"Amazing, isn't it, how a simple misstep can sometimes change the course of history?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"This old abandoned field gets soggier every year, bro."/"Watch where you step. We don't want oily paw prints all over our kennel." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"We need a trillion bowsers in order to pay the taxes we owe on our interplanetary oil company, Mr. Bones."/"Looks like we'll have to break a few banks, Mr. Hound. Then as Willie Sutton so aptly put it -- that's where the money is." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Well, don't look at me! I'm not a bank...I'm a mere puppet." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Might I be of assistance? I'm with the Lincoln Park Bank of Dubious Deposits and Laundered Trusts. Our motto is: BITE THE OTHER DOG BEFORE HE STEALS YOUR BONE. Of course it sounds much better when it's barked in French, Italian, Spanish, or Slobovian. (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"So does WE EAT WIDOWS AND ORPHANS FOR BREAKFAST." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"I once dated a Bichon named Caveat Emptor." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)