Sketchbook: Nanny State

Link(s) of the Day: Here are a couple of videos I've been in.

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Sketchbook: Tubes

Since the end of May, I've mostly been doodling in a nicely bound sketchbook I bought. Seeing as I'm struggling to get the proper stuff to you at the moment, I'll put some of these up. As you can see, they're not all in the style you're used to...


Link of the Day: The Secret Thoughts of Harold Lawrence Windcrampe

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The Men Who Dream of Taxes

There's an illness going round,
You must have heard, I'm sure.
They say it's worse than measles
And they're yet to find a cure.

It infects you while you're sleeping
And by the time you wake
It has control of your subconscious
And the decisions that you take.

I have a friend named Sidney
Who succumbed to it last week.
I hope he will recover
But the outlook's pretty bleak.

He went into a bookshop,
Just browsing for a while,
He found a book to purchase
About a hungry crocodile.

With rapid calculation
He added to the price
An unusual percentage,
Seventeen and a half to be precise.

I don't know why he did it,
But that's the sum he paid.
It's not like Frugal Sidney
To spend more than he's made.

And then there's poor old Cyril,
Who works in telesales,
On unsociable shift patterns
In a mining town in Wales.

He's working for a pittance
That barely pays the bills,
Yet every week he does something
That's giving me the chills.

He takes about a quarter
Of the money from his work
And gives it back as if
He's a complete and utter buerk.

I don't know why it's happening
Or how it gets around,
But dreams are making decent men
Give unnecessary pounds.

I know of men who've filled out forms
In order to request
The Government to take their dough
(And they hardly would protest!)

But those who are more savvy
Try to control their cashflow
By moving funds to countries
Where infection rates are low.

Perhaps it's a mutation,
As they're claiming in the news,
Of a Far Eastern brain virus
That likes to live in shoes.

It breeds in grimy sweatshops
Where kids are poorly paid,
Not even one whole penny
For each trainer that they've made.

Perhaps it's a conspiracy
By the leaders of our land
To strip us of our riches,
Leave us with empty hands.

With genetic engineering
It shouldn't be so hard
To design suitable ailments
That will make us drop our guard.

Oh my!

The Prime Minister is using us
To fund his evil schemes.
He's topping up his pension
By controlling all our dreams!

Our only hope's the women,
They seem to be immune.
Unless...

...it's they who orchestrate all this.
In which case, we're all doomed.

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Link of the Day: Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans

Heroes, #4

Sorry it's been so long updating, this summer's been ridiculously hectic. I'd like to say it will settle into a regular routine again now, but I'm making no promises.

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Satsumo now available as a T-SHIRT, MUG, PIN BADGES, etc

The Middle Man

Link of the Day: "Hey, Cousin, you want to go bowling?"

[Edit] Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I've been searching for somewhere to live. Kind of important. Hopefully now, things will swing back to normal. Well, from mid-August anyway. I'm away a lot until then...

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Heroes, #3

Link of the Day: No Cheese

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Heroes, #2

Link of the Day: Squirrels

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Sam Beckett in: Back to the Matrix!, including Part Twelve

Sorry this has taken absolutely ages, but I have been:

(a) watching football;
(b) working hard;
(c) forming human pyramids;
(d) not being ill, and all the expectation that entails.

Finally, however, the whole of Back to the Matrix!, from start to finish...

Link of the day: The Game That Never Ends (via)

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Turncoat

Link of the Day: Today the computers at work decided to classify this as Pornography

[Edit] Now this cartoon is available on t-shirts! (and other things...)





'Turncoat' t-shirts, mugs, badges and bags
ALSO AVAILABLE AS GREETINGS CARDS!

Sam Beckett in: Back to the Matrix!, Part Eleven

Link of the Day: You Suck At Photoshop

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