Wartime Stories Lover Mugs

"Hello, Mom – guess who they're taking!"

"I know we just met, but all I got is a twenty-four-hour pass!"

Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

"Go figure: nobody wanted to kiss me when I was an ugly prince, but now, somehow, pretty girls are lining up!"

'I wonder how Curious George fits into all this?'

'No, I didn't know it was hunting season - why do you ask?'

Bee to othe: 'You knew I was a workaholic when we first met.'

'Come on, girl! I know you can do it! Jump over the moon!'

"He reports to Grand Central Palace tomorrow."

Bedtime in Ancient Greece

"Did the cow that jumped over the moon have NASA funding?"

"Oh I remember, it was a particularly cold day and your daddy whispered sweet nothings in my ear. It gave me such a warm feeling inside that I knew he was the one!"

"Figure it out, Sherlock! I'm a lovebird. You're a lovebird. We're cooped-up together in this cage 24 hours a day! Sooner or later it was bound to happen."

"Let's play hide-and-I-read-my-book."

'Can you read this one for me? I have a book report on it tomorrow.'

"I guess that pretty well debunks the fruits and vegetables are good for you myth."

Your Country Needs MOO!

"I'm more of a day owl."

'I'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

'These days,' she says, 'nothing gets a rise out of him.'

"When the evil witch pushes the children into the oven, .... that's just a metaphor for putting them in the microwave"

Tea and Sugar Rationing

"Mother, I'd like you to meet a member of the armed forces."

The real reason the Christmas Truce didn't last.

"With the quarantine over, I decided to dig a hold in the basement!"

"Most of the time, war...it makes no sense. A lot of times, we'd hear artillery whistling over our heads. But really, you can't move. You just wait...and wait...until it hits...and hope it isn't hitting you."

'I couldn't put the book down... I had peanut butter and jelly on my hands!'

Today's Rapunzel

"Stop asking so many questions, or it's right back to Books on Tape for you."

"We've been dating for five years. Can I have Thursdays off please?"

For the War Inventions Board. The Armoured Bayonet-curler for the Spoiling the Temper of the Enemy's Steel

The Force of Example.