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Friday, April 28, 2006

Under the Sea

Thanks to unpaid gambling debts,
And a few really bad bets,
Lefty would learn,
As his lungs began to burn,
His childhood dream of living under the sea,
Wasn't as cool as he thought it would be.

(To get the FULL experience from this post, please use your best snake oil salesman's voice while reading.) This here is my picture and poem for Illustration Friday, the theme is Under the Sea. "Under the Sea" was drawn on a scrap of multi-purpose copy paper, then cleaned up and colored in Photoshop. The bad art poem was written right here in the blog-o-sphere.

That's right Ladies and gentlemen, It's a two for one! Just imagine the technology it took to bring these two things together. Yet here they are right now for your enjoyment.

I know, I know... You're thinking to yourself, "Say, he's right. I did enjoy myself."

Well, if you act fast the warm gooshy feeling you have can continue.


Now you're thinking, "How is that possible?"

I tell you how! All you have to do is leave me a little old comment and then at the end of your comment say, *love*. That's all you have to do. You do that and I'll guarantee to come on over to your blog and leave at least two comments. On different posts of course, and providing it don't take me more that five minutes to read said post... And it's not one of them there blogs that won't let me leave a comment, like Deviant Art or MSN blogs, stuff like that... And don't expect my comments to appear instantly. I have a life for Pete's sake and the sun's been out. That's the reason I posting so late today. It was so beautiful out I just couldn't sit still long enough to get anything done.

Pardon me. I do believe I've gotten off track.

Just be sure to leave me some *love* and it's two for one! Act fast because this offer ends Monday, May 1 at midnight. My time zone a course. (Thank you for using your best snake oil salesman's voice. You can stop now.)

Do you love two for one? Do you want to leave some love for me?

55 Comments:

  • I love you for free!
    Love!

    By Blogger merlinprincesse, at 20:57  

  • lol after that lengthy tidbit i believe poor leftys lungs have burst, though i bet he wouldnt have made it anyways with those lovely concrete boots on his feet . nice illo

    By Blogger °, at 21:02  

  • Poor Lefty! I love 2 for 1. Love Love

    By Blogger Janet, at 21:11  

  • Oh how Edgar Allan Poe of you! :) Great illo! *love* (naturally, although I do enjoy comments ;))

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 03:09  

  • Oh what a fabulously great illio - I love coming to your blog. Not only is there love everywhere but your illustrations are always funny, well done and I dig your politics. Poor lefty he is sleeping with the fishes. Anyway what a great idea for under the sea!

    By Blogger tiffini elektra x, at 03:30  

  • I'm not sure what I like better...the illo or the pitch...but I do know one thing...*LOVE*!

    By Blogger Joy Eliz, at 04:30  

  • I feel vaguely like I've been threatened... and since I've never been a fan of cement shoes as fashion accessories, well then lovelovelove.

    By Blogger andrea, at 07:22  

  • You outdid yourself on this one!!! It is superterrific!!! I do love 2 for one love, Love

    By Blogger valerie walsh, at 10:11  

  • merlinprincesse: Yeah! Free Love!
    It's like living in Eugene all over again.
    love

    fuzhen: Very slim chance he survived. :-)
    love

    janet: :-)
    love

    a nice day out: Thanks.
    I used to have an old 74 dodge van. I finally donated it to the Goodwill because no one would buy it and that's when gas was cheap. Good Luck.
    love

    carra: I love Poe! Thanks for the comparison. :-)
    love

    tiffinix: Gosh, thanks! :-)
    We aim to please.
    love

    joy eliz: Thank God/dess you don't have to pick a favorite like you do with your kids. ;-)
    love

    littlekika: Well, there's always hope.
    love

    andrea: What? No threats. Just a hard sale. :-)
    love

    scarecrow: :-)
    love

    valgalart: Ha! I was trying to shed my soft image. :-)
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 10:28  

  • I always felt being underwater was an unnatural state of being for us humans. Give me dry land, even for a burial.

    By Blogger Robert McLaughlin, at 11:31  

  • I love the water even though it scares me.
    I'm going for cremation. I don't need to take up any more space after I'm dead.
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 11:43  

  • Yessirree, step right up ('less yer wearin' ceement overshoes)... Looks like someone took advantage of the two-for-one bags 'o' cement deal down at the builders supply... but poor Lefty won't be enjoying the second part of the buy one/get one free tie purchase he made yesterday. Love the poem, love the drawing.

    Peace and love.

    By Blogger Twisselman, at 11:48  

  • The poem and the illo are very nice and funny, as usual.
    A lot of love for you!

    By Blogger Luisa, at 12:25  

  • This is great! I L O V E you sense of humor!

    By Blogger Teri, at 12:44  

  • Uups, bad thing to happen. Hope I never end up there.

    By Blogger Katili, at 14:03  

  • I like the question marks above the fish...I wonder what he's thinking?

    By Blogger Brian the Mennonite, at 14:35  

  • Good job with the water. "Love", @love@, *love*.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 20:18  

  • Awww... poor guy! :(

    By Blogger pati, at 21:13  

  • Dear Unknown,
    I hope that fish can save poor Lefty.
    Love,

    By Blogger Elaine, at 23:13  

  • twisselman: Heh, heh. Thanks.
    love

    lu***: Aww... (blush) Thakns. :-)
    love

    teri c: :-)
    love

    katili: Just don't bet on the Bills.
    love

    brian the mennonite: Another one?! :-p
    love

    kaya: Thanks. Photoshop eh.
    love

    ilustricia: Indeed.
    love

    msdabble: Well, it's a fish, not McGuyver.
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 23:56  

  • You make me laugh so much. Love the picture and I'll say it again: Love the picture, and I think just for the sake of it, I'll say it again: I LOVE THE PICTURE and for that matter the poem!
    MD
    PS Please visit my little girl's blog, she's desperate for comments.
    www.patchofpumpkins.blogpsot.com

    By Blogger MD, at 01:22  

  • eh, eh, greta illo...i like a lot the water effects!
    love + love, and see what happens!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 02:12  

  • I love that you're such a glutton for love! And I love that the more love you get, the more love you'll give...imagine...you could be the one to chnage the world! What's not to love? Your illustration and poem - I love them both. I love them once, I love them twice, I love them more than beans and rice:> Have a wonderful day...with love!

    P.S. You only need to leave me one dose of love. I wasn't angling for much more than that. I just fell in love with all the love being spread around and I couldn't stop feeling the love. Love.

    By Blogger carla, at 06:28  

  • *mwuahh!* (with snake oil sales(wo)man lips.)

    Say... what's your sign, I know, Aqaurius or Pisces, am I right? Saaaayyy...Haven't we met before?

    (Is that snakey enough?)

    I Love your shoe! But I won't ask if I can borrow it.

    I love your illustration. Love it Love it Love it!

    By Blogger Gabrielle, at 09:23  

  • marie-dom: Thanks. (blush)
    Is that last part a joke? Patchofpumkins is some kind of crazy right wing christian web-site. Why the hell would they want comments from evil little me?
    love

    aynaku: Thanks. :-)
    love

    carla: Aww... stop. (blush) Thanks. :-)
    love

    gabrielle: Heh, heh. Thanks. Umm... I'm a Libra. Is that a water sigh??
    You can borrow the shoe as long as you give it back. :-p
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 10:43  

  • Well done :-)

    By Blogger stp-illustrations, at 13:13  

  • much love unknown, you always make me smile :) XXXOOO Love, Lee

    By Blogger Lee, at 13:44  

  • Ahhhh, the ol' cement shoes reward. Ya' gotta love it when the parting gift of choice by your friendly neighborhood mob boss weighs more than you. Great job with this. Love, love, love it!

    By Blogger Lou, at 13:53  

  • Poor guy. I had some shoes like that once. Wasn't a good afternoon. Thanks for posting.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 17:00  

  • Really? Whee! Love love love love! :D

    By Blogger rinaz, at 17:44  

  • Hey now, I'm a Snake Oil Saleswoman! *laugh* There are 3 "Snake Oil"s on the market right now. One is a herpetological scale conditioner, one is an herbal aftershave lotion, and the other is a cure-all (almost)I make myself and sell to the local health food stores. Too funny that you mentioned me in your post without even knowing it! *wink*

    Big Love!

    By Blogger TheyDHD, at 22:52  

  • [With apologies to Kevin Nealon]
    Great illustration. I [love] was thinking of [love] going this direction [love], except mine was [love] going to be [love] a skeleton. Hey [love], I notice you [love] used a water [love] texture on your [love] illo. I don't [love] think I've seen [love] this before.
    8^)

    By Blogger Larry Lee, at 23:31  

  • As a general rule, guys named "Lefty" should stay away from mobsters.

    Love this piece--wish I had thought of it.

    Love.

    By Blogger Tony Sarrecchia, at 08:11  

  • hmmmm that looks like me! hahaha Anyway...thanks for your comment on my kitties... and Please I ask everyone who supports the immigrant rights movement... we are hard working people who just want a better life... I Ask you that today, may 1st, try to consume as little american products as possible....we want to make an impact! Please help us change the situation....

    And to you my friend....lots of hugs and of course

    *LOVE*

    DaniCalifornia

    By Blogger Caprichos, at 08:14  

  • the illo and poem are very clever. I like them very much. love the puffy pants.
    love
    Jaimie

    By Blogger Jaimie, at 08:17  

  • so witty!
    luv,
    k.

    By Blogger Kay, at 09:35  

  • stp-illustrations: :-)
    love

    lee: (blush) :-)
    love

    lou: Thanks.
    love

    monstermachine: "Once"? :-P
    love

    marina: It's true! :-)
    love

    whimspiration: Do you use any of those products?? :-P
    love

    idiothead: Wha... ? I feel an overwhelming sense of... Umm... love?
    love

    tony: So true.
    Thanks.
    love

    daniela: I'm all for a better life. Hmm... I smell politics. :-P
    love

    jaimie: Big hips. Heh, heh. Thanks.
    love

    kay: Not shitty? ;-P
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 10:19  

  • you always make me laugh, smile and blow my nose.

    *love*

    By Blogger Kim de Young, at 13:01  

  • Yep, in spite of myself I am smiling and enjoying…you never fail to a muse. Love much. Much love. Will all the love, Love,love.

    By Blogger albina, at 13:22  

  • .....blub blub blub
    Went Lefty the Gambler
    sinking slowly toward the bottom
    like a little yellow sub
    Little Orange Roughie paused briefly nearby
    Wiggled his little fin and bubbled a sigh
    Oh what a waste, I can't understand why
    someone would go swimming
    wearing such a fine striped tie.....

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 19:38  

  • I love you so much I'll write you a love letter....

    There are twenty six,you can take your pick.... from A to Z, filled with love from me...

    Poor lefty was left at the bottom of the sea, much worse than getting left at the alter, don't you think?
    ~Love

    By Blogger LDahl, at 21:24  

  • Well the deadline for two for one has come and gone, no matter, i'll just have to accept that I suppose, besides lefty is the one who's important here. I hope there is some kind of rescue in the works. I would LOL but is much too solomn and sad occasion with the fate of Lefty in the balance to do so.

    Late love.

    By Blogger HARDWAX, at 09:13  

  • Did I miss the offer? Ah, well...here's some love anyway!

    Love!!

    Ps: Love the 'I'm-still-trying-to-figure-out-how-I-ended-up-in-this=predicament' expression on Lefty's face :)

    By Blogger Radha a.k.a Ratlion, at 13:23  

  • Oh dear, I think I missed the 2 for 1 sale! oh well, I'll give you a comment anyway- for free!! Just cuz your such a lovable kind a guy! How could anyone possibly resist!

    Love love love the illustration, Love love love the poem.

    Love

    By Blogger Regina, at 13:52  

  • i think all your art should come with poetry attached from now on. love his hapless look.

    By Blogger kat@ohmtastic, at 14:07  

  • I will post a comment even though I missed your great sale. Darn-but Love! He looks like he will be down there for a while. Love

    By Blogger Todd DeWolf, at 16:37  

  • Two for the price of one is very good.. the sun is making you poetic, this is quite prophetic! (There was'nt much sun here roday). Cool pic as usual and verse too.
    ConcreteBootLove

    By Blogger modroom, at 17:19  

  • princess pepper cloud: In that order I hope.
    love

    albina: BWHAhahahahahahahaha... :-)
    love

    mikepflaumart: Ha! Nice.
    :-)
    love

    ldahl: Aww... (blush) Thanks.
    A close second I would say.
    love

    hardwax: Hmm... perhaps there is a mermaid about? :-)
    love

    ratlion: I think the sale was held over by popular demand.
    Never, I mean NEVER! Bet on the Bills.
    love

    creative kismet: Mwhahahahahaha... Tee Hee. Thanks.
    love

    kat@ohmtastic: Wha...?? Don't temp me. :-)
    love

    holly: The sale was held over!
    Some day Lefty's bones will become a reef for all the little creatures of nature to enjoy.
    The circle of life. :-)
    love

    modroom: Marvelous! Thanks. :-)
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 18:38  

  • Mwahahahahahahaaaa ....



    love

    By Blogger Anonymous, at 19:56  

  • 2 comments!!!!

    Here'z the deal love, U just bring your soggy self over ta the Library Pond & I will make sure that U have the best LB ever. She will show U picture books of Winnie & off to nappyville U go.

    Big big lovey dovey smooch & lotsa luv,
    The Tart
    @ The Library Park
    ; )

    By Blogger TheTart, at 07:31  

  • Luv luv luv & more LOVE!

    Smooch n giggle,
    The Tart
    ; )

    By Blogger TheTart, at 07:31  

  • Gulp, what a mess for lefty, love the fish

    By Blogger Linda, at 06:11  

  • You're nuts. Love.

    By Blogger Heartful, at 12:05  

  • rats!!! i miss out on everything.

    ***teh love***

    By Blogger Michael Orr, at 13:17  

  • anonymous: :-p
    love

    jocelyn: OH MY! That sounds great. Where the hell is Liberty Park?
    love

    jocelyn: :-)
    love

    linda: :-) Yeah.
    love

    tammy hanna: Heh, heh. Thanks. :-)
    love

    cornpone: Ahhh... but the two for one is on again!
    love

    By Blogger The Unknown, at 13:37  

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