Bah! Humbug!

There are literally hundreds of listings on ebay for unwanted Christmas gifts, mostly from scorned lovers, surely the decent thing to do is give them back?

Here's just a few...

...and they say romance is dead.

"I don't want the person finding out I am selling them" ...so I thought I'd stick them on the most popular auction site on the planet!

He sounds like a real 'SUMBAG'.

Really Angry Birds

Last minute Christmas shopping?

Man there's some angry chicks out there!

Have Your Apocalypse Now!

Don't leave it 'til later.

Arbeit macht frei

The warm, welcoming sight of Mansfield's Christmas lights...

The Frank Sidebottom Fan Club?

Photo by Maloy Debnath.

Feeling Lucky?

Take a trip to Win Hill in the Derbyshire Peak District.

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Dirty Netball

Obscenities printed on Australian Netball Team's kit...

...oooh, it shouldn't be allowed!

Separated at Birth?

When I saw this picture of Holly Willoughby with a mouthful of Maltesers, it reminded me of someone?

Amanda Lamb

Harry Hill's Amanda Lamb Song from TV Burp...

Da-Da-Da-Der

Spotted this little chap on the way to work and it reminded me of the Toyota Yaris 'Silence the City' advert featuring the Proclaimers song 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)'...

Get a REAL train

With all the fuss over the British West Coast Main Line at the moment, I thought I'd post this photo I took in a train station in Barcelona, where the trains are 'proper'.

Death by Hopscotch

Spotted this death defying game on a trip to Barcelona back in 2004, it's known as Hopscotch to oblivion elsewhere on the web.

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Banana Bike

The great thing about this paint job, is that flecks of dirt, tar and dead insects would all add to the effect, so you'd hardly ever have to clean it!

Morph 2.0

Isn't it about time Aardman revived Morph?

Holy Double Dildo

Is it an age thing, I don't remember Spider-Man ever needing sex aids before?

Watch out Mary Jane!!!

Stepford Cars

Have you noticed how popular silver cars are nowadays?

There were another four in the line, but I couldn't get them all in the shot.

Road to Nowhere

I was taking a walk down Squires Lane in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, when things took an unexpected turn...

Skegness

Here's a mock promotional billboard poster for the quintessential English seaside resort that is Skegness...

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And here's a closeup of that Jolly Fisherman tattoo (I know you were looking)...

World War II in (partial) colour

Adding a small amount of colour to a black and white photo can sometimes make an image all the more powerful. Here's a couple I tried from WWII...

The liberation of Paris

African American regiment, the 41st Engineers, on parade

Christmas 1942, US soldiers carol singing in Iceland

World War I in (partial) colour

A little more colourising fun, here with some photos from WWI.

We all live in a 'Yellowised' submarine...

This one reminds me of the Apple iMac 'Flavour' adverts from the late 90s...

Last one in's a sissy...

Ouch...

Sergeant Stubby stands to attention...

Fun with Blondie

Another example of 'Yellowising' (I'm coining a new phrase).

Smile

Here's an excellent photo by Aisa Villarosa from Detroit, which I thought was crying out for just a spot of yellow... 

Photo Revival

Here's what I believed to be a very poor photo (taken on my phone) from a Gogol Bordello gig that I attended.

When I looked more closely, and mainly because someone was holding a can aloft, I spotted an opportunity to turn it in to an advert for Red Stripe Lager.

Diamond Jubilee Drawing Competition

The indoor market at Alfreton, Derbyshire, ran a drawing competition leading up to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. I know the moment has passed now, but I couldn't find them uploaded anywhere and thought they were too good not to be seen. So here they are...

I'm sorry, I never did find out who won, but you can make up your own mind.

A (re)Touching Tale

I was asked recently to restore an old photo, for a friend of my father who'd been carrying, in his pocket for many years, the only image that he possessed of his long since deceased wife.

I managed to get most of the major creases out... 

Then I decided to try a little colour, I had to guess at the colour of the skirt and hair, and offered to change it, if it was wrong. The reply came back to me, that she had been gone for so long that he couldn't remember the colour of her hair. I thought this was rather sad...

I think she looks like a redhead.