I saw this in this week’s paper and I couldn’t resist, it seemed so apt given what we’re going through at the moment.

Keeping with the unofficial theme of this week I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you some examples of Mothering from the animal kingdom.

On the riverbank…

In Africa…

In India…

In the ocean…

In Africa…

In the Arctic…

And finally, somewhere near Walmart…

During the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge I got to meet some crazy people.  I like crazy.  Crazy is what makes life worth living.  So when I was lucky enough to have a Blog Buddy in the form of Mandy I knew I had hit crazy pay dirt.

Mandy is the brains behind Just Gimme Coffee… a blog about celebrating life’s simple pleasures.  Mandy writes with humour and love in every post, and I love it.  Why only this week she had me in stitches with this glimpse into life in North Carolina.

So it is with much pleasure that I’ve turned over Sunday Silly to Mandy’s expert hand.  She’s covered a topic close to my heart, but not close to my reality.  (I abhor exercise… )  So without further ado..

*round of applause*

“I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It’s been about two months since I’ve worked out. And I just don’t have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh…and watch TV. And get a bone density test. And uh…try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.”

~Ellen Degeneres~

Yeah, yeah, exercise, schmexercise! It’s a necessary evil. That doesn’t mean I have to like it! I don’t have anything against it particularly. I mean, I like long walks, especially when they’re taken by people who annoy me! However, walking for exercise does make me a little nervous. My grandmother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. Now she’s 97 years old, and we don’t know where the hell she is!

So maybe walking isn’t my cup of tea. I’ll join the gym…Yeah, tried that last year. Spent about 400 bucks and nothing happened. Apparently, you have to show up. Heck, I’m in no shape to exercise, so why would I display my silliness in front of everyone else?

Forget exercise, I’ll just diet. Diet?? No thank you! That’s just “die” with a “t.” Dieting is for losers anyway. I did try a 30 day diet once. I lost about 20 days. It’s just too hard! I kept trying to lose weight, but it kept finding me. I finally decided that God must love calories because he made so many.

So, back to exercising to stay trim…can’t do it in public—too scary. Alright, I’ll just set up my own home gym. Yeah, well I felt I got my money’s worth just setting it up, it took so much work! Then after I got it all together, I couldn’t figure the dumb thing out. Sold it at a yard sale last week.

Image source: Getty Images

So, today I tried yoga. I figured I’d try to exercise early in the morning before my brain figured out what I was doing. So I bypassed my usual mandatory first-thing-in-the-morning cup of joe, and got up and put in my yoga video, laid out my mat, and prepared to try a more relaxed approach to getting fit. Ha! Yeah, things started well with some chilling and deep breathing, but then came the ultimate game of Twister! You couldn’t find anything as twisted in a pretzel shop! After a brief time, I decided that instead of becoming a pretzel, I’d just go eat one, along with a cup of coffee.

So after all these failures, I’ve decided I have to approach this whole thing more slowly and carefully. So, tomorrow I’ll drive slowly by a store at the mall that sells sweatpants. Maybe the next day I’ll wander in, buy a pretzel at the pretzel stand, a cup of coffee, and simply meditate…I do like exercise. It fascinates me. I can sit and meditate on it for hours! The power of positive thinking. That’s it, I’ll just think myself thin! Maybe I could market this idea and make lots of money to feed my new pretzel and coffee habit…

I hope you enjoyed this, you can find more of Mandy in the following places:

Blog: Just Gimme Coffee…

Twitter: GimmeTheCoffee

There’s a few web comics out there that I get a good little chortle over and xkcd is one of them.

Image source: xkcd

Another great find via the wonder that is Twitter.  The Dear Blank, Please Blank website is genius.  Not only is it visually spectacular it’s a wonderful idea.  Contributors fill in the blanks and make the points they’ve always wanted to.  Here’s just a sample of some of the ones that I enjoyed.  Check out more at Dear Blank, Please Blank.

Image source: Dear Blank, Please Blank

I love Cyanide & Happiness. Sometimes it’s just so naughty it’s sublime.

Image source: Cyanide & Happiness

The mind truly boggles with this one.  I think he may be too drunk to drive…

Image source: Excelsius

Sometimes the humour displayed through graphic design is just too sublime.  This is an example of that humour:

Image source: Dockery Design

Sometimes it’s the simple things that are often the best.

I just love these motivational poster rip-offs.  So today I’m giving you some animal inspired chuckles.  Enjoy.

This seasons Masterchef Australia has sucked me right in. Actually I should clarify the television series COMBINED with the #masterchef twitter stream has sucked me in. Again I’ve fallen victim to the thrills and spills of watching a show with the rest of the twitterverse.

I love the interactive quality that Twitter now brings to watching television.  It’s a great way to get to know like minded people and see the humour in some fairly boring topics.  (The #qanda stream for the ABC’s Q and A proves that every week!)

But back to today’s funny…

When I saw this clip over on Reality Ravings I nearly wet my pants with laughter.  Growing up I was a massive The Late Show fan and one of my favourite parts of the show was seeing the celebrity impersonations.  Even now, a decade on I still giggle when I think about some of the skits they performed.  It’s good to see that Rob Sitch still has it…

* For those that haven’t seen the show, here’s some explanation and humour from Matt Preston (one of the judges).