Appliance Doctor

[Diane CBPFC]

I had the Appliance Doctor out to put a new themostat in the deep freezer. As he was leaving I said, "Thanks for saving our bacon". Sometimes I crack myself up - I don't think he got the joke - it must be a British saying. But I had fun, and that was the main thing.

[Bilthehut]

 

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

 

Diane, if you could only draw...

Actually, can you draw? I don't know.

I think you should try - draw the above scene (woman thanks freezer repair man with the quote above, as he leaves the scene) in a cartoon form and post it here, and if you're not the finished article already (as I suspect you might be), those professional cartoonists among us can then make it our mission in life to mould you into a great professional cartoonist all of your very own. You're already much funnier than any of us anyway. I suspect, as Svengalic projects go, this one could be a cakewalk.

[Diane CBPFC]

Thanks for the offer Tarqs, I will weigh it with Susan Sarandon’s offer to polish me up into a  Hollywood movie star and get back to you.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Y'see - there you go again! 

I was serious, by the way. I'm not sure you can say the same for that Susan Sarandon though - she's a bit of an actress, you know.

I think you might be a natural cartoonist. You don't even need to draw that well apparently - Google the word 'shrigley' and you'll see what I mean. I know from your beautiful mandalas that you already have an artistic bent - question is, can you bend it further?

[Diane CBPFC]

Well I may have a go at that then.

My daughter and I have been reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series this week - they are mostly stick figures. I have been laughing a lot (to tears) this morning reading about the school dance. They are aimed at 8-12 year olds so I don't know what that says about me. 

[Diane CBPFC]

Turns out the drawing skills aren't very good; so to make up for that I did two.

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

Excellent, Diane!

Okay - let's get the moulding process under way. Peepsie, Malc, Roger? Your initial thoughts...?

[Malc]

There's nothing to mould there, Tarks. Why gild the lily?

[Tarquin Thunderthighs lll]

You have a point, Malc, but let's see what the rest of the panel think...

[Diane CBPFC]

My thoughts:

1) Arms are hard to draw.

2) Words need to be clearer.

3) It should have been SPF 3000

[Roger Kettle]

I like the cartoon, Diane. My tip would be to do what I do----on the few occasions that I draw my own stuff, I simply don't write any ideas containing anything too difficult to draw. I do a lot of tomato jokes.

[The Peepmaster]

I looked straight away and thought, "there's nothing like a good cartoon". I applaud your efforts, nevertheless, Diane.

[Diane CBPFC]

I was warned to expect this level of petty professional jealousy. I got the same kind of feedback when I was a kid from my ballet teacher who thought I was after her job too.

[Vulture]

I was warned to expect this level of petty professional jealousy. I got the same kind of feedback when I was a kid from my ballet teacher who thought I was after her job too.