Busker: Never Trust A Snowman
2014?? You’ve gotta be kiddin’!– how’d that happen??
I’m calling on my pal Busker to help convey my New Year’s Wish for all of you: smile, get out and take a walk, make new friends, and always keep a hand on your wallet!! : )
Are you making any New Year’s resolutions? (besides visiting this blog more often, I mean)
Ever had your pocket picked by a snowman?
Has anyone ever built a snowman and actually used a carrot for his nose??
Hope you’ll leave a comment.
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What has our world come to?! Snowmen pick pockets?!!!!!
1. Besides visiting your blog, my resolution is surviving our move! [I also fear we may pack our dog in a box and never find her again!]
2. No, good grief never!! But now I will be watching closely whenever I pass one by!
3. My 2[!] snowmen never reached a decent height [max 50cm!!!] in order to use a carrot, but even if they were big enough, I seriously doubt I would use one!
Happy New Year, my dear friend! 🙂
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My dear Marina! So good to get your feedback, I know you have a lot of snowmen in Greece. You call them “puddles,” right?? : P
I hope your move goes well– be sure to disassemble and pack your snowman in the freezer first. That will make transporting him much easier… : )
Wishing you a new year filled with song, paint, sales, and great happiness!!!! : )
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Snowman transferred safely! Not sure about the rest of us though! We [well dog excluded] look like dalmatians from the multitude of bruises! [the battle was a tough one!]
A year full of joy in ALL aspects of your life, my friend!!!!
🙂
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My dear Marina!! So glad to hear you survived the move to your new luxury flat, complete with light and airy new studio space, recording studio, and indoor swimming pool– excellent! I never doubted you’d succeed. Now if you’ll excuse me, I must make some phone calls and cancel the paramedics and six ambulances I had standing by… : )
Wishing you a new year filled with smiles, happiness, and new laurels!! : )
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Poor Busker! Those sneaky snowmen! 😛
Happy new year to you, Mark! 🙂 And also to little Busker too!
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Yes, it’s awful– you can’t trust anyone these days, not even innocent-looking, snow-based artificial life forms!! : (
Happy New Year, Lily– thanks for being such a good influence in the universe!! : )
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Wow! (This is so funny [I know not in a goodness way – naughty snowman!], much in the same vein as that newspaper article about Winnie the Pooh bopping people in the face at Disneyland!)
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What?? Winnie the Pooh acting out?? Well, he might have been having a bad day. I know I get a little cranky when I make a piece of toast and discover there’s no honey in the cupboard. Some things just push a chap round the bend… : P
Thanks for your support, my dear!! : )
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LOL … and Happy New Year!!! Meanwhile, I’m not the new year’s resolutions type.
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No resolutions?? I understand. Excellent chap like yourself– really now, what could possibly need improving?? : )
Happy New Year, Frank! Thanks a lot for your support, and for being such a good influence! : )
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There’s plenty of need for improvement. Maybe I favor a continuous improvement plan rather than a yearly plan with a designated kickoff.
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Thankfully, there hasn’t been enough snow here to even make a snowman this year. Nope, almost none, and what little there was, melted away fast. We had a green Christmas. Well, gold and brown, really, but you get the idea…
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A Christmas without snow? Sounds like a movie. I’ll have Bing Crosby, some chorus girls, and some WWII vets sent over right away– works every time… : )
Well, a green Christmas isn’t so bad, especially if you’re playing golf. Hope you’re off to a good start, Jak– Happy New Year! : )
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ROFL– my grandfather is a WWII vet… could he be part of the reason why Spokane got snow?
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Happy – Happy and Toothsome New Year Mark my dear friend 🙂
I wish you and your love ones more blessings and happiness!
Thanks so much too… for being one of my most active commenters in my blog 🙂 xoxo
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A Toothsome New Year?? Why, that sounds like the absolute pinnacle of happiness– I’ll take it!! : )
It’s a pleasure to know you. You are one of the true sources of happiness in the world– the other being donuts.
I know you’re starting a new chapter this year– wishing you every happiness, dear Dolly!! : )
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Fleeced by snowmen? How could that be? Poor Busker! Happy New Year, Mark.
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Ah, my dear Judy! Busker’s an innocent, you see. He’s unfamiliar with vice, seediness, corruption, and the absolute dregs of society. If he were a hard-boiled newspaper reporter or a cartoonist, he’d be hip to the lurking evils of the world. Yes, one learns a lot, living on the edge…
Or so I’m told… : P
Happy New Year to one of my favorite people!! : )
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Awww! Thank you, Mark. I feel the same way about you. 😉
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Busker! His reaction in frame five is awesome! Isn’t it fun to put that much life into a character? You do it so well. But those are some pretty bad snowmen you’ve got there, Mark. 😉
We actually have used carrots for noses for snowmen. I thought it was the law.
Happy New Year!
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Haw, haw! Carrots. It’s the law… haw! I’m trying to imagine that as a TV spot, followed by millions of terrified parents running out in the yard, knee-deep in snow, checking to see if their kid remembered to use a carrot. Yeah, it’ll probably come to that someday… : (
I do love “startled reaction shots” in cartoons. I wish we were capable of executing them in real life. I’m always being shocked by something– it’d be nice to go zoomin’ up in the air, and get a little fun out of it… : )
Happy New Year, Maddie, you’re one of the best!! Wishing you much happiness, and tons of sales and success with your delightful books!! : )
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