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**Ron Duke** · 02 April 2006, 05:58 PM

Norman,
You're quite good with caricatures!
ron

**-=Drifter=-** · 02 April 2006, 06:07 PM

Norm, did you draw that soldier??? If so, you did a GREAT JOB!!!!!

**parahandy** · 02 April 2006, 07:17 PM

Yes Bob I originally drew it with DPaintII. I accompany this with another oldie..

**-=Drifter=-** · 02 April 2006, 07:44 PM

hahahahaha, MOST EXCELLENT! kind of along the same theme as kiwi and graphicsman are doing animations of right now.

**parahandy** · 02 April 2006, 07:45 PM

Thanks Ron , my latest effort just evolved from drawing 3 random shapes which I did not have to change, I just filled them up with colour and detail. and lo and behold that funny wee man appeared.

**parahandy** · 02 April 2006, 08:05 PM

Yes Bob, thats what brought it to my mind I drew the character wondered what to do with him, reduced him in size and made him a kerplunker maker, it evolved from an old joke about this person who joined the navy on an aircraft carrier and to get out of duties he claimed to be a Kerplunker maker the officers so as not to show their ignorance asked him to make a kerplunker.So with a special workshop locked doors and all that , special priviledges, he eventually, after putting them off for several months the great day arrived he produced this Heath Robinson (eccentric english inventor) machine. It was brought up to the main deck with the flight lift, marine bands playing , flags flying .Then with a grinding of gears, tummity tum tummity tum , a little steel ballbearing rose out of the machine rolled down a channel dropped to the deck and rolled about 100 feet to the end of the carrier where it dropped into the ocean and went KERPLUNK!!!!!. so know you know.

**-=Drifter=-** · 02 April 2006, 08:33 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

That's great!!! Tell us some more stories, Uncle Norman, I'll keep the campfire going.

**Simon Beck** · 02 April 2006, 11:38 PM

Interestingly I had just finished drawing the following draft logo when I checked the list and saw the "Sergeant-Major" cartoon. Spooky or what?

**parahandy** · 03 April 2006, 08:58 AM

Very good Simon, may I point out your officer has 3 pips denoting a Captain a Major has a crown only. I like the hat.

......Norman

**Grafixman** · 03 April 2006, 02:41 PM

Haha... Kerplunker. Very interesting drawing and story. I did a Google search for kerplunker and was rewarded with two pictures of a girl and one small thumbnail of a guy sitting on a latrine reading ...

I guess that's the easier way to make kerplunkers...