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The selfie regret story

By That's life

 

Marie Antoinette's selfie regretWell, I’m a bit surprised and bit not – ‘Selfie’ originates from Australia!

According to the Oxford dictionary, which has now put its definition onto their online website (“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to social media website”), the first documented version of a selfie appeared in an online ABC forum.

A drunk (must be Australian clue #1) wrote

“Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”

The fact that it ends in ‘ie’ rather than ‘y’ is a second clue lending towards an Australian origin. Apparently we like to end words in ‘ie’ to make things more endearing and in this case, turning a possible narcassitic action into something cute and fun.

And final supporting argument, even our former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helped to promote the expression, by sharing selfie pictures of himself while shmoozing the public.

The other supersaurus

By Dinosaurs

…and this one is a veggie-saurus, enjoying tomatoes

Soup-ersaurusAnd yes, supersaurus actually did exist. Discovered in America in 1972, he was aptly named supersaurus (pronounced SOUP-er-SORE-us … see, there is a soup connection after all), because of its whopping length – about 30 m (110 feet) long.

 

 

Today’s grammar lesson – past and present

By Pot Luck

Sorry, more can cartoons

Soup

Hopefully Andy Warhol is not rolling over in his grave over this one.

Here are some not so well known facts about this amazing artist:

  • His very first movie was aptly named ‘Sleep’. It filmed his friend sleeping for a whopping 6 hours.  Nine people attended the opening night and within the first hour two left… and then there where seven (who amazingly stayed right up to the end).
  • Andy nearly died when he was shot in the chest by Valerie Solanis. Valerie was a founder of club called SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) and as a staunch feminist saw it her duty to rid the world of people like Andy, who she considered to be abusive and controlling.  As a side point, it is relieving to note that she was the only member of the club.
  • The high school art club excluded Andy from becoming a member, as he was considered better than the other members.

Second time lucky?

By Animals, Portuguese cartoons, That's life

Well, no – not for me, but don’t worry – lucky for you!

This is a self indulgent trip down memory lane showing the three cartoons I submitted into the 40th Piracicaba International humor festival (but I posted them first here on this website for you all to enjoy!).  You may recall, my first modest submission two years ago (if not, take a peak here).

Well, here are my 2013 entries (maybe Brazilians don’t get Aussie humour).  And they all come with bonus Portuguese captions too!

If you want to see who the winners were, click on here. My favourite is the archery shooting one – What’s yours?

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

2013 Piracicaba international humor cartoon contest entry

The literal interpretation of writer’s block

By Pot Luck

The Writers Block

I’m always after inspiration for a new cartoon. I loved this cartoon by Robert Black (another great Aussie cartoonist) depicting the ‘creative block’, so went for the obvious writer’s alternate.

But on the topic of ‘blocks’, what’s your tip for conquering the block?

I go for distraction and either start doodling or Google surf some of my favourite science news sites.