Sometimes I get to the end of the week and it is a bit tough
to find something to write about and illustrate
not often mind you, but it does happen
this week was not one of those weeks
it opened with a very frustrating discussion with Sinus Man about this new tea infuser
I showed him and commented how not much makes me happier than a good tea pun
which led to a bit of a puzzled look and head scratching from Sinus
the ensuing conversation went something like this
look at the newest infuser thingy ... I love a good tea pun infuser don't you?
tea pun? ... it's a dugong where is the tea pun in that?
it is a manatee... spelled m-a-n-a-t-e-a... get it
but a manatee is a dugong right
yes, well at least I think it is, if they aren't the same thing they are pretty bloody close
so it IS a dugong... a dugong isn't tea pun related you know
but its not a dugong it is a mantea
but you just said they are the same thing, so it is a dugong
for the purposes of tea drinking it shall remain a manatee in my eyes
you mean a dugong pretending to be a manatee...
at which point I threw my hands in the air and retreated back to the studio
mind you that might have been his plan all along
as he was doing some serious couch surfing while watching 50 sports channels at once
other possible blog topics this week included the dog being in a weird reclining phase
that is seeing him lying constantly on his back... legs straight up in the air
he looks slightly like a cow that has been tipped
but I secretly think is allowing his very smelly bottom burps greater room penetration
which is leading to eye watering stench value
plus the first mangoes are in the market
which leads to sneaky sniffing of the fruit
in the hopes of getting that first waft of wonderful summer scent
you can look a bit odd taking in gulping snozfulls of the fruit
so you have to be a bit stealth about it
but at least I wasn't the only one I spotted doing it the other day
and while I admit the gentleman I saw doing it looked decidedly mad
he went for the two handed major sniffage and sigh
whereas I went for the casual passing sniff
which I am sure I carried it off with style and charm
plus I finished drawing and painting up some artichokes which means that all week
I have had Sinus' stupid artichoke joke in my head
no I am not going to tell you the joke because it is truly appalling
plus if I did then Sinus would take it as a sign that he was secretly hilarious
and much bad joke telling would ensue
and I am not quite ready to forgive him the manatea/ dugong debate just yet
happy painting all...xx