I can’t really think of where I’d like to be a fly on the wall, but I can tell you where I don’t want to be a fly on a wall – our house. To entertain themselves, our dogs love to chase flies. When the unsuspecting fly lands on one of the walls (70cm and below), they’re more than likely cactus, as one of the dogs will lunge with its mouth to grab a treat.
So where have you wanted/not wanted to be a fly on the wall?
Apologies for the continuous toilet humour. I obviously have dung on the mind. Must be somehow related to having two golden retrievers and a small backyard.
PS. Don’t worry, I can assure you all, no dung beetles were hurt in the making of this cartoon.
Back to the topic, Leonardo’s last supper is famous. Many artists have interpreted this amazing piece of artwork. Here are 3 images I found on Google.
1. Lego Last supper
I was inspired to make this cartoon after reading the 7th top incredible food fact on this website. It claims that archeological evidence has shown that soup made over 8000 years ago contains the remnants of a hippo. Finding this potentially dubious, I started searching the net for the original archeological report / paper to give it more credibility, but alas my skills were left wanting and I ran out of desire to wade through the remaining 2,469,990 Google results.
With a post like this, it’s worth contemplating some stats in the area of social networking….and guess who leads the pack with the most subscribers?…..Yes, Facebook (about 750 million users). Here are 3 interesting stats, for more, you can view the site I chose to take my stats from.
And one final reminder – the cartoon caption competition ends today 17:00hrs sharp! Winner will be announced 29 February.
I thought I’d come up with a clever new unit of measure here, only to find that there have been legitimate scientific studies in this area already. (Wiki provides a quick overview) Admittedly, I’d heard of the notion, but never thought anyone would get funding research into it.
I have a small confession to make, but only to those special people who bother reading beyond the cartoon. My first version plotted both male and female, at different positions on the graph. In the interest of not losing subscribers (I had the potential to upset on average 50% of my subscribers), I decided to change it. Say no more, I’ll let you guess who was placed where.
My thanks to Gus, one of the first to ‘like’ my new Facebook Page. He liked Doug so much (and who wouldn’t), he suggested Doug finds a suitable roll model. For those not up with ancient Greek mythology, you can read about poor Sisyphus, who was banished to an eternity of having to roll a rock up a mountain, only to have it roll back down again…and so it goes on. If you read a bit more about him, you can’t feel too sorry for him, as he doesn’t appear to be the nicest person to have ever roamed the planet.
…and just a few Valentines day quotes.
‘If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?’ Lily Tomlin
‘My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn’t want him to.’ Rita Rudner.
‘I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.’ Dorothy Parker.
‘Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.’ Albert Einstein
My thanks to Troy for this contribution.
Did you know there are 3 kinds of dung beetles? Rollers, tunnellers and dwellers (Doug is a rock ‘n’ roller).
A roller sculpts a chunk of dung into a ball and rolls his prize away from its initial source. It’s then used for food later on, or the female lays her eggs in it (so the babies won’t starve on birth). A tunneller will fly to find it’s prey, then dive into it and undergo a sub terrain excavation to bury as much of the prize as possible, within an underground tunnel. And my favourite – the dweller, who takes up residence in the dung pile (well, its the eggs that do this. the adult lays their eggs in the dung so that when they hatch they have ample food to get them started). Who could ask for a better home?
Yes, this might look familiar to some, but if you look carefully, you’ll note the hazard sign is different. Besides, it was time for another Bill and Ben cartoon.
And while we’re on the topic of Bill and Ben, being 2 of the 3 judges, they’ve been keenly viewing all submissions to the competition (now at 29 entries). I hear a raucous of laughter from outside my studio every now and then and discover them viewing the latest entries. So if you haven’t entered, there’s still time, plus you have the weekend ahead to think about it.
