Wartime Enthusiast Gifts

Benito Mussolini

King George VI

'Stamp auction' WW2 Victory stamps on two fingers

WW1 Secrets: Steak and Kidney Pie Tank.

"Good afternoon, Mister Absentee."

"We're slipping you this decoration, K-43, in recognition of your distinguished service in military intelligence."

Convalescent Soldiers Passing Through Washington to Join Their Regiments

No Soap in the Bathroom

British Patent (applied for) Picking the Pickelhaube: A little Game for the Trenches

WWII Nostalgia Industry

"I guess now's as good a time as any."

"Can that be right?"

'Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Just look at that card Hans Greber and we have haven't been shot at all day.'

'Bernie always sees the glass as half-full, but not for long.'

"Damn Pope Gregory and his new calendar."

Clock watcher

"Mrs. Barnes is to have a complete head-to-toe – she's to be the victim in a bandage-instruction class."

'I'll do half of it.'

"Not now, Matthew. This is Daddy's quiet-desperation time."

Tea and Sugar Rationing

No Action Comics

"I'm very proud. Someone I've been stalking has been nominated for an Academy Award."

'What you want is not time to yourself, you want time up yourself.'

The Trench-Sealer

"Well, thats buggered that idea"

'That's where he goes to regain his sanity.'

"Well, then why don't the British just borrow Major Eliot from the Herald Tribune."

A call to save energy, based loosely on the style of second world war posters

"She also sits up there so she doesn't have to talk to anyone."

"Hey, Eli, would you and your little friend mind getting as far away from me as humanly possible?"

'Like to read, huh? Me, too. I'm a big reader. I just finished a book by Brown. you know Dan Brown? Great writer...'

"I'm sorry-this is literally my first rodeo."

"I'm coming - I just need some 'me' time."

'It shouldn't take long to wnd up your Aunt's estate. She only left you an alarm clock.'

'Would you like seconds?'