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• Chinese & Amsterdam Storeys
  by Maxwell Edward

  “Good afternoon Gentlemen. Our delicious Chinese restaurant serves some of the greatest Chinese delicacies. Can I take your orders?” J…

  “Good afternoon Gentlemen. Our delicious Chinese restaurant serves some of the greatest Chinese delicacies. Can I take your orders?” Jermaine takes charge as usual. “I imagine you can sir. Well my friend will have special fried rice and I will have special sweet n sour chicken. Could you make sure it’s especially sweet n sour though? Thanks sir.” People love to eat Chinese. More often the meals though…for the appetisers may prove too fattening over time. Neville and Jermaine have definitely had their share of fattening up over time. Neville is said to eat more Chinese than most Chinese and as for Jermaine, he probably eats more of most things than most people. “Jerry, don’t you think it’s strange how he mentioned they serve some of the greatest Chinese delicacies?” Jermaine who finds nothing short of highly unusual strange, makes a joke from anything less of great importance. “_Why_? What did you expect in a Chinese Restaurant, Indian food?” Neville who hears these jokes more often than not (but still not in appreciation of them) seems to always be misunderstood. “No, I mean, we’re not Chinese. I can’t see anyone in here that is Chinese…In fact I would say that the only Chinese this restaurant ever sees is on the plates. So, they could get away with telling us that this restaurant actually serves the greatest Chinese delicacies. Why would they not?” Jermaine’s opinion always went back to philosophy. “Some wise advice I have for you Nev. Never question the Chinese.” Something about the way the duo talked, it was utter enjoyment. The puns continuously employed emphasised it. A certain kind of pleasure whenever they accompanied one another was unleashed. “Oh Jerry, you got to hear about what happened to my cousin. _You’ll never believe it_…So Ben was in Amsterdam for some time, on holiday or something. Well on the last week he jumped off the top of a three-storey apartment balcony.” Jermaine who believes most things reasonable, but also hesitates in jumping to conclusions always feels obliged to question the situation. “Why the hell would anyone do something like that?” Neville started blushing. He was never as outgoing as Jermaine, even being questioned made him feel slightly insecure. “Well Jerry, you know my cousin Benjamin. No one questions him.” A certain kind of tension was building somewhere between Nevilles growing timidity and Jermaine’s pursuing nerves. “I think anyone thinking about jumping off the third storey of an apartment should be prepared to answer a lot of questions.” There was an uncomfortable short-lived silence between the duos. Neville thought of it as his responsibility to protect his cousin’s reputation, yet his loyalty had previously shown to lead to misdemeanours. Neville decided to break his loyalty for what his reason was telling him was sensibility. “Yeah Jermaine, agreed. Benjamin sure must be a moron hey. Oh, which reminds me, did I tell you he is going to become a lawyer?” The Chinese waiter had brought back the dishes. This is possibly the fastest time a waiter had brought out dishes (which were supposed to be quality cuisines). Then again, Jermaine and his friends always had their doubts about Chinese restaurants. Over their many meals they had discussed many things ranging from the health issues to the political and economic consequences of the different restaurant franchises. The Chinese waiter did not talk this time. He had a chilling frown cast upon his face. Perhaps he had heard their talking? Perhaps it was just the all-round atmosphere of working in such a demanding service. Jermaine and Neville dug into their meals, each choosing their pick of chop sticks and spoon respectively although ironically not in quite a disorderly manner. It was only lucky that Neville chose a spoon for the fried rice to prevent any more mess (if more mess were possible). “So Nev, back to the story; now that you tell me Mr. Benjamin wants to be a lawyer…that makes much more sense; their all lying bastards. This is one big story to you in order to gain your sympathy or something. It can’t really be explained, except that he is behind it all…” “Not true. I saw his bandages and cuts and sores; everything. That can’t really be faked.” “I’m sure for a lawyer, anything can be faked. Any kind of falsehood can be created and unleashed by those guys!” “No seriously. Okay here’s the story, he said he went to a party. He got pretty drunk knowing it was his last week. Who knows maybe he even did…goddamn man it’s Amsterdam! I don’t have to mention the possibilities, their limitless! Anything could have happened. Well anyway, he woke up and that is when the nurse told him what had been reported to her.” “You know what this sounds like? Chinese whispers. She said this; he said that, you say this…” Sceptical Jermaine could never let any possibility go. “Okay whatever, whatever.” Neville had enough. This sort-of-debate had turned into a sort-of-argument. It was time for him to try and change the mannerism of things “Hey Jerry, this kind of talking is probably not good for eating, let’s just eat okay. I mean just the other day I saw the scars and bleeding…well you know.” Eating continued. Polite (enough) slurping of Chinese tea and rice among other things died down the sound of thought. Than Jermaine continued speaking, but not where they left off. “Hey Nev, I’ll be back in a minute. Just have to convenience myself!” Neville sat there. Five minutes boring his intellect- no one to talk to! Jermaine returned. Back to his meal; back to messy eating and the hope of more polite interesting talk. Before Neville had seen it, Jermaine had finished the rest of his special sweet n sour. “Hey Neville, are you still feeling hungry at all?” Before Neville had a chance to reply Jermaine had beckoned the waiter over and ordered “Special Chinese fortune cookies”. The cookies came in no time at all again. It made it seem like there was surely something efficiently magical about this restaurant. “Hey Nev, can you tell me about this story a bit more. So would you get this, I actually heard about a story similar to his; actually two stories, exactly like his…they both sort of were like these crazy stories where these things happened to guys in…well Chinese restaurants actually!” Neville was only half listening, except the information was still unconsciously processing into his mind. He opened his fortune cookie. “No I do not believe it! Coincidences of such do not occur! Madness unleashed!” Neville started shaking intensely, trembling, his usual steady figure rumbling in what looked like fear; his skin pale and pupils dilating and goose bumps on his skin forming. Than he shoved his hands over his head and continued his fearful actions half-hidden by the table. Jermaine grabbed the little slice of Chinese paper, it must be not so fortunate whatever the fortune be he thought! “You will suffer falling three-storeys tonight. Do not question the Chinese” They both sat there; Jermaine seemingly doing and thinking nothing except watching the actions of Neville. Neville with his behaviour turning more and more intense and shocking as seconds progressed and turned into minutes. “Neville!” Neville took no notice, for a moment, to only a moment later reply, “What? Don’t you fucking get this? Can’t you see what’s happening?” Jermaine looked at his watch. Five minutes. Long enough…longer would be dangerous perhaps. “My good friend Neville. I have a confession. I put that note in your cracker…it’s to teach you a lesson really. But it’s also quite a cracker now too to think of it! You should have seen the look on your face! And my friend, I’ll tell you the moral of the story…Question anything with suspicion, even the Chinese, otherwise who knows what will be unleashed!”

• The Roadmap: Spanish Painters, German Pop Music & Iced Tea
  by RedBubble

  Every 5-ish weeks we take a bit of time out to regroup, argue talk about what we think we need to do next, what’s broken, what we dream…

  Every 5-ish weeks we take a bit of time out to regroup, argue talk about what we think we need to do next, what’s broken, what we dream of doing eventually, crazy marketing ideas, even crazier tech ideas, problems, solutions, etc. The nerds (myself included) also get a chance to tinker around with new code, do little experiments and fix things we haven’t had time for in the regular mad rush to get stuff done. At the end of this 5th week we tend to have a massive pile of things we’d love to do and a sense of which of those are most important. Pete usually thinks there’s not enough there, and the dev team usually curls up in the fetal position terrified about how much work there is. “What does this have to do with Spanish painters, german pop music or iced tea?” you ask? Each one of these 5-week cycles is named after a particular artist or creative type we like (or at least one we think is amusing), starting with “A” for Archibald and working our way through the alphabet. We recently wrapped up the Goya and Hasselhoff cycles, and we’ve just started work on Ice T. You can blame Hasselhoff on me (the pictures of the Hoff around the office were punishment enough) and Ice T on Xavier. Anyway, we recently had one of these 5th weeks to figure out what we were trying achieve with Ice T, and we think it’s either (a) a really good idea, or (b) a really crazy idea to let you all know what’s on the roadmap and what’s really important to us for the immediate future. Of course, this is not a promise that we’ll get it all done, and it certainly doesn’t mean that we’re ignoring the other million things on the list. Have patience! Without any further ramblings, in no particular order, here’s what’s up with Ice T: some more love for Groups some buyer-oriented pages and paths through the site for shoppers a whole lotta love for our fulfillment houses so that they can process, make and ship your orders faster a whole lotta love for our back-end accounting system bigger/better canvas prints posters (these look beautiful!) postcards supersized products (yup, we want big to be bigger!) measurements in both metric and imperial gift vouchers gift wrapping wishlists more currencies something other than paypal for payments a two-minute tour for new visitors some tools to help artists promote themselves elsewhere on the web tools for us admins and moderators edit/delete tools for comments planning out some super secret stuff for the “J” release a whole lot of little/boring/techy things you don’t need to hear about This list will definitely change, twist and morph, but hopefully it’s still useful for you guys to see what’s coming up, and to know we’re listening. What should we name the “J” release? We’ve had plenty of painters, musicians and questionable actors, so perhaps it’s time for a writer, or a photographer, or a sculptor, or…? — Justin

• I will not rest until I get a Posse
  by thickblackoutline

  OK Kids, Serious talks now. We all know the Monster Party is on, I’ve told you all about Earl. / He needs votes everyday, there’s toug…

  OK Kids, Serious talks now. We all know the Monster Party is on, I’ve told you all about Earl. / He needs votes everyday, there’s tough competition going on with another monster. So, we need a TBO Posse™ ~ its obvious that is what this other person has. You can vote once a day, and please do by clicking here / 1st Monster, 3rd Line ~ you can’t go wrong. You don’t need to join, register emails, think of usernames and passwords JUST CLICK! Doing it for the kids, and Australia! Much Love, /

• Two Things!!!
  by Karin Taylor

  / 1. Spotting Rainbows....

  / 1. Spotting Rainbows just got featured in All the Colours of the Rainbow Group and I want to thank the hosts or whoever chose it!! / Little Green Teapot TShirt sold just a few hours ago to a mystery buyer….thank you whoever bought it and hope you have heaps of fun wearing it around or giving it to someone else who’s gonna wear it around :D

• The Geisha Tea Party (Detail)
  by thickblackoutline

  Hi Kids, As this …

  Hi Kids, As this is such an epic piece, and took me a few weeks to complete, I thought I’d put a bit of an explanation about it here. It’s all almost like a bit of a “best of TBO” with all your fav Geishas at a Tea Party, along the lines of the Original Tea Party I’ve redone 7 geishas for this, which are, (in no particular order): Osaka Nights / Yakuza Babe / Bloody Mary (my fav) / Phoenix / Frosti / Marymary (The Gardener) / Tea Geisha (“remixed” a few times now, she was half done in the first place) / Enjoy Kids!! (phew) Go back to The Geisha Tea Party Much Love, /

• Earl is cooler!
  by thickblackoutline

  Hi Kids!! We know I get a bit excited about my work and tend to post it before I consider all the options of cool ™! So originall…

  Hi Kids!! We know I get a bit excited about my work and tend to post it before I consider all the options of cool ™! So originally we had this, he looks nice, very cool work indeed! But then i thought YES he should be grey…... / and then i thought sure, but lets do that thing so the cup is whatever the colour of the tea is, i like that trick… i had it so the saucer changed too, but we were losing too much detail with the dark vs the light tees. Check him out here – Earl was rather roboty to begin with! / / ... and what the nose is now was going to be the mouth – ahh so many ways you could do this!! too much fun! Someone is chatty tonight! ;) Much Love, /

• Vote for Australia (and me!)
  by thickblackoutline

  Hi Kids! Voting is up and running for StudioAiko’s Monster Party that I was tel…

  Hi Kids! Voting is up and running for StudioAiko’s Monster Party that I was telling you about with my Earl – the Tea Monster tshirt. I am the only Aussie there, so please show your support by clicking on Vote ~ you don’t need to join, register emails, think of usernames and passwords (hooray!) JUST CLICK! Click here to go to the Party and Vote ... mine is Line 3, Position 1 – Earl (ooh who remembers that? lol) Much Love and Grey Monsters /

• Hidden Treasure/Little Green Teapot
  by Karin Taylor

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  Today i got two more surprises!!! Firstly my new dear sweet bubble friend udonchow purchased my Hidden Treasure card from my ! and I thank you so much udonchow, i hope you will really like it very much! Secondly a dear old friend i used to play with when i was a young girl has reappeared into my life again through Facebook, her name is Priscilla (or Pris for short) and we both had fathers in the Police….we used to dance ourselves silly to Abba….lol….well, today Pris purchased Little Green Teapot long sleeved tee from my ....and i am really tickled pink!!!! Thank you Priscilla :D I hope you enjoy wearing it!!

• Little Green Teapot Sale
  by Karin Taylor

  I am soooo excited!!! / I have just sold a tshirt to a MYsterY BUyeR / tHANKs soo much to the person that bought it…. / I hope you love …

  I am soooo excited!!! / I have just sold a tshirt to a MYsterY BUyeR / tHANKs soo much to the person that bought it…. / I hope you love it!!! Little Green Teapot TShirt / Little Green Teapot in a Circle TShirt / Little Greet Teapot Greeting Card / Little Green Teapot Design /

• Jumpin' Jahoesaphat! Alf
  by Karin Taylor

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  hello again…. i was just taking a quick look in my activities monitor and not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 cards of mine just sold hot off the printing press to the loveliest fellow, photographic wiz Alf Caruna . Please do visit Alf’s bubble and do some exploring, his work is of the highest calibre!! The cards Alf chose from my portfolio were: / Maiden Voyage from the / Little Green Teapot from the / (she is my most popular design) / SOS from the / Minstral Fairy from the

• BubbleWRAP Monday - More about Painters, Music & Tea
  by community

  Check out the latest issue of BubbleWRAP as written by YOU, to get to know your fellow Bubblers…

  Check out the latest issue of BubbleWRAP as written by YOU, to get to know your fellow Bubblers Toxteth O’Grady, Stacy Lee, Helen Sewell, Melody & Sometimes; find out what’s next on the agenda; read Pilgrim’s conceptions on the Evolution of Art; embark upon a journey with Danny in his Kathleen Interview; share some emotions with Damian in Family Bonds (Flash Fiction); find out what fuels the Scots in Ode to Porra by photogenique; or read about a Bubbler’s upcoming serial novel in Kathleen’s Wolf Hollow Interview with Kate Smith. And Don’t Forget / We want YOU – the RedBubble Community – to drive the inspiration and creative content of BubbleWRAP. We want you to share with us everything that excites your inner child or anything that inspires your creative pursuits. They can be in any form that you find them, be it images or designs, stories or interviews, poetry or tshirts, quotes or collaborations – the list is endless. We want BubbleWRAP to become a showcase of your brilliance. Send any entries (such as image and tee reviews, member interviews or inspiring stories) to: / tom@redbubble.com

• Don't be shy
  by thickblackoutline

  Vote some more! :D Hi Kids, Voting for StudioAiko’s Monster Party still nee…

  Vote some more! :D Hi Kids, Voting for StudioAiko’s Monster Party still needs your clicks every day! I am the only Aussie there ~ you DON’T need to join, register emails, think of usernames and passwords (hooray!) JUST CLICK! Click here to go to the Party and Vote ... mine is the first one in the third row. Much Love and Grey Monstery voting, /

• CafeLatte21 buys a card!
  by Karin Taylor

  CafeLatte21 purchased Little Green Teapot Card...

  CafeLatte21 purchased Little Green Teapot Card / from me today, thank you so very much to you! Please check out her bubble, she has just done the most divine pink teddy bear called Pink Teddy Bear!!!!!! Check out CafeLatte21 / Little Green Teapot

• Flying Saucers Featured
  by Karin Taylor

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  / Just got me a little thrill, Printmakers have featured my little print of Flying Saucers….yaya!! thanx guys!!

• James Lillis buys a card
  by Karin Taylor

  James Lillis fellow red bubbler from the Brissy region (Brisbane Qld Australia for our over…

  James Lillis fellow red bubbler from the Brissy region (Brisbane Qld Australia for our overseas buddies) just bought a card from me in this cool little comp he had goin….you had to tell him why he should buy one of your designs….he was gonna buy a tee…but looks like he opted for cards instead …..whoa…..thank you James yayayayay!!! / i have no idea how i convinced him to buy this Little Green Teapot card because i was trying convince him to buy a Baby Bull Production TShirt / but James had other ideas..lol / THANK YOU SO MUCH JAMES FOR SUPPORTING ME AND OTHER ARTISTS ON RED BUBBLE it is very much appreciated!!!!!

• RB stole my saturday
  by tambatoys

  So I finally finished reloading all my tshirt designs…. 6 hrs later in case you unaware RB are changing the tshirt printer soon and we …

  So I finally finished reloading all my tshirt designs…. 6 hrs later in case you unaware RB are changing the tshirt printer soon and we now have to delete all white from all tshirt designs, unless part of the design or it will be printed as white, so that meant many,many hours of redoing all my t’s. Dam you RB!!! Only kidding, it has not been too bad actually, listening to music all day drinking cups of tea and photoshoping, hhhmmm well actually that is usually how I spend my Saturdays…...............

• Injection of TBOs
  by thickblackoutline

  Hi Kids! I have just reuploaded The Tea Party with a bit …

  Hi Kids! I have just reuploaded The Tea Party with a bit of a revised version. Its such a huge piece, and I thought it could be nice to have a “fresh coat of paint” so to speak. This is the most popular out of the series, thank you to everyone who’s bought it over the last 13 months!! :) I had submitted this version to a Yen Curvy mag submission, but it didn’t have the stuff. :| I’m going to start going though and seeing what else might need a bit of a revise. Much love, / edit: /

• Elephants like Green Tea
  by Karin Taylor

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  Hi, I bet you didn’t know that!!! / A word of caution, if you have a pet elephant don’t try it…..as I’m just trickin’!!!! / I just said that because my bubbly friend georgiegirl who does gorgeous gorgeous arty farty stuff (which you should check out…i love her gorgeous birdy drawing in particular) and she takes great pix too….also, her mum is a bubbler too, wow, fancy that!!!!!! if you go to georgiegirls bubble, you can get to her mum’s bubble from the link she’s provided (deep breath) just bought two of my cards!!!!!!! *Thank you so much georgiegirl i hope you enjoy these :D / Asha / Little Green Teapot

• High Tea gets all suited and booted.. well Laminated! Woohoo!
  by Paul Tupman

  Woohooooo… woke up this morning to see that High Tea is about to get la…

  Woohooooo… woke up this morning to see that High Tea is about to get laminated and make its debut on somebodys wall! Thank you so much to whoever bought this piece, you have really made my day… I love waking up to this. Its a piece that I really enjoyed working on, so I hope you get as much joy from the print. Thanks again, all Paul

• ***last chance to kill mister khan***
  by mister khan

  your last chance to kill mister khan. update. mister khan offered to make on-line virtual suicide for pleasure of redbubble us…

  your last chance to kill mister khan. update. mister khan offered to make on-line virtual suicide for pleasure of redbubble users who now think he deserve now to die after serious online moustache abuse scandal and repent for unfortunate deep sea fishing manslaughter incident. problem to decide HOW to die, if now die. (it big creative window no?). fleece say ‘live’. fleece say my master fighting ‘mediocrasy’ which i no spell WarOfROSES suggesting ‘try shotgun mouthwash, then post hirez.’ which seem good effectiveness. if do on big kanvas make nice work too, and less clean up work for butler. i suggest him. jienn heibloem say ‘stay, go…it’s up to you’. what mister khan say is NO. STOP. WRONG. MISSING OF POINT. whole point being ‘up to you’, not up to him’, now he dedicate his life to redbubble like a soldier to the trench. Mrs. Whirligig also saying similairs- ‘Why do you need other people to decide your fate for you? It’s your life, your decision’. i go ask mister khan now this question. he mumble into silk stocking stuffed into mouth. i think what he try to say is after kinky game cannot make decision because hands are tied. and he like it that way. why no pretty redbubble girl who want to help him achieve production/ reproduction? he have noble ears and excellent fetlocks. in our country this very good. mister khan wishing well on everybody, and invite for tea. butler.

• Roughly Speaking 11
  by RoughDiamond

  “How are you love? I don’t know your face do I?” “No I’m new, only been living here for a year” She looked like her face had b…

  “How are you love? I don’t know your face do I?” “No I’m new, only been living here for a year” She looked like her face had been carved out of blazing red Australian soil and left to dry in the sun during the longest drought in history. Eyeing me closely, her face perhaps no more than a foot from mine, her breath smelled of tea and chocolate crackles. Mrs H as she is affectionately known, was born in this town over 80 years ago, and will die in this town. “Oh well no wonder. Wanna cuppa? You with him then?” she continued, pointing at D. Boss._ “Yes just started a couple of weeks ago. Still learni….” “Ethel!! Wait wait!! Those sausage rolls are for later … don’t put them out now!” No sooner had she established who I was attached to that her mind and eye wondered onto more important things … like the sausage rolls and their rightful and proper appearance at such an important event. Hence was my baptism of “Group photos – senior citizens – 50th anniversary reunion” I watched facinated as D.Boss, who has been at this job for almost 30 years, gently maneuvered the ladies into position for a group photo. Either he was on some really good valium, or he’s learned the hard way that the only way to deal with this situation is to stay calm … very calm … very very calm. I clicked away at a few people, mostly to look like I was actually working, all the while watching as he eventually herded them into place. A few shots later and it was all over. I casually mentioned that this was almost as bad as a wedding. It’s worse!! Much worse!!! He grinned._ I like my new boss. He must have a lot of confidence in me because next weekend, he’s away. So, after only a few hours of practical out there in the big wide world of sports/journalist photography I’m on my own … with his camera that has more settings than a Boeing 747 and weighs just as much. Wish me luck fellow shooters … I’m terrifed!!!!!

• Laptop in Bed with Tea, Wires, and Covers.
  by DLKeur

  Well, me and my laptop are in bed. DSL connect keeps getting wrapped up in the covers. I’ve orders to “stay in bed,” which is a very di…

  Well, me and my laptop are in bed. DSL connect keeps getting wrapped up in the covers. I’ve orders to “stay in bed,” which is a very difficult thing for me. I notice that my help uploaded more of my T-Shirt designs, converting them to redbubble specs. I’ll have to thank her when she gets to the office. So, between naps, I’ll be surfing the bubble, and maybe trying to do a bit of writing or artwork. This “disease” which is running rampant through the schools and the community here, is nasty and ugly. Goes from a head-cold to a chest-cold, and attacks the inner ear making walking a dangerous activity as suddenly the world turns sideways without you even realizing it happened except for the fact that you’ve got a sore face from landing on hard floor. According to health folks, this thing just keeps going round and round. You get over one bout of it, then it comes back later via somebody else, a changed creature and the fight begins all over. Needless to say, I’m NOT amused.

• A Lovely Cup O' Tea
  by S.I. Sheehan

  Twice a day, I enjoy a lovely cup of tea. Placing the tea bag into the mug, I fill the mug half way with fresh water. I then microwave it…

  Twice a day, I enjoy a lovely cup of tea. Placing the tea bag into the mug, I fill the mug half way with fresh water. I then microwave it for three minutes. To cool it, it is topped off with more fresh water. I do not stir it. Today, my daughter called my attention to the heart shape on top of the tea. She also noticed that above it looked like writing, perhaps Merlin she proposed. I laughed, took a photo, and thought it would be interesting to share here. Let me know what you think, LOL! Image and text created by Susan Isabella Sheehan / “Art Is The Perception Of An Altered Reality©” / Copyright 2008 Surreal Digital Artist™ I invite you to visit Surreal Digital Artist

• "Tea time dreaming" featured
  by Lenka

  It’s my big pleasure to let you know that my photograph Tea time dreaming-...

  It’s my big pleasure to let you know that my photograph Tea time dreaming became featured in the Still Life Photography Group: