Oh, brave Listener. We’ve all had a bit of a rough time recently.
There are several reasons why we are all feeling a bit peeved, irked, and somewhat vexed:
1) It is February. February is an obnoxiously depressing month, it knows it, and it doesn’t care. February is insufferable.
2) We are still paying off our Christmas credit card bills. This is intolerable.
3) Our New Year’s resolution diet and exercise regimes have failed miserably and we are eating more doughnuts, peanut butter, and full fat milk than ever before to cope with the depression of February and Christmas credit card bills.
4) The couples amongst us have had a relationship-busting argument on Valentine’s Day, and the singletons amongst us have just been reminded that they are SINGLE and ALONE and destined to remain that way for the rest of their sorry lives.
5) There is nothing to look forward to. Sorry, Easter, no one looks forward to you. You are not exciting. You are a legitimate reason to consume biologically harmful amounts of chocolate, and therefore you are a beastly contribution to our self-loathing about our failed diet and exercise regime, and also the reason we are alone.
6). THE WEATHER. Oh, the weather, Listener. We in Englandland have had the shit beaten out of us by the weather. For the last 3 months, this has happened on a daily basis:
Some of us are underwater. Some of us have no roofs. Some of us have lost everything. The print journalists amongst us are fed up with trying to find synonyms for ‘wet’ and ‘flooded’ and ‘catastrophic’, and never want to see or write the word ‘deluged’ again. Several of our politicians have spent a considerable amount of time in Wellington boots pointing at floods.
And over in the US of A, you have had a POLAR VORTEX.
A POLAR VORTEX.
A POLAR VORTEX, Listener??? What is this, The Day After Tomorrow??? Polar vortexes happen in disaster films, in comics, and in the dark nubs of my brain when someone asks me to do Maths, but SURELY NOT IN ACTUAL REAL LIFE???
Unfortunately, the only explanation for this deluge of catastrophic shitness is that we are finally entering the Apocalypse and will very soon all be dead, and because of this irrefutable fact, I would like to try and cheer you all up. I can’t make it stop raining, or thaw out Lake Michigan, but I can give you some reasons to be cheerful.
Becky’s Reasons to be Cheerful
1) You weren’t presented with this cake for your birthday:
My mum was. She was presented with this cake for her birthday this weekend. My cake-baking skills are normally phenomenal. This time they weren’t. I failed. My mum had a failed cake, presented to her by a failed daughter.
Fortunately, once we stuck a candle in it, it looked MUCH better.
2) Life is full of small joys that make you realise how ridiculous it all is; the brief and unexpected moments of such tom-foolery and slapstickery that happen to everyone: that little trip up the kerb that you have to turn into a jog, or the poorly-judged lunge of your foot into your knickers that gets your toe caught in the elastic and sends you hopping across the room and eventually colliding with the wall, or the premature opening of the dishwasher while it’s still on.
Yes these moments initially make us want to kill ourselves, but next time they happen just imagine you’re the person next to you watching the whole ridiculous scene unfold, and remember that your idiocy is extremely amusing.
3) This joke exists in the world:
What’s grey and can’t climb trees?
A car park.
Thanks to my cousin’s 4 year-old son Oscar for the greatest contribution to the world of comedy EVER.
4) You did not arrive at work this morning and realise that your securely-fastened Tupperware box had spilt a lot of homemade soup into the bottom of your recently-purchased bag, and consequently your worldly goods, including your make-up, phone, and wallet, were smothered in pureed beans, spinach, and peas.
5) If you just had a relationship-busting argument on Valentine’s Day, or are a lonely singleton, or are generally friendless, isolated and alone, and have no one to talk to but the voices in your head that tell you to make questionable advances towards badgers, HAVE NO FEAR!! Talk to yourself! Talking to yourself, out loud, is one of the many joys of life. I have spent most of this evening talking to myself in a Northern Irish accent. No reason. I just fancied it. I made a beef stew whilst enjoying the lyrical twang of my verbal commentary. I once had an entire conversation with myself in a supermarket that went thus:
See? How fun is that? Talk away! Ignore the strange looks and harsh judgement of society, and cheer yourself up with the wittiest, most intelligent banter around!*
*Actual attempts at talking to oneself may not be as successful, profound, or as imaginative as mine. I accept no liability for attempts at talking to oneself that result in boredom, anger, sexual arousal, or mental illness.
6) There is dancing in the world. And there is plenty of space to do it in. Do you think a crowded station platform prevents me from performing an incredibly small jig that is invisible to the naked eye, yet gives me insurmountable glee? NO!
There is no reason to be peeved, irked, or vexed when there is dancing in the world.
And finally…
7) There is love.
Yes, there is love. There are people in the world who will give you a huge, enormous, squashy hug when you feel a bit low, when you are depressed about your credit card bills and your lack of exercise and your heinous doughnut consumption and the fact that your house is underwater or your local supermarket it totally out of beans because people are panic-buying due to the impending Apocalypse, but throughout all that, there is LOVE. And yes, I may be saying this predominantly for my American listeners, because you LOVE a bit of mushy talk about love and emotion and whatnot, and my English listeners will be sitting in front of their computers thinking ‘Blimey, Becky’s gone a bit overboard with the slushy love stuff. I feel a trifle nauseous’ – but, Listeners of all nations and values, there is a whole heap of love in this world, and no one loves you more than my friend Stickman.
So cheer up, my courageous listeners. The weather cannot continue to be this crap, your credit card bill will eventually be paid off, you will make up with your other half after your horrendous Valentine’s Day bust-up (unless it was over food, in which case that will take a lot of healing), and you can tell the excellent car park joke to all your friends and family and spread the general glee and merriment.
Hurrah!
You. Light up my life….Yes you.
That’s all I ever wanted to do. 🙂
Thank you for this “pick-me-up”!
You’re so welcome! 🙂
Becky, you know how to cheer a lady up. I was laughing so hard I though I was going to pee. I might have.
Another reason to be cheerful? You weren’t presented with this on your birthday, like my husband was.
And THAT was supposed to be a moustache.
But that is a work of art!! A moustache?? I’d be not only proud, but delighted to have that on my face.
I chuckled, no, I chuckled and snorted at your dance moves. Awesomeness!
I was particularly proud of my dance moves, so thank you.
This post makes the impending apocalyspe bearable. I will be saddened when we lose all power and I won’t be able to read it while zombies feast on my face.
F****in hell, did I just misspell apocoablyuspse?
Apocalysico is easy to misspell because it sounds too like calypso and therefore makes us want to dance when actually we should be scared of dying.
You (and stickman) made me laugh out loud several times – as usual. Cheer yourself up with the thought that we’re nearer the end of February than the beginning of it, thank goodness.
Nearing the end of February is something that shall help me sleep tonight. February can poke it.
I’m glad Stickman and I made you laugh, because that makes us happy 🙂
February is ashamed of itself, thus it only has 28 and sometimes 29 days (it’s also wishy-washy)…it just couldn’t go on – OR maybe its pissed b/c it got shafted a few days compared to December and those OTHER months with at least 30 days.
Love & mush and all that American-y emotional stuff –
It’s a good point. February SHOULD be ashamed, and the fact that is deficient in days is like the calendar equivalent of hiding its face under a large coat hood. That’s what I think anyway.
Lots of love and must and American slush to you too! 🙂
Hey! Did you know that ‘Reasons to Be Cheerful’ is an Ian Dury album?! Do you know who that is? Thanks for the earworm.
I’ve been reading about how you guys are under water. It’s in the New York Times a lot. Sad. But we’re getting a proper ass-whooping as well. Snow! And lots of it! Don’t cry for me, London.
That’s a cake? It looks like it fell out of the car on the way home from the baker.
Here’s a perfect 4-year old joke for Oscar:
Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
Little old lady.
Little old lady who?
I didn’t know you could yodel!
Please hold your applause.
Not for nothing, but it kind of serves you right for eating pureed beans, spinach, and peas. What’s wrong with you?
There is love. Like, I friggin’ love this blog. That speech sounded like Hugh Grant’s opening monologue from Love, Actually.
Ohhhh I have SO heard that joke before,but it doens’t stop it from making me laugh!!
Everything you say is true, especially the part about getting my comeuppance for consuming pureed beans, spinach and peas. I deserve everything I get for that heinous concoction of doom.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Not only is there love in this world, there’s also Becky and Stickman to cheer us up and make us laugh. 😀
Ahhh Lils, you always say the nicest things 🙂
Ditto xxx
🙂
As an American, I sincerely appreciate the mushy love stuff. Let us unite like Olympians!
Unless we’re talking about hockey, in which case, y’all are on your own.
P.S. It is raining in Baltimore today, so it’s kind of like England.
Kind of.
Hockey??? Seriously, you can have hockey. It’s the most ridiculous game ever.
I heard it always rains in Baltimore. In which case, you understand our pain. Therefore, we can unite not just like Olympians, but like sisters.
You totally made me smile, Becky! Which cracks me up (see, smiling?) because you’re the cynical grumpy one and I’m the one who smiles through it all. Or used to until the winter knocked us down with the PV. I am increasingly grumpy with each new day and I am no longer overly fond of my husband or my kids. (still like my cat, though–which I know you won’t get) Most everything makes me either sad or mad. And then you went and made me smile 0-: Many thanks for that. And I do love your cake–really. It’s the thought that counts and I bet it tasted fantastico. And next time, just chop it all up, layer it with whipped cream and a lovely liqueur and call it a trifle.
Ohhh Liz, I’m so glad I made you smile! And do you know what, the cake WAS delicious!! But your tricks about smothering it with cream and liquer and passing it off as a trifle is SUCH a good idea and one I shall remember for next time I completely cock up a cake.
Thanks Liz 🙂
Yes, yes, yes. I was going to say that you had not made your mum a birthday *cake*, you had obviously made her a birthday *trifle base.*
OMG awesomesauce! Much laughing out loud.
And just so ya know, that polar vortex thing was brutal! Since I got the Canadian version of it, I stayed indoors for days…
Awesomesauce is now my favourite word ever. It’s up there with ‘amazeballs’, something that’s suddenly become very popular here in Englandland.
Glad you lolled a lot 🙂
I looked at that cake you made your mum and, before I read what you said about it, I immediately thought “Mmm that looks tasty – wish I’d had that for my birthday”. I admit it has the look of a tasty pud – nice with custard maybe?
I completely agree about February – especially this one. On my birthday (on Friday so very near your mum’s), I came down with full blown influenza! So thank you for the love, Stickman.
I particularly enjoyed the station platform jig – fabulous. Keeeep Dancing!
Thanks, Mum’s friend’s sister! The cake was strangely delicious and definitely tasted like a pudding – if only i’d had the foresight to whip up some custard!
Sorry to hear about the flu – maybe a nice stodgy lemon pudding would help 😉
You are fucking hilarious. Stickman makes me laugh every time.
That’s all Stickman aims to do 🙂
His aim is true!
You know what is REALLY fun? Scrolling up and down really fast through your dancing series 🙂
IT MOVES!!!!
I’m all kindsa cheerful about that discovery!
I did that as well! AND STICKMAN REALLY DANCES!!!
Glad that cheered you up 🙂
Oscar is a comic genius.
And your blog helps husbands make their wives’ feet smell like cheese. Everyone is a winner 🙂
Seriously, I am so chuffed your blog got Freshly Pressed – men NEED to know how to make their wife’s feet smell like cheese!
I’ll pass your comments on to Oscar – I imagine his reply will be ‘I don’t remember making up that joke – come on, Auntie Beck, I’m only four years old, I don’t remember saying stuff.’
Now that I’ve looked up the word chuffed, and I know that it isn’t a debilitating skin condition, I’m glad you feel that way.
Nicely done, however, here in Los Angeles, it is 78 f (32 c) and sunny. How in the bloody ‘ell am I to recover from that?!
I’d eat that cake.
Are you TRYING to make me hate you??? 32c??? I don’t even know what that feels like.
Enjoyed your token British ‘bloody ‘ell’ 😉
Good to hear from you, Goldy 🙂
It’s windy, if that makes you feel better. 😉
It is even meaner than that, it is not 32 ° C – which would be unbearable for a February day – it is “just” 25 ° … NOW I’m envious – that is the ideal temperature ever!
‘JUST’ 25??? 🙂
In comparison to the 32 the commenter thought it were … just.
Not in comparison to the 12 – 15 ° we had today …
Oh. Someone on the internet steered me wrong. Shocking. I’m a stupid American and don’t understand your Celsius ways. It’s actually 25.5 it seems.
Not stupid, never said nor meant it, just not used to our ways. Have been in NYC in July – and temperatures in the 30ies for us mean temperatures in the 90ies for you. If I did not have this experience from 2004, I doubt I would have recognized the discrepancy. It is proven, traveling is educating 😉
I didn’t mean to imply that you implied that I was a stupid American. I’m calling myself a stupid American because I don’t understand Celsius or the metric system. 😉
Thanks for the catch. High 70s are always preferable to 90s, or mid 25s are better than the 30s.
Then I am a stupid European – as I refuse to get into that Fahrenheit-thing and I defy to think of myself as 260 pounds – when I can “just” be 120 kilos … 😉 And I think 1,65 says so much more about my height then 5’7 ” will ever …
I actually agree. I think it’s really quite silly that Americans have different measuring than most of the rest of the world. Metric makes more sense even though I still don’t get it.
Well, the difference has an upside though – you know, when I travel to the US it still is “exotic”.
“exotic” or “dumb,” whichever. 🙂
In the olden days, long gone by, every country had its own measures … and coins … and weights …
This post made me laugh so much, I love your illustrations. I have the same conversations with myself in the supermarket, though in my head, but then I crack myself up and laugh out loud. Good times haha
Thank you! Glad I made you smile 🙂 Good to hear other people have conversations with themselves and then crack themselves up – because, after all, who’s funnier than ourselves? 😉
Wonderful post, always look on the bright side right!
Exactly! Thanks for reading 🙂
Becky, my love: I laughed so hard at this that I peed a little. Yes, me and my lovely “fanny” had a sloshy moment.
For the rest of you shaking your heads at my inscrutable comment, it’s an inside joke between me and Becky, because Becky LOVES ME MORE THAN ANYONE!! Got it?!
Hahahahahahahahaha!!
Speaking of LOVE: I love you, my adorbs and completely, insanely funny, and frikken’ awesome friend. Vous etes la lumiere de mon ame. 🙂
Ahahahahaha you and your fanny had a sloshy moment. Disturbing in either translation 🙂
Incidentally, our little lost-in-translation moment has TOTALLY inspired my next post! I shall be writing my next one on the excellent communication problems between you American dudes and us English fellows have with a few words – and there are some brilliant ones, I promise you 🙂
Much love Lizzy! xx
Yeah, you got that right, sis. It is pretty gross and TMI no matter what translation one uses! HA! I’m so looking forward to your new post! I shall shout the words: Arse! Bollocks! Petrol! and Bloody Hell! while reading it as a sign of solidarity. Much love to you, too, Becky-my-darling-Brit. 🙂
Hahahaha petrol! Yes, shout PETROL and I shall shout GAS! You Americans don;t sound right saying bollocks, just like we English don’t sound right saying butt, buddy, or motherf***er 🙂
Keep an eye out for the post! 🙂
Hahahahaha! Right?! “Gas”…such a ridiculously funny word. Congrats on being Freshly Pressed, dear, sweet friend. It literally made my whole month to see you, your amazing writing, humor, and stick people honored in this big way. Many hugs to you, sweetie!
On V-Day, I went to the local sci-fi/fantasy/gaming convention, because my daughter asked to go. Actually, the whole family (wife, daughter, son, myself) all went. It was more awesome than I thought. But I got a head cold from it.
Now, about things to look forward to: I must have missed the memo about the English not observing St. Patrick’s Day in March. Here in the States, it usually means the Irish-American interpretation of the New England boiled dinner: corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes. And then my family + my extended family has boatloads of birthdays all in March. Easter is a respite, y’know?
Hmm, St Patrick’s day. Yeah it’s kind of big over here, but nothing to shout about. However – any day that means you can eat corned beef, cabbage and potatoes in large quantities is fine by me!
Thanks for reading!
A pleasure as always, Becky. I was going to add green beer, but I am a teetotaler/one of those crazy Mormons like Brother “BroJo” Jon.
Something tells me, however, that the wise majority prefer honest Guinness to whatever cheap piss they tint green over here.
Stick man dancing on platform….Best Evah!
Yeah, I kind of enjoyed that 😉
Hi Becky, I am new to your post and like the humor of it. If you have a chance, please check out my blog cicily17@wordpress.com. It takes Jane Eyre and other literary characters into the modern world–in what I hope is an amusing way! Annabelle
Your blog is a genius idea! I’m a new follower! 😉
Thank you for reading and glad you enjoyed it!
Your support means a lot to me. Thanks, Becky! I am definitely continuing to follow yours.
Do you know that I’m so very cheerful now because I read this post! Ha ha. So funny. I do not know of this Polar Vortex of which you say things…I live in drought-ridden California, the dust bowl. I will now do a jig and talk to myself at the same time. How about that?! A big mushy hug to you and to Sticky!!
Amy / Bumbles!! I’m so glad you’re marvellously cheerful now! And I’m loving your new look blog! 🙂
So the dust bowl managed to escape the Polar Vortex, eh? I bet the rest of the country LOVES you!
Lots of love x
You can also be happy knowing that there are people way crazier than you are who have collections of inflatables and do not have human friends, not even bunnies. And thus you are so much ahead of the curve there. Yay!
I also feel you are CHANGING THE WORLD one stickman at a time.
YES! ONE STICKMAN AT A TIME!!
I never said I didn’t have inflatable friends… ahem…awkward…
Your blog should really come with a “Don’t drink hot coffee while reading” warning label. “Doing so will cause you to snort said lava hot beverage out of your nasal passages at terminal velocity. Don’t let Coffee-Snot Computer Screen and Mordor Scorched Nasal Passages happen to you. Put the mug DOWN!”
That being said, my coffee-snot screen and Mordor scorched nasal passage were totally worth it. Brillant job, as usual!
ahahahahahaha OH MY GOD, THIS JUST HAPPEND TO ME TOO!! :O
Woops, apologies to both of you 😉
“There is no reason to be peeved, irked, or vexed when there is dancing in the world.” – so true
I thought so 😉
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“There is no reason to be peeved, irked, or vexed when there is dancing in the world.” – so true 🙂
This made my day… Thank you!
You’re so welcome! It made my day that I made your day 🙂
Spring is right around the corner…maybe.
I think the jury’s still out on that one… 😉
thanks for cheering us up…!!!
You’re welcome! I’m glad I managed it 🙂
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I laughed and chuckled and smiled serenely whilst continuously nodding internally. Thank you.
Haha, I’m so glad I was able to induce all those happy actions! Thank you for reblogging!
Real Art 😉
Talking illustrations.
http://wp.me/p3tGFm-17
Thank you for reading 🙂
Just what the soul needs to counteract those Sunday night blues.
And my soul needed your lovely comment, thank you!
Definitely feeling better after reading your piece…I loved the drawings, too!
Thank you! I kind of like my drawings too 🙂
That was beautiful and funny at the same time! I love it, you totally made my day! *-*
Ah bless you, thank you!
Love it. Especially love the stickmen!
The stickmen love you too 🙂 Thanks for reading!
I want to dance. Now.
Then do it. Dance like no one is watching, and then dance like everyone is watching and see if your dancing moves change. An interesting social experiment there 😉
Thanks for reading!
How cheerful. I needed this. I specifically needed your dance. Rock on.
I am rocking on as we speak. I think you should dance cheerful right now. 🙂
You definitely dance to your own vibrations. Great. It is good to be away from the maddening crowd.
I think I AM the maddening crowd! 🙂 Thank you for reading!
I have fresh smoked salmon off the grill, sun was out and thirty five degrees…reason to grill….woohoo!!!,
Urgh. You have succeeded in making me jealous on two counts: fresh smoked salmon off the grill, and 35 degrees. I am now thoroughly depressed.
😉
To be followed today by ten inches of snow….sigh:(
I just discovered you. You are wonderful.
Well that’s a wonderful thing to say, thank you 🙂
Such wonderful things flying around the Internet today! 😉 Bonne journée Becky!!!
Thanks for sharing, this was hilarious, I couldn’t stop laughing. It is so true especially the polar vertex. This weather has been crazy in the last 48 days in has snowed 30 times what is up with mother nature? Check out this link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/crazy-weather/) on what scientists are saying.
Mother Nature HATES us right now, and I feel rather hurt by it.
Glad you liked my post, thank you for reading 🙂
Love the drawings. It’s the simple things, right?
The simpler the better (which is a piece of luck, because I couldn’t make them any more difficult!)
Love this. Sorry about the floods and the February disasters, but March is so right around the corner:)
But will it be any better than February? Only time will tell…
Thanks for reading!
I liked your blog, Zulu Delta
Here is a sample of my blog;
http://zuludelta45.net/2014/02/23/forty-six-forty-eight-zero-ten/
Thank you for reading! I will check out your blog!
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smiiiiiiiile =)
Thank you for reblogging and keep smiling 🙂
much needed post for this month !
Tell me about it 😉
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This made me laugh. Thank you!
Carry on!
So glad I made you laugh, thank you for reading 🙂
I *really* like your elaborate stickmen! Completely happy making.
Also the 4 year old has a great career in comedy ahead of him. 😉
This is a hilarious read. You made my Monday so much better!
The illustrations killed it!
Yay! Glad your Monday was made better by my little stickmen 😉 Thank you for your lovely comment!
Good post and quite true, but I’m sure many Christians will disagree with you on not looking forward to Easter.
Yep, you’re absolutely right. I hope they realise that my tongue was firmly in my cheek! 😉
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Excellent
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You are awesome.
What a wonderful and funny post, I really enjoyed reading it. You know, here in Sicily we have had a very weird February. It was almost summerlike and now we are back to cold weather again. Great illustrations by the way.
I can’t remember what ‘summerlike’ feels like, so make the most of it! I’ve a feeling it’ll be a loooong time before we get anything near summer!
Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂
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Brilliant! Although slightly pessimistic
Pessimistic that we are nearing the Apocalypse? You’re probably right… but we definitely are 😉
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Lmao…. its soo funny! Its really intersting too
Thank you 🙂
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Well, this is a life…
Haha, ‘a’ life being the operative word!
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most welcome. nice to see your comment 🙂
the pictures are fab!!
Thank you!
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Absolutely wonderful post I was smiling all the way through it! great post!! Xxx 🙂
Thank you for saying that! Glad I made you smile 🙂
No probs 🙂
Great job! Check my blog if you Want http://www.theflagstyle.com 🙂
Thanks for reading 🙂
Literally giggled the whole way through! Loved it 🙂
Glad I raised a giggle 🙂
I laughed so much that my dog has been giving me weird looks from his bed. I’m not sure if he’s just annoyed that I’m making noise that’s keeping him away, or he thinks I’m mental. The tweaking stickman is genius!
Haha, sorry you disturbed your dog – he must think you’re mental 😉
I must admit, I chuckled all the way through drawing my dancing stickman. I could’ve drawn LOADS more, but I didn’t want to over-egg the pudding 😉
Thank you for reading!
This is great! I needed a good cheer up.
Glad you got one 😉
Brill! iant! (he said trying to cover both sides of the pond)
Haha nicely done!
HAHAHA! Loved this! Thanks for the giggle and smile. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Yes. Yes, yes, and yes one more time for good measure. I’m going to dance right now.
YES. DANCE DANCE DANCE. And then dance some more. 🙂
You made an old woman laff out loud. A lot! Don’t do that much in February especially with all the mud and grey. I always open the dishwasher too soon just to see if it will curl my lashes! Jigging stickman will make me titter for quite a few weeks! I like you a lot!
Haha I’m glad I made you laugh! Curling your eyelashes in the dishwasher steam is a genius idea and I’m going to do it right now.
**Opening dishwasher whilst it’s still on in an attempt to curl eyelashes**
I think I need an ambulance.
Thank you for your lovely comment 😉
I was very cheerful by the end of reading this!
Then my work here is done! 🙂
We should always have at least one reason to be cheerful each day…what do you thinkg?
Two reason, if possible 😉
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Always happy to look for reasons to be cheerful….hope you do too!
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U know what? I was having a shit day, cried on the way to work til I sat here in my car eating what lunch I have awaiting time for my last cleaning job and then I got to your dancing stick man. I laughed & felt a little bit of my humanity return. Thank you 🙂
Well this is my favourite comment so far. The fact my dancing stickman made you smile on a shit day has made me smile on an average day 🙂
Hope your day got better!
It did get much better Ty! Sometimes u just need a giggle to switch from shit day to an ok day 🙂
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Haha; this was a hilarious article.
Thank you 🙂
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If by now you haven’t already worked out that I have a really odd sense of humour and that I love a good laugh, you will now. Sharing this with you because a) it’s Monday and we all need a laugh on Mondays and 3) because I sat here giggling at my desk the whole way through it 🙂 Happy Monday folks!
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Fantastic! This just brightened up my terrible Monday morning considerably. So thank you.
Then my work here is done 🙂
Thank you so much for reading!
I LOVED your stick figures Becky. And those dance moves! Those dance moves made my day 🙂
Haha, thank you!
This is so true. I’m just happy that I’m not the only one that talks to myself. People actually think its weird but I call it an interesting conversation with myself.
Conversations with oneself are often the most interesting conversations one will have 😉 Thank you for reading!
Loved your illustrations – so much said in squiggles!
‘Say it with a squiggle’ – that should be my blog’s tagline! Thanks for reading 🙂
🙂
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Here is something to begin your Monday morning on a cheerful note. I loved the illustrations – hope you do too.
Thank you for reblogging!
I seldom re-blog. So, the fact that I did shows how much I liked your piece – the credit goes to you.
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“tom-foolery and slapstickery” my new favourite phrase 🙂 Thanks for the giggles!
I was particularly pleased with ‘slapstickery’ as well 😉 Thank you for reading!
I’m feeling better already -C
Marvellous 😉
Funny! I enjoyed animations but that cake stole the show. Had me laughing out loud.
Urgh, the Cake of Doom. Fortunately, I made another one yesterday and it was FAR more successful. We live and learn 😉
Thank you for reading!
I liked this post! I related to quite a bit of it, starting with how you combine original drawings photos and writings. I do all of that too!
Also, I was recently put in the hospital after being punched by a “sky fist,” and I love smoked salmon. Probably go through about twenty dollars worth of the stuff a week! (That would equate to what, 10 POUNDS of your heavier money?) Oh, and I prefer Atlantic salmon to Pacific, don’t you? It’s a bit of an “East Coast / West Coast” rivalry, and East Coast fish just seems more familiar, yo. *Flashes Gang Sign*
Hahaha I WISH I could flash the gang sign right back at you, but unfortunately I’m far too English to do that 😉
Just checked out your blog and your drawings are amazing!
Keep eating that salmon! Thanks for reading 🙂
Thanks Becky! 😀 That means a lot. I will be updating my blog with new “creations” every day.
I realize that’s a lofty goal, but…it’s one I’ve set for myself. Let’s see what happens!
Mmmmm. I could go for salmon. Thanks for bringing it up!
(Oh, and I’ve never flashed a gang sign in my life. Well, maybe ironically. Heh heh)
The gray and darkness give me so much to look forward to.
That was fun, that will get me through.
I laughed, then to know that stick man loves me so, that makes me super happy. Thank you Becky, thank you Stickman.
Yep, Stickman loves you!
Thanks for reading 🙂
This is AMAZING and just made my life. Bravo to you.
Well your comment just made MY life, so bravo to you 😉
Yay, Freshly Pressed!! Congrats, Becky! Well deserved.
I was just going to say that. 🙂
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Wow… I thought this was going to be a much different posting when I began reading! I actually laughed out loud! Pictures were wonderful! Thanks for the February smile!
Thank you for a lovely comment!
I’m glad to meet another person who talks to herself in supermarkets. I do it all the time. I also dance to the music on the tannoy system whilst I choose the tomato sauce.
Thanks to freshly pressed for showing me thou blog – consider yourself followed, in a non-creepy, bloggy way.
thou blog? Pesky autocorrect. YOUR blog. Amen.
HAHAHAHAHA I MUCH preferred thou blog! I thought you’d gone all medieval on me! 🙂
Methinks I may think about thy reflections over a glass of mead. Good evening to thee.
Hahahahahaa dancing to the tannoy system??? That’s brilliant, and makes shopping for toilet roll SO much more fun 🙂
I have also just followed you in a non-creepy, blogging way – so neither of us are creepy! Hurrah!
Ooh yes. My kids run away, hide behind the tins and pretend they don’t know me, then they escort me to the till with rolling eyes. Role reversal is so fn. Can’t wait to be able to use age as an excuse for having fun!
Funny. Really funny. I love Stickman with all my heart and I think the dancing on the platform was funniest. I can see how in the right setting at rush hour, no one would even notice my breakdancing and dancing on my head.
Nope, no one would bat an eyelid. Do it.
Stickman loves you too 🙂 Thank you for reading!
Love this. Happy-go-lucky when shit’s getting heavy. Great attitude 🙂
Sometimes, it’s the best way to be 😉
That was supremely entertaining… and so very encouraging! Thanks for the much-needed pep talk 🙂
You’re so welcome! Keep smiling 🙂
What a great post, I’m a Brit too, but have had the great good fortune to escape February this year and leap into a really hot July. Time travel? No, a holiday in the Southern Hemisphere (Brasilia – what a place)
You are SO wise! So you’ve been sitting in the sun watching us get drenched from afar? Bet that made you feel rather smug … 🙂
Thank you for reading!
Trying hard not to feel smug……. Back home now, and it was a fab early Spring day.
Aww! The 6th cheerful point speaks to me! Nothing like getting away with dance moves!
A sneaky dance move is a GREAT cheerer-upper 😉 Thank you for reading!
No problem at all! 🙂 🙂
No problem.
hahaa that was fun to read 🙂 luv the supermarket convo
Thank you 🙂
I hope your day is awesome an cheerful….mine will be when I get a job:(
Aww, good luck!!!
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True words delivered humorously! 🙂 love this post .. thank you Becky 🙂
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You totally don’t know how to write. You should not be funny in every sentence. You should give your readers time to compose themselves. Do you not know how hard it is keeping the laughs in my belly so I won’t look like an idiot in public? But, shit, that dance. F*ck looking like an idiot, I’m totally doing that! Haha. Funny piece. Thanks for making me laugh. And fine, your writing’s awesome, just way too funny to be read outside the confines of one’s house.
Haha, point taken – thanks for the constructive criticism! 😉 Next time I’ll leave large gaps between laughs 🙂
Thank you for your lovely comment and for reading!
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Just when I thought only the depressing blogs are the good ones…
Haha, they’re not all depressing! 🙂
God bless all
🙂
Love the drawings – thanks, made my day 🙂
Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
thanks that was so funny! and nice drownings !
Thank you 🙂
This is hilarious! And yes, thank you so much, Becky, as New York has had absolute crap weather this winter as well…Talk about the winter blues…hah!
I know, I’ve seen on the news! What is going on with the world??? We haven’t seen a flake of snow – just rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain…
Thanks for reading!
This made me very happy. Now I won’t feel that bad about breaking my diet resolutions. And your stickman friend is very cute. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to my peanut butter sandwich ^-^
I am extremely jealous of your peanut butter sandwich. My peanut butter has all gone because… well, you know 😉
Thanks for reading!
Well…. Mine is gone now too. *sighs* Why does every awesome thing in the world disappear so fast?! Let’s hope we’ll find better stuff today 😀
I Love the last part.
Thank you 🙂
Oh Becky, where have you been in my life before today?! Xx
It doesn’t matter – the important thing is that I’m here now 😉
Oh Becky! I needed a good pick-me up this morning and you made me laugh and laugh. I love Stickman’s dance!! It cracked me up. Then I showed it to my other half and we had a good laugh together! 🙂
Haha, I’m so glad I was able to make BOTH of you laugh!
Thanks for reading 🙂
Love your post. A good cheer me up this morning. Have a great cheery day !
Thank you, you too!
Had to overcome my hesitance on the account that this bloke did appreciate your sense of humor. WTH, if Sochi 2014 had its way…why not appreciate someone who placed a smile and grin on my perplexed face this morning? I particularly liked your Englandland comparison with your distant cousins from the U.S. of A. It’s nice to know that someone like you can be similarly if not more crazy-er than me. Ironic humor! Spice of life Becky! Keep kickin’ butts!!! Pardon my French!
Hahaa, thank you! You’ll be pleased to know that my next post will be ALL about comparisons with our distant cousins from the U.S. of A!! 😉
Thanks for reading 🙂
its so great.. I love it.. very well written 🙂
Thank you very much 🙂
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This will cheer you up!
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I’m dancing an invisible jig along with you!
YYEEAAHHHHH!!!! 😉
Thanks for my morning smile. 🙂
You’re very welcome!
🙂
Loved this! Made me smile. Thank you for that.
You’re so welcome 😉
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This was so good; I want to keep it.
Then it’s yours 😉
Ahahaha, this is hilarious, currently sat at work, had a read, and now colleagues are staring at me as if I’m crazy. Thank you for brightening up an otherwise crappy day 😀
Sorry for making your colleagues think you’re crazy … 😉
Thank you for reading!
You just made my Monday 🙂 Thanks (from a damp but mostly not underwater Truro, Cornwall) x
Glad you’re not underwater!
Thanks for your lovely comment x
amazing post, good job! 🙂
Thank you!
Really awesome 🙂
Thanks 🙂
I’m too much of a realist, thus, these things neither cheer me up, nor upset. Christmas used to be a fantastic, thoughtful and meaningful. Consumerism and commercialization killed this totally. Too bad, that February is a part of our only life, 28 dark, cold, bad weather days. Well, we can fill them up with spring expectations. I suppose, people who don’t engage in way overdone Christmas shopping and eating too much don’t suffer from putting on weight and financial issues. Not everyone thinks Valentine’s day is something very special, therefore, there’s no reason to argue. Easter used to be a nice time, as well, just because it symbolizes the return of light, spring and new life (the shape of sun, the egg as a symbol for start-up of a new life), and Easter colors are genuinely pleasure to look at. I love this time because we can paint cards, flower paintings and prepare for the garden season. I’m pretty sure, the world got derailed at some point, and lots of natural attractions throughout the year got lost, they were replaced simply by consumerism. Buy more, eat more, get more, that way. We are experiencing climate changes because we have disregarded the rules of nature. We want to be the main thing in the universe, yet, we are a part of it, and should think more before we interfere with the laws of nature.
I am also sure that the source of our good spirits is within ourselves, we just have to learn taking advantage of this source. My take is that engaging in creation of beautiful things always fills up one’s life and doesn’t allow to become depressed or totally down whether in February or any other month.
Anyway, your post made me think and realize that this world is not perfect. Have a good day!
Well you’ve certainly made me look at things from another perspective!
I’ve just checked out your paintings and I can certainly see how you take pleasure in the creation of beautiful things, because they are indeed beautiful.
Thank you for reading, even if you didn’t need cheering up 🙂
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I loved this post on the ‘Becky Says Things’ site (which you should check out).
My own reasons to be cheerful might differ from Becky’s, but it’s good to be reminded that they’re out there.
Thank you so much for reblogging!
So funny and every once in a while i will go to my children’s room and just start talking with an irish accent for no reason other than to make them smile and scare my husband who actually is irish. He thinks I’m a little crazy and i like it that way. If you have time would love for you to check out my blog mommyx4boys.wordpress.com
Haha brilliant! Randomly bursting into another accent is so much fun!
Will definitely check out your blog. Thank you for reading mine!
Thanks and i am going to follow you now
This is great. Great way to turn things around!
Thank you 🙂
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I always am 🙂
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I love the smoked salmon soliloquy! My colleague just heard the cupcake calling out to her from the fridge last night.
Adore the animation too. Certainly brought life to an otherwise load of text.
Haha, cupcakes do that ALL the time!
Thanks for reading 🙂
Ho ho ho. Nice going Becky. I couldn’t stop chuckling to myself reading your stuff. 😀
Thank you, that’s lovely 🙂
I woke up this morning to dog poop all over the kitchen floor. You’ve fixed my mood and for that I THANK YOU!!!
Urgh, you definitely needed cheering up after that! Thanks for reading 🙂
A post that is bound to lift a thousand spirits!
Ah, thank you!
(Looking up from her computer screen she noticed it was still a dreary dark grey rainy February morning. Oh well, the cheeriness while reading Becky’s post was fun while it lasted. That, and the little lingering relief that no one died at Downton Abbey last night would just have to do). 😉
Good point, that is DEFINITELY a reason to be cheerful!
Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
Awesome!! I needed a little giggle today.
I’m glad I could give it to you!
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Welcome your post is awesome! 🙂
I absolutely loved this! You get an award for this because when I say “lol” that means that I literally laughed out loud and didn’t internally think “Hmm… this is slightly humorous.”
Hahaha, so you actually did LOL??? People DO actually LOL, and they don’t just contemplate something that they have found vaguely comical? A revelation! 😉
Thank you, your comment made me genuinely LOL as well! HURRAH!
Love the post! Love the drawings! Love the humor. I’m a new fan.
Thank you! Lovely to have you on board 🙂
Thank you! This has helped a small bit. I will look forward to your ‘How March Sucks’ post in a week!! Congrats on gettin’ pressed!!
Thank you! Hopefully March won’t suck nearly as much as February!
The car park joke had me crying with laughter – I have no idea why, but it certainly cheered me up! The rest of the blog was pretty great too, thanks.
I cried with laughter for three days when Oscar first told me the car park joke. It’s literally the most genius thing I’ve ever heard.
Thank you for reading and I’m glad you cheered up!
This is absolutely brilliant!
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Great blog… I might bust out my dance moves the next time I am on the London underground!
DO IT!!! 😉
LOVELY POST …
Thank you 🙂
Having just experienced the Polar Vortex firsthand, it’s nice to know that I can still read a post that makes me forget the impending doom of the Apocalypse and feel better about the bag of chocolate I have hidden in my desk drawer. Also, if animation studios aren’t busting your door down by now, they should be. Amazing.
Ah, bless you, thank you!
I also had a bag of chocolate hidden in my desk drawer today – notice I say HAD… sadly it is no longer there… ahem…
Thank you for reading, and glad you survived the polar vortex!
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Thanks to Becky and Stickman, the world now has THIS, and for that it is better.
Thank you for reblogging and being so lovely 😉
great cartoons !!! You put a smile on my face.
Good, I’m glad!
yeah, I would like some salmon, wauw I was snickering the whole freaking time, love it!
Thank you! (I am desperate for some salmon right now…)
I liked it cause it starts with Becky’s reasons to be cheerful so it covers it all…lol
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Lol. That cake and candle is hilarious!
My mum didn’t think it was that hilarious… 😉
Cute post
Thanks!
I think i’m in love with you. yes. i’m american. but still following you because you made me smile. Thank you! ~amy
Hurrah! Just because there is an ocean between us doesn’t mean there can’t be love… 😉
I do love stick man too though, ok? Please keep being there for my therapy. Laughs are sorely needed everywhere. Especially in Birmingham, Alabama. ~amy
I love these drawings. Very original!
Thank you very much 🙂
I pretty enjoyed reading this post, well done 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Haha! Brilliant stick men drawings – this really made me laugh! I am adding some of your reasons to my list. Especially talking to myself – it’s probably the only way to get a sensible conversation around here!
My point exactly!
Thanks for reading and your lovely comment on my precious stickmen 😉
I like this its funny
Thanks 🙂
My fingers can’t type fast enough and I loved this post even more then Benedict Cumberbatch. Good job.. I also want cake now.
More than Benedict Cumberbatch???? My God, praise indeed! Thank you 🙂
This cheered me up after a long day! People should take themselves less seriously! Do you really do all of the above? Has anyone ever reacted to you dancing on platforms or talking to yourself in public. Or am I taking this post too seriously!!
My platform dancing is so discreet and sly that it cannot be detected by the human eye. I’m like a secret dancing ninja 🙂
Thank you for reading!
You are a funny lady indeed. Keep doing it. x
That’s a very lovely thing to say, and yes I will 🙂
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This blog really did cheer me up.
Becky this is hilarious. Cheered me right up. You’re right, February is beyond shite.
BEYOND shite. Roll on March and literally any other month.
Thank you!
That honestly made me feel better about today it was funny and just brilliant love your stickman by the way! Love one of your mushy american (now) readers.
Hurrah! I love a mushy American 😉
Thank you for reading and I’m glad it cheered you up!
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Absolutely hilarious!! Love love love the drawings. Omg.
Thank you, I’m fond of them too 😉
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Awesome post!
Thank you!
Nice.. 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Welcome.. 🙂
Absolutely hillarious!! Unique! Nicely done!! congrats on being freshly pressed!!
Lovely comment, thank you 🙂
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There is a reason smoked salmon has been the most self-talked about food for ages.
Haha exactly. Un-smoked salmon must be jealous of all the press its smoked counterpart gets. 🙂
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^ As you can see, it is my MOTTO to speak to myself 😉
Loved this post. You certainly brought a smile to my face this morning. 🙂
Have a wonderful week,
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the Girl Who Speaks (To Herself)
Speaking to oneself is one of the great joys of life 🙂
Thank you so much for reading and I’m glad I made you smile 🙂
Cool article, thanks for encouraging 🙂
Thanks for reading 🙂
Thank you for this – my day has been made.
As has mine after reading your comment 🙂
Very cool post and drawings. And now I want smoked salmon very badly.
I want it more than I’ve ever wanted it in my life. Right. Now.
Thank you for reading 🙂
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Thank you for this inspiring post! 🙂
Thank you for reading it 🙂
In the greyness that is February, this is fantastic. Thank you.
Thank you 🙂
Everyone deserves to feel like a high-class Victorian prostitute.
Smoked salmon all around!
This genuniely made me smile, so thank you 🙂 And I love the stick figure drawings!
Thank you, I like them too 😉
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Thanks!
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Love it!
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Super positive stuff. Great drawings! Thanks for sharing and the love.
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Totally hysterical and a great way to find a smile today!
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great blog post. love the illustrations and the picture of the terrible birthday cake!
It was indeed a terrible birthday cake… but it tasted delicious!
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Becky..so ironic. I was on WP looking at sample blogs and your photo of the stick people dancing made me click on your site…..I had no idea you were a Becky too! I’m a Becky from California…..think your blog is great and you just made a new subscriber 🙂
Well hey there Becky! GREAT name 😉
Thank you for your lovely words, much appreciated. There’s nothing like dancing stickmen to capture the imagination 😉
Awesome! I really needed that laugh today! Thank you! 😀
No no, thank YOU 🙂
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Very refreshing
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This is Great! 😀
Thank you:)
Those pictures made me want cake. So, mission accomplished, Becky!
That smoked salmon discussion is frighteningly similar to my interior monologues at the grocery store. I suppose I should make it an exterior one just to try out this bold new adventure.
Really funny post, the carpark joke is pure comic genius 🙂
The car park joke is my favourite joke of all time.
Thanks for reading!
That made me chuckle so I guess thank you,stranger!
Well thank YOU, stranger 🙂
Keep up the cheerfull ,good work!:*
Gosh – is there nothing stick figures can’t do?
Also… I think that cake looks DELICIOUS.
Was it delicious?
The cake was absolutely delicious. We ate it while it was still warm and it was like a lemon pudding. Appearances aren’t everything 😉
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WOW~~~~~~
THANKS 🙂
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Brilliant.
Thank you 🙂
I love this post! Absolutely made my day!!!
That comment made mine 😉
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As I was reading other people’s blogs, I came across this one which made me laugh soooooo hard. My advise: If ever you feel down…Read This!
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Loved this !! Something to read over and over again !
Thank you, I’m glad it brought a smile 🙂
You just made my day. 🙂 I love those dancing drawings.. really cracks me up everytime. 🙂 Way to go Becky.
I was chuckling all the way while I was drawing them 😉
Thank you very much 🙂
You are too funny. That dance needs to go global. This is what we should all do… next time any of us are in a line (anywhere in the world) start busting out Becky’s moves and get the whole line going. Completely “inappropriate behaviour” perfect!
YAYYY! I shall start a dancing revolution! Waiting in line will never be boring again!
Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
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Completely random.. made me smile and laugh. A reminder to lighten up. Love it!
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This is funny n cool! I love the salmon conversation. Haha!
Thank you 🙂
This post made me grin on my packed train in this morning… Thanks
And I know how hard it is to grin on a packed train! Thank you 🙂
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Be different!
Thank you 🙂
A wonderful thing! Just what I needed to cheer me up!! Thank You!
Glad I cheered you up! Thank you 🙂
You had me giggling the entire time I was reading, but I absolutely love the conversation at the grocery store. I’ve been known to talk to myself, too. Sometimes, when I’m by myself at the store, I’ll thrust my fist in the air and declare things like, “Come on, guys! Let’s all go get ice cream!”
HAHAHAHAHA!! I shall from now on accompany my self-conversations with a fist-thrust. That sounds amazing. Mildly schizophrenic, but amazing nonetheless 😉
Thank you for reading 🙂
It was so nice to hear about someone else who has entire conversations with themselves for no other reason that..they can..also that other people make judgements based on whether it’ll make them feel like historical characters
Speaking to oneself is one of life’s great joys!
Thanks for reading 🙂
That definitely cheered me up!! 🙂
Good 🙂 Thanks for reading!
Awesome! It was quite a treat to read.
Lovely comment, thank you 🙂
First time reader from America and you had me rolling with the “Polar Vortex” bit. If I hear any more meteorologists name a winter storm, I may send them the pureed bean mixture. It’s like the entire Nation has gone mad and forgotten that it is indeed winter.
Hah, the pureed bean mix would give them something to think about! I know it’s winter, but there’s no need for a polar vortex. You Americans always have to go bigger and better, don’t you 😉 🙂
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This was the most enjoyable thing I’ve read all day! Haha I’m so glad someone else dances while waiting for the train like I do 🙂
Hurrah, someone else does it!
Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
Bet the cake tasted good, and that’s what really matters IMHO. And particularly love the wellies bit! Thanks for making me 😀
The cake DID taste good! Appearances aren’t everything! Thanks for reading 🙂
Yes, you brightened up my 3pm:)
Hooray! 🙂
That “failed” cake looks quite moist. I would have scarfed down the whole thing as soon as your back was turned.
The cake was incredibly moist, as it happens. If you had scarfed the whole thing, I wouldn’t have been responsible for my actions 😉
A very uplifting and positive piece.
Very good humour too, it was a joy to read.
Well done.
Thank you for your lovely comment!
Just adding my tuppence…well, after all of the above, my ha’penny: This is the first post of yours I’ve read, and I really enjoyed it. The words would have stood (danced) on their own, but Stickman and his hot, hot bod–whoo-whoo!
Still laughing at the dishwasher steam…Thanks so much for the stress rest!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I’m not going to tell Stickman you said he had a hot bod because he’ll become insufferably smug and arrogant.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Absolutely perfect. One of the best stick-figure artists I’ve seen in ages.
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Haha, thank you! Are there many stick-figure artists around?!
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Thank you! 🙂
Thank you. I hope I know you personally. You made me feel better . . . I was feeling so down, well I still do because I am having some problem getting my school requirements done and I also have trouble with finances. But, all this will end, I know. As you have said, at least I have friends who can give me a big hug.
Exactly – nothing is as bad as it seems 🙂
Hope things get better! Thank you for reading!
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Best blog I’ve read in a long time. So much to enjoy. My February just got better.
Thank you for your lovely comment 🙂
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Great post. It has put a smile on my face!
Thank you!
I LOVE this. Thank You for your cute illustrations…They enticed me to dance in my office. Light & Love.
Oh hooray! Office dancing is the best!
Thank you for reading 🙂
I love your creativity.
Keep dancing.
Keep hugging
Keep writing
Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Followed for the cake.
That is one amazing cake.
I think I’m going to give the cake its own blog. It seems only right. (It was delicious, by the way.)
Thanks for reading!
Or even better – a cake comic. If you made a cake comic, I would read your cake comic.
Becky please be my friend you are quite simply brilliant 😀 Even with the over the top slushy love stuff lol
YAY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!! Friends for life, now. I’m going to turn up at your house with biscuits and a football every day, because that’s what friends do. 🙂
Awesome. I’m gluten free so make sure you bring appropriate biscuits and I’ll do the orange squash lol 😉
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This is life affirming stuff…Huzzah for Becky and the awesome dancing stick man!
Thank you 🙂
Oh, Becky, I love the things you say 🙂
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And my 9 month old does, too. Those random symbols were him getting to the keyboard 🙂
I think it’s so necessary to keep a little perspective in life! It’s why I love being a life coach and helping people find the silver lining. I’m at http://www.awakeninglifehealing.com if anyone’s interested.
And I’ve also been known to dance in public. With my baby. Booyah.
Haha I’m glad I entertained the 9 month old! I didn’t realise my readership was quite so varied in age… 😉
Dancing in public is totally acceptable, and I hope the baby grows up to feel the same!
Will definitely check out your blog, I quite often feel I’m in need of a life coach! Thanks for reading 🙂
The dancing drawings were epic. Thank you!!!
Thank you! 😉
Very fun to read this post!
Thank you 🙂
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Your dancing stick figure is AMAZING and HILARIOUS. I have recently had my first foray into stick figure blog illustration (http://rhymeswithruin.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/overcoming-my-prejudice-against-people-named-william/) but obviously I have yet to reach your level 😛
Haha yours is great! It needs a steady hand, a reliable mouse, and a lot of patience…!
Thanks for reading 🙂
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Epic. I can’t say how much i was tickled by the smoked salmon bit. February sure looks lovely now. 😀
Thank you 🙂
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So funny, helpful and true 🙂 read this please
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I feel so much better now 🙂 thank u becky
Thank YOU! 🙂
Best. Joke. Ever.
4 year olds seriously have a strange and wonderful sense of humor.
I know! I would never have thought of such an amazing joke in a million years!
This was an absolutely fabulous read! 😀
Thank you so much 🙂
This was hilarious 😀 I can’t say anything else :))
Then don’t! THank you 🙂
You have definitely cheered me up. And also made made me want to bake cake. Thank you!
BAKE A CAKE!! Just don’t open the oven door before it’s ready, otherwise you know what happens!
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Awesome pick-me-up post!
Thank you 🙂
I simply LOVE your writing Becky! So relatable and entertaining! 😍 can’t wait to read your next one! x
Stop, you’re making me blush 😉
Thanks for reading!
Jesus H., over 500 comments! Congratulations on the FP, Becky!!
As an American, however, I can tell you that not all of us want some sort of lovey dovey emotional crap. Some of us hate that shit.
I envy your ability to talk to yourself aloud in a Northern Irish accent. I can’t do any Irish accents at all. In fact, I can’t do any accents from Ireland or the UK convincingly. It saddens me. But the fact that you can, makes me cheerful.
Great post. Love that you ended with love.
I have to share this: http://avantgardecoach.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/my-magical-week-valentines-day/
THank you!!
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Oh my goodness, I’m dying here! I thought the smoked salmon debate only happened in the land of me and my bf! It’s even better when it’s 20% off or something and you can pretend you’re getting bargain.
It’s the little things.
Oh, 20% off leads to an even longer and more intense conversation, involving congratulating oneself on doing some excellent shopping. 😉
THank you for reading!
I really needed that, so thank you so much! That was the highlight of my day! 😀
Aww, you’re very welcome 🙂 Thank you!
No problem! Good people deserve good compliments! Just my motto! 😀
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Lol!
All this and more! – there should be more people like you blogging 🙂
That’s a very lovely and excellent thing to say, thank you 🙂
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Cause we need a giggle . . .
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Let’s All Try To Be –
I would like to like this more than once but twice made it null. Meh!
Becky, you say the most funniest of things! Absolutely love it!
Aww, that made me all cheery on a Monday evening. Glad you enjoy the things I say 🙂
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Thank you for reblogging 🙂
I cracked up at the dancing thing. Lmao good one
Thank you 🙂
There need to be more posts like this. I love the positivity, and I think spreading good vibes to readers is awesome!
Cheers,
Awkward Girl
(http://therealawkwardgirl.wordpress.com/)
Thank you, Awkward Girl. I am now going to check out your awkwardness 😉
Why, thank you!
Hooray. A scrumptious delight after a loathsome season. Thank you for the encouragement.
‘Scrumptious delight’ and ‘loathsome season’ are excellent phrases and I congratulate for getting them BOTH into one comment.
Thank you for reading 🙂
Thank you for making us laugh…:D
Well who can’t absolutely love you at the end of this post. Love your humour and your drawing and am now following your blog.
Thank you for such a lovely comment 🙂
Delighted to have you as a follower. Hello 🙂
This was lovely. X
As was that 😉
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This made my day after 5 months of rubbish … I will dance in the Reading Room this afty xxxx
Yaaaaayyyy reading room dancing!!!
You are an absolute legend.
You are an absolute legend for saying I am an absolute legend.
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This is epic! Read it. Funny stuff 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Brilliant. Who knew stick figures would add so much to a writing piece.
Don’t tell Stickman that, he’ll get big headed 😉
Thank yoU!