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What a graet idea for a challenge!

Frank

Thanks Frank!

I am really excited about this month's challenge! BorisB has uploaded a wonderfully amusing image today in his gallery of a lamb standing on top of his mother! I hope he will post it here!

I think in today's life we can all do with a laugh!

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This is my image, I hope you will enjoy it.

Best regards
Boris

Oh Boris - thank you for uploading it here in the challenge! I just find it so perfectly in line with this month's theme and excellent to open the challenge with !!

It is soooo funny!!! It is the first time ever that I've seen a scene like this!

Bravo!

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Very nice and funny image,Boris!  :-))

Great idea, Carin, and such cute and fine opening of this challenge by Boris and the lovely lamb!
Great shot, Boris!!!

I'm really enthusiastic and curious about what we will be surprised.
I already have a preview :D

Success everyone,

Much greetings,
Mies.

Thanks Mies!
I am sure it is going to be a laugh!!!

I'm looking forward to your first entry!!!

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Nice one, Boris :)

I'm guessing that animals will play a big part in this challenge.  I got this one this weekend and had thought of posting it to my gallery...but this seems like a great place to put it!  This is what I see when I try to sweep under my gazebo...or any place else.  Our sweet puppy loves chasing the broom.

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Oh PJ - full marks for this one!
You won't believe it, but I was thinking of your puppy when I made the collage for the challenge - and there he comes through!!!
I agree - animals will play a huge part in the challenge!

Great one!!!

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P.J., this a GREAT!!!

Are there still hairs on your broom? (LOL)

This will be fun to browse time to time....so far works, great entries. 

seeyus  T

Ohhhh what fun!!!!  I can't wait to see all the posts (and have my fair share of laughs)

Great idea for this month  :thumbupboth:

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Thanks!!! I agree - it is going to be a real hoot!!!

Your great idea is on the list for Challenge topics - so me might have that pretty soon too!

Looking forward to your first upload!!1

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Come on Kitty... Let's play........  

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Oh, poor Kitty.
Big smile here, Carin!

Such great image!
:laugh:
Bye, friends!

Too funny!  Don't know which I feel sorrier for, the kitty's tail being pulled, or the dog's mouth which has got to be pretty hairy now...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Gilda tried this when MissFITS was a few months old but it didn't work out so good for her... She's been able to wear a hoop earring in her left ear ever since. :-)  Cute shot for sure.

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Hehe... PJ - you crack me up!!! "Hoop earring in the left ear!!" LMAO!!!

Thanks guys - hopefully this weekend will be quiet and can go out and shoot some stuff!!!

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I hope its not cheating but I was doing a photo shoot with two of my more reliable models today... we were simulating that "Island" feeling.  They weren't really getting into it as you can see.  The red-head, Miss Gilda, seemed to pray alot to some unseen god, and Jessie with the white streaks in her hair was totally mortified. 

So much for that "Island" atmosphere... LOL

I put them together because they seemed to be of one mind...and it certainly wasn't my mind they were melding with!

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A recent portrait shoot, with lots of assistance from my friend Boxxie.

I have to giggle when I see this shot, Ocoee53. there is so much feeling in it. Outstanding!**
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LOL PJ, love that (if there is a god for dogs) shot!  Too funny. They do hate being dressed up.

Ocoee53, just what was that dog whispering into her ear to make her laugh so??? I agree with PJ, it does make you want to laugh right along with the photo.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

PJ...Island mood spot on. lol.

seeya  T

PJ - LMAO... Your models do seem petrified.... I must admit - Gilda do look stunning in her island style skirt!!!

Charles - that is an awesome shot!!! He was either licking her ear or whispering something dang funny to her!!! Well done!

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Hummm..so many animal pics and you have to love these photos...Noah would be happy.   I hope to put one up soon.

"The house is child proofed but they still get in"

Screech Owl babies... ( See three others in my gallery.)

"The house is child proofed but they still get in"

Oh I love the expression on their faces Tom!!! It is hilarious! Thanks for sharing it here in the forum!!

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Oh dear!
I love so much these photo's :tt1:

What a wonderful contribution to this challenge.
Of whom I am deeply impressed.
(In a stunning way).

With much compliments, and a big smile,
Mies.

Tom, that image is so cute and funny at the same time I don't know whether to giggle or say "awwwww".  Great submit for this month's challenge.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Tom, you crack me up!  This is great!!!

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 Just hanging-out

A smile is a curve that has set many things straight

 drying-creation

A smile is a curve that has set many things straight

origami with towels??? You are so much more than a stupendous photographer! LOL  This is so unexpected it just makes me burst out in giggles!

and Tom, you knew those owls would bring great joy to me, right? :-)

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Well now next time I'm at a hotel I'm going to have to leave all the towels origamied (just too bad I'll not be a fly on the wall to see the expressions of the cleaning crews...)  too funny!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

OK, I'm in the cemetery concentrating on getting some shots for a weekly competition (for another site) and I look over and here is my son and his fiancee so very irreverently picking and eating mulberries from one of the ornamental trees....  

I just shook my head as I grinned and snapped a shot of the mulberry munchers .

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

and people give me a hard time because I can often be found eating while doing my wildlife artistry! Fun shot and full of "life."

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tofi - How utterly enjoyable!!! I cannot believe what you did with towels!!! I had such fun now exploring your pics!!! Like PJ said - unexpected and so funny!!! Thank you!!!

Yvonne - LOL... Yip - that could be frowned upon by some!!! Nice catch... "stealing" fruit in a cemetary!!! LOL...

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This is definately perhaps the most sweet thing and so cute thing i have seen , apparently done by kids, in a small village in Australia with their parents.... made me laugh very much...BUT i deeply hope that BELLA is back home now ! 

AH! so funny!  I bet this put a lot of smiles on a lot of faces! Excellent work and very appropriate for the challenge!

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Oh gosh, hope it isn't Bar-B-Que Bella now...  

Cute photo, it does put a smile on the face

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Oh, Tofi!!!
I couldn't stop laughing about you, hanging in that towels.
I really thought you where in there. (LOL).

And such a happy and special photo, of your sun and  fiancee. That contrast, LovelyPoetress!

Well, Marco have you found that 'Bella'?
Such cute thing, and with tel. nr. .
Ring, ring, where is our Bella, hahaha ;-)

Till soon, I hope :-)
Bye to all, Mies.

Marcos22 - I just came home after a long, hard day and this was the first ebot I opened! I actually laughed out load!!!
So sweet!!!! I also laughed at Yvonne's comment about BBQ Bella!!!
great one indeed!!!

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Nice to hear you had a laugh thanks to my pics
If you want other pictures, not shot by me
give me your e mail adress and I hope you will forget your hard day and continue to laugh.

My name is Marc.... Marcos is my greek name (father greek lived in South Africa
during World War from 1943 to 1945, mother french)
I of course love Greece.
Never been to South Africa but spend 1 month in Kenya in 1980.
Never will forget Kenya, my pictures made with Vue in my gallery speek by themselves and are a mix of my imagination and souvenirs I have from this country and the special feeling of African atmosphere and the beauty of wild nature.
When your a European...you may know what I mean ?

Have a good day and thanks  again for letting me know about the forum.

Regards

MARC
 

Marc - you should have been here in South Africa for the Soccer World Cup to support Greece!!!
It is small world!!!

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Listen you guys, if it's such a small world, how come I can't get off this continent???  LOL 

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I don't like Soccer, but I like diving .... two diffrent worlds i think !?

But sometimes,   fishes themselves do like soccer....I don't know why but
i have taken a shot which proves it !

Have a look !

Oh, now that's a hoot! LOL

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Oh Marc - this is funny!!! It is just going to be a long swim....

PJ - LOL... Maybe Marc can pic you up on the way... Get fins and goggles ready!!!!!

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Okay! After all these stunning ones, here are my legs ;-) I just let them swing!

Hehehe... Very amuzing Mies!!!  They are "kick-ass" funny!!!!

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I have always found department store lingerie displays amusing. this one is hilarious! 

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Love the legs, Meis! 

of course, I'd want to walk off with the display and plant it in the middle of a flower garden just for kicks and giggles....

:tt2:

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Quote - Love the legs, Meis! 

of course, I'd want to walk off with the display and plant it in the middle of a flower garden just for kicks and giggles....
:tt2:

Thank you L.P.,
Your idea is just great!
I'm going to steal them and put them in our front yard. Then I make pictures of passers-by. Can I post pictures here again, haha!

I like your thinking Mies!!!

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Thank you Carin. Sometimes my ideas are good. But now even really do.

You know what?
I ask for assistance our new gardener.
What do you think of him?
Isn't he great?
In any case he could be a great help!

I hope so :blink:
p.s. What I also hope is, that this one don't need an advisory :sneaky:

Wha-ha-ha-ha.... 

Oh Mies - how funny!!!! I love your gardener and I bet you he is better than mine who has actually got a head but isn't using it!!!

Thanks for the laugh... I needed it this morning!!!

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Wha-ha-ha-ha... back,
to everyone who like to laugh!

: There are more people who have a head, but are not  using it.
You doesn't have to be a gardener, for that.

Sometimes I ask myself,: " why do you have a head, sir - madam"?
You must return to the main store, and order another .
Or, can't you find the right buttons there, up above?

Just kidding of course. :biggrin:
Bye bye

Wow what a great assortment of photos this month, they really made me smile. I had to join in.

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Another smile from Candy Island.

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Pretty blue eyes, there on Location 'There' (LOL) :rolleyes:

Kidding **TwoPynts, its very funny and a very nice idea too!!!

(Love the shadows also.)****

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Thanks dochtersions. :) One more - the alien strikes again!

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Oh, this is such cute.
Is this you, behind the alien, Twopynts?

Stunning one, and great fun here!
Greetings,
Mies.

p.s. You forgot to cut your fingernails, you know?

Oh Kort - I absolutely love the smiling candy!!! What a neat idea!!! It really made me smile!!!

And your little girl with the Alien... hiehiehie... So sweet!

Well done indeed!!!!

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My brother's one Jack Russell named SPOOK with means 'ghost' is a real treat to watch when she chases a laser light! My brother shines the light and she goes crazy - she even climbs walls! This was snapped on just such an occasion - you can see the light just above her nose!!!

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Great laughing-photo Carin.
An amazing acrobat , such fun to see this:

Spook
who
does take a look
if its
spooking
there ;-)

:ohmy: GREAT,
 Mies.

Do you still like me? Please give me a kiss!

Oh Mies - this just cracked me up!!! How funny and your words just add to the humor!!!
Excellent shot for the Forum!!!!

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Ok, I've been side-tracked for awhile and just getting back.  I'm rolling on the floor of my office as I look at these shots. Very creative ideas and very well photographed - every one of them!

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Had to share one more. My fourth, not part of the challenge. This is my boss wearing a funky costume. Lovely, eh? ;)

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Really, your boss?  Is he a dentist, or what?
Oh, this is amusing me a lot, Kort (if that name is okay(?))
Big boss, big smile,
MIes :lol:

Kort, I know a guy who hangs around the downtown mall who could pass as his twin. :-) 

Cracked up me! LOL

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rush-hour..:)

 I'm sorry for not fully participating lately, and not commenting on the photographs you have posted here... though they are all fantastic, creative, and funny indeed!  You guys made me lol literally :)  Here is one more snap shot from my end :)  What is that??  Well, people in a trance.. dancing.  It was pretty interesting to view their expressions!

A smile is a curve that has set many things straight

I'm late again. Wonderful idea and great images!  I've been laughing none stop!  I'll add an animal to all the hilarious ones I've seen so far.  This is my laptop being displaced by my lapcat. My lap is under there somewhere. 

I saw this today, on the way home from work.

Tofi, as growing up where I did, I often had the chance to see spiritual trances during rituals and you caught it in your post.  The faces are really hard to take seriously. :-) 

myrrhluz, those are 2 really great shots and so different in subjects. Couldn't say which is better....they both crack me up.

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Oh Gosh - for some reason I did not get the ebots for these last uploads!

@ Kort - Wha-ha-ha... Mies asks if he is a dentist - I think he might need a dentist! Very funny indeed!!!

@ Priska - What fun... even airports have rush hour!!! Very funny!

@ Tofi - Oh dear me... that seems like a fun thing to do... dancing in a trance!!!

@ myrrhluz - You really creacked me up with both your shots! I love that cat's attitude... A real mean machine... And the sign - wha-ha-ha... That is a first I  must admit!

Cool pics all... keep them coming!

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YES, cool pics. that little airplain after that big one, so funny!
The trancedance, oh, oh, that guy, he's 'making it'.
And that 'lapcat' is hypnotic stunning, with his/her eyes.
Amazing !
Now MY sidewalk here is closed!!!

:laugh: (LOL) Mies.

this is a fun thread :) ..will be back later to explore more of it.

This has been such a fun challenge!  Here's my last. 

Myrrhluz, love that "sidewalk closed" shot, nothing like stating the obvious!  LOL

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Well I didn't get out and about as much as I wanted this month, so I'm going to sneak in a few shots I already had.

This one cracks me up every time I see it, you can tell Annexie thought that particular spoonful of jello was totally misdirected.....

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

We find playing Bananagrams rather challenging around our house, Mitzie always insists on playing too!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

LOL! Very funny shots, LovelyPoetess! Glad you put them in! I love Annexie's expression! That's a very eloquent eyebrow!  Your second image made me think of a cousin, his Siamese cat and a deck of cards. 

here one of two dogs checking out a dead fish on the beach

what you see is not what you know; it in your face

It looks like his eyes are bigger than his stomach. Great shot, jocko!

Now that's funny! LOL

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LOL... I love the kitty playing along and the misdirected jello!!!
Well, they are all funny... I wonder what the dogs were thinking about the strange creature on the beach that is almost bigger than them!!!

Thanks all - I needed the giggle this morning!

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This guy was on his way to watch the Netherlands match.... I guess I take the cake for being very late... Clive

 LOL! He's got a serious expression below his cautionary hat.  I'm glad he's letting everyone know what lurks within.  Great capture!

And, ya know what???  I'm glad you slipped in with this conehead!  Priceless shot and a belly-laugh for sure. Bet his wife stayed 10 feet away as she moved through the crowd lest someone think he belonged to her...LOL 

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Hehehe.... Oh what a delight!!! I love it Clive!

Thanks for giving us a good final laugh with this one!!!!

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"He who laughs last, laughs best."!
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Indeed Mies!!!

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