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Des Fondant
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Drawing a line under things.
Ireland.
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Sausage Droll.
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A cartoon titled "Sausage Droll" showing three sausages, one of which, replete with monocle, dickey bow and pocket handkerchief has said something droll and the other two sausages are laughing uproariously, throwing their hands in the air.
December 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Finder of Dreams.
Give yourself a tune up, you deserve it.
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A cartoon of a Fender Stratocaster headstock with the inscription "Finder of DREAMS". Take from that what you will.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Food Truck.
Are you sure you want that gherkin?
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A cartoon of a slightly seen-better-days food truck, with flat tyres and exhaust fumes drifting. The name of the food truck on the awning is "No Fucks Given Food Truck". Are you sure you want that gherkin?
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Country Gulls.
Edna didn't sea this coming.
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A cartoon in which two seagulls converse. One asks, "Have you moved to the countryside?" The other replies, "Yes. How did you know." The second gull is sporting a fetching pair of green wellingtons.
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Drive On, The Left!
Schism aside.
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A cartoon of two Irish gentlemen standing beside a road sign that reads, "Drive On, The Left!" One gentleman is saying to the other, "After the presidential election I added the punctuation."
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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What is it?
Nothing ventured, nothing vomited.
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Cartoon of two dogs, Alice and Bob, looking at something steamy on the ground. They converse: Alice. What is it? Bob. No idea. Alice. Are we going to eat it? Bob. Of course we are.
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Unfinished Business.
As I was saying, eh, hang on ...
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A cartoon entitled, "Reasons I Don't Finish Things" showing a partly completed pie chart with three sections labelled "procrastination", "distractions", and "laziness" and one incomplete, black, section with nada in it.
September 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Big Cankle.
Run free, dear leader...
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A picture of something resembling big foot, but with a red tie and illuminating hair.
August 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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You're fired.
Of course you are...
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A cartoon of two arms reaching into a very black backdrop, one on the left holding a graph showing a down-trending graph, with a voice bubble saying, "I have some..." and on the right a blue-sleeved arm with a tiny hand and T cufflink saying, "You're fired."
August 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Cordless and Carefree.
Where to begin...?
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#cordless #torture #dewalt #drill
A cartoon of a torturer brandishing a possibly De Walt drill (fanboy sponsorship welcome lads!) at an unfortunate and aprehensive torture victim suspended from a wall, saying, "I can go anywhere!"
July 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Bear With Me.
We're here.
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#bear #patience
A cartoon of a gentleman saying, "Bear With Me". Beside him, a bear is waving.
July 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Long Trousers.
Feel the kneed.
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A cartoon of a man striding out purposefully in very short yellow trousers. Two ladies of a certain age observe, one remarking "I remember when he was in long trousers".
June 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Who are we watching?
And why is the sound so shite?
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A cartoon of a couple at a festival miles away, very far away indeed from the stage, at the back of the enormous crowd. The woman asks, "Who are we watching?" Some birds fly overhead.
June 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Omnipresent Dinnertime.
Lick that bowl, keep licking.

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A cartoon of two dogs in a spaceship, both looking back to earth. One dog says, "You know, down there, it's always dinner time somewhere!" That dog's tail is wagging, and why not.
June 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Doomscrollectomy.
Put it somewhere useful.
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A cartoon titled, "Doomscrollectomy", showing a hand with the index finger missing.
June 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Norm Abnorm.
Yes he will, yes.
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A cartoon of Norm Peterson from Cheers enjoying a brew and an Abnorm from Mars leaping in the air. It could be Elon?
June 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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No Kings.
A barrel of gaffs.
#nokings
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A cartoon of a tiny pink hand, emerging from the sleeve of a blue suit and white shirt cuff, adorned by a "T" cuff link. The hand is flipping the bird to the world with a middle finger composed of a - possibly gangrenous - green tank barrel.
June 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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#nokings
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A cartoon of some characters goose-stepping in unison with red baseball hats on. Practising perhaps.
June 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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The Blue Light Zone.
Redrum.

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A cartoon of a couple sitting on an old couch in front of a television showing a red-on-black-background film title of "Phone Settings" with some blood dripping from the title. The man says, "You didn't say it was a horror film."
June 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Datacentricity.
Add a picture too.

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Cartoon of three people with odd noses sitting round a table clutching their mobile phones. One says, "Let's all post how much we hate datacentres."
June 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Make America Goosestep Again
What's good for the gander...
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A cartoon of some characters goose-stepping in unison with red baseball hats on. Practising perhaps.
June 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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That Doesn't Work.
Hell No.
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A cartoon of a smiling gentleman in a fire-filled hell pointing hopefully at a fire exit. A demon says, "Yeah. No. That doesn't work."
May 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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U2LATE
Good album title though.
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A cartoon of black text on a white background saying "U2LATE" with a small, tiny, microscopic Palestinian flag atop the U in U2.
May 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Floppy Bank.
Save a little bit.
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It's National Drawing Day.
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A cartoon of a bank called Floppy Bank. Its logo is a floppy disk.
May 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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There's Always Something Wrong.
Think about it. There just is.
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A cartoon of a quizzical man wearing a t-shirt that says, "There's Always Something Wrong".
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM