve met our little family."

Couple with lots of kids. Woman says: 'This is our daughter, my son from my first marriage, John's daughter from his second marriage, and I've no idea who the one on the end is.'

"At long last, Wyatt, our dream has come true and we are within reach of the legendary toast fields of the Sierra Madre."

"Can you tell me the story again about how you swiped right on Dad?"

"Pecos Bildungsroman"

"When I was a little girl...my mami had really good remedies for our aches and pains."

A Salmon Lie

Captain Eddie's New Boat:'The insurance company laughed last year when I insisted on adding Kraken coverage.'

'Who turned up the thermostat?'

'Sure you always catch bigger fish than me. Your arms are a foot longer than mine.'

Thank you for visiting us again Son... Can I still call you Son? You are so handsome now...

"A beautiful baby. Who does he take after?"

"My dad was a prize-winning bull too: According to Mum, he won a raffle once at the local fair..."

"Okay, I'm not the fastest gun in the west. . . but I am the fastest gun in my immediate family!"

"You're like the grandpa I never had, Mort." "You never knew your grandpappy, Randy?" "Oh, no, I knew him. Grandpa Randy was an intrepid archaeologist who broke hearts and defeated villains all over the world." "‘Indiana Randy’s’ life story became the stuff of legend. They even made some movies based on his exploits." "I'm just saying you're nothing like him." "I was going to see those films back in the '80s, but the matinees were past my bedtime."