James Pomerantz, author of the scientific article ‘The Grass is always Greener: An Ecological Analysis of an Old Aphorism (1983). This scholar proves that ‘optical and perceptual laws alone will make the grass at a distance look greener to the human eye than the blades of grass perpendicular to the ground.’
Big shout out to GDKonstantine, a long time supporter of my website. He came up with this cartoon.
If you would like me to draw the cartoon to your single gag, drop me a line.
Let me explain. I was surfing the net for inspiration for my next cartoon. Sometimes I like to draw cartoons that play on words or phrases. I found myself on an idiom site that listed popular sayings, of which ‘hungry ghost’ was one of them. I hadn’t heard of the saying before and the site didn’t offer an explanation, so I just assumed it referred to someone who is always hungry – just like a ghost would be because the food goes straight through them.
Well, I was wrong and should have realised that I was being a bit too literal with my interpretation. After drawing the cartoon I hunted the web for a definition and it didn’t take me long to find out how wrong I was. For those of you as unfamiliar with this one as I was, here’s what dictionary.com said
‘in Buddhism, a supernatural being filled with more desire than it can consume’
and provided this example
‘The hungry ghost is often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth, a metaphor for people futilely attempting to fulfil their illusory physical desires.’
But I can’t do this one on my own – I need your help by giving me your thoughts on this quick survey.
I’m creating a monthly newsletter for subscribers (this is in addition to the blog subscription you might already be on). But it’s a bit hard to entice people to click that funky new subscribe button without giving away something for free. So, here’s the question.
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In a recent ad campaign, National Geographic decided ‘if you can’t beat them join them’. Titled ‘there are lots of terrible animal pictures out there’, National Geographic showed a series of animal selfies. The intent behind the campaign was to get people to look at the good shots that National Geographic take.
My favourite is the gorilla. What’s yours?
Ah yes, snacking before dinner – how to get every mother annoyed. I sometimes find myself in snacking discussions with my children; holding the offending but circumstantial evidence (chocolate wrapper) in my hand. But I’m not perfect myself. I used to enjoy sneaking in a biscuit or two before dinner.
What’s your snacking weakness?
Four views, one card. Make this simple card and share with your friends today!
This is no ordinary card. You get four views wrapped up in the one neat card – all you have to do is fold and fold and fold.
And that’s the best thing – it never ends. Keep on folding and eventually you get back to beginning again.
It is surprisingly easy to make, and if you’re a bit of a geek, you’ll be able to see how it works by looking at how the template is constructed.
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
Oscar Wilde, writer, November 30, 1900
Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!
Karl Marx, revolutionary socialist, March 14, 1883
Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Humphrey Bogart, actor, January 14, 1957
Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well–let ’em wait.
In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, ‘General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.’
Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, 1789
These bookmarks will help you reminisce on days gone by, when reading involved paper. But fear not, these bookmarks allow you to still express your inner social networking feelings with the world.
You know the drill. Click here and whizz through cyber space to our freebie page for a free file download.
Be brave, print your bookmarks and put a face to a feeling – if you dare!
