Tuesday 31 May 2011

"Killer cucumbers...

...on loose in Europe" is definitely my favourite headline for a while. (The Sun yesterday) I guess if it was Brits dropping dead like flies it wouldn't have been considered so funny. Anyways I took a different angle for this gag. A wordless gag no less, I haven't managed many of those.

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Crystal...


Balls, balls, balls. Latest rejection off the production line. I had been struggling with the wording for this for a good couple of hours when I decided to "phone a friend". My friend Chris, managed to toss out a line in a matter of minutes - well he is a professional writer after all. So with the pimped up gag, the product of two brains no less, you might hope it was in with a chance of being published. Nope - back to the drawing board. Thanks Chris - no cigar.

Monday 23 May 2011

Trouble...


...afoot. When I first saw adverts for fish pedicures I was a tad confused. You know why do fish need pedicures that sort of thing. But it turns out it is very popular, at least this month it is. I think the idea is the fish chomp through all the dead skin on your feet which has to be one of the worst jobs even for a fish. I can't believe it works, I mean what kind of fish are they using?

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Hatty Town


There is an old childrens tv programme called Hatty Town where the characters are oversized hats with bodies. I think of this every time I see the queen in one of her trademark large hats. Maybe she wears her crown underneath them? That might explain it. Gawd bless her she's in Ireland this week doing whatever it is she does. So to mark the occasion...