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Aardman Animations produced a series of short films in stop motion animation for the UK’s Channel 4 that matched audio recordings from real life interviews – like ordinary British housewives talking about their lives, children at the zoo etc – to absurd animated scenarios. The results are hilarious.

I found this Creature Comforts clip on Atom Films that’s really worth watching! And here’s the official Creature Comforts website with even more trailers!

Aardman Animations is a British stop motion animation studio founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1972. Nick Park joined Aardman in 1986, bringing his creations Wallace and Gromit with him. The company is based in Bristol and is the centre of a sizeable animation and film special effects industry in the City.

Lord and Sproxton went on to create the character of Morph for the children’s art programme Tony Hart, who went on to have a series of his own. That was one of my all time favourite TV shows.

Aardman produced their first feature-length film, Chicken Run, in 2000.

Most or all of the props and scenery used in Aardman productions since 1972 were destroyed in a warehouse fire just a few days ago. The models and sets used for Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit were undamaged, as they were on display at a different location. The same case applies to the master copies of finished prints of the company’s work. The original models of Wallace and Gromit were spared however, as they were with Nick Park on his publicity tour at the time. The rocket from a Grand Day Out was also spared as it was on display at the company’s studio at the time.

Photograph by Xilia Faye

Wow. This guy is absolutely useless at breaking up!

Spinning Girl says:
It really bothers me when people, especially women, apologize for no reason. For example, yesterday I was at the gym and I sat down on a bench to take off my sneakers, and the woman next to me said. “oh, I’m sorry.” I looked at her and said, “for what?” and she said, “for taking up so much room.” She wasn’t; only the amount of room that her rearend covered, which was average-sized.

I started noticing a few years ago how often women do this, and it pisses me off.

My standard answer has become, “for what? Don’t apologize!” Maybe I can change the world, one woman at a time. But I doubt it.

Women apologize for taking up space. Even the way they – we – sit is apologetic, arms & legs folded to as small a shape as possible. I notice that men, when they sit, sit with their legs apart & take up as much space as possible. Without apology… read the rest

The water game will enlighten you.

So I log into internet banking today to see the damage, and this is my balance. It’s obvious who is to blame for this mess just 3 weeks before I leave, and I hold him fully responsible. My people will be invoicing his people forthwith.

Nathan, get that pencil from behind your ear and start sharpening! You’re on stabbing duty.

I have been known to kick and scream to get what I want.

But sometimes it would be nice to just have it handed to me instead.

~ ClickNathan, quote of the day

A Malaysian politician has announced a lullaby competition for women to sing their husbands to sleep.

The politician in question, Nik Aziz, says the Kelantan state government will hold the contest to encourage wives “to give their best in taking care of their husbands”. He said: “The husband returns home tired. The wife will sing the lullaby for him to sleep soundly and, when he awakes, he will be at peace. This contributes to the happiness of the husband and wife.”

Aziz added that there would be a similar contest for mothers to sing lullabies for their children.