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Well presumably many have already seen this, judging by the almost 20 million count on Youtube.
But, courtesy of my teenage students, I get to keep up with all the fun stuff.
Here is their latest enthusiasm — Marshmallow Murder!
Via @johncarneyau on Twitter
Young Billy comes out of the closet.
Continuing the theme: a comic for all those heading back to work.
Nothing really matters…
Tongue in cheek, of course! http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/blunt-instrument/
Come on ‘Straylia! Play the Gayme!
Some say our Julia is to blame
That Oz has lost the Ashes.
Commentators are all the same
Looking for those headline splashes.
Surely there’s a more obvious name,
Why doesn’t someone grab it?
The cause of all our national shame
Is the infamous Mr. Rabbit.
He says he loves our national game,
But John Howard’s former magic
Won’t strengthen this, his new heir’s claim,
That he too’s a cricket tragic.
They know he finds it all too tame
Beside a field of grass or clover,
He thinks the play is pretty lame
Till someone bowls a maiden over!
That brings him back, right in the frame.
Even the term a ‘wicket’ maiden
Will have him applaud, be heard exclaim
To Oz batsmen “Great! that slayed ‘em!”
Truly, his one and only aim,
Employing tools like ‘spin’ and ‘sledge’
Is trying to run out that dame.
For that he’d look for any edge.
No wonder that our national game
Isn’t going well for Aussies.
Rabbit? That’s a hopeless players’s name!
Where are his whites? What’s with the cossies?
The PM though, red hair aflame
Really does look great in whites.
The public think it’s all the same
If she wears the pants, ‘n sometimes tights.
Mr. Rabbit’s just not worth the time.
Send him off! Back into his hutch.
Let’s hear “Howzat!’ and “Play the gayme!”
That, from Julia, could be the winning touch.
The first picture on this page seems perfect for the back-to-worker. The article is kinda fun, too.
Sorry! That smh link above doesn’t work any more. tssk’s original one still does for Birmingham’s article http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/blogs/blunt-instrument/ashes-failure-its-gillards-fault/20110103-19dmc.html
The cricket analogy is all well and good
But we all know the Rabbit is no bloody good
The only runs rabbit makes is hot diarrhea
Still makes a nice change from pissing in our ear
Julia’s just the same just a flash in the pan
Still compared to the rabbit she plays like a man
But as usual the innings over Julia makes another duck
I know what ya thinking!!! but she’s just out of luck
The game for Julia is slowly coming to an end
It’s not the Rabbit she fears hiding round the bend
But another coup de etat by another called Shorten
HOWZAT he’ll cry Julia your OUT start walkin
“My Blackberry is Not Working!”