But It's A Dugong ...

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