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Pumpkin poot

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[*Four frame cartoon. In all the frames Paul is standing up washing dishes at the sink with his back to Joe and Little Pumpkin who are sitting on the floor playing with blocks. Frame 1 - Paul is concentrating on washing up. Joe and Little Pumpkin are concentrating on the blocks. Frame 2 - Little Pumpkin lets out a poot that catches Paul's attention and makes Joe smile. Frame 3 - Paul looks over his shoulder and down at the two of them on the floor. Joe and Little Pumpkin look up at Paul. Joe says to Paul "Excuse me." Frame 4 - Paul goes back to washing up, Joe goes back to the blocks. Little Pumpkin looks up at Joe and thinks to herself "You're my favourite uncle."*]

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Canine communication

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[*Four frame cartoon. In all the frames Tuppence, Joe's enormous and friendly dog, is standing in the room facing Joe and Paul. There are some toy blocks on the ground. Frame 1 - Tuppence concentrates on Joe as Joe points to the blocks on the floor and says to Paul "I've taught Tuppence to spell using alphabet blocks." Frame 2 - Tuppence bends down to look Joe in the eye as Joe says "Do you want to go for a walk, a treat or a tummy rub?". Frame 3 - Tuppence looks down at the blocks and uses his paw to start spelling out his answer to Joe. Joe calls out the letters "W ... O ... O ... F". Joe and Tuppence look expectantly at Paul who says "We'll that's not very helpful."*]

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Holiday snaps

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[*Four frame cartoon. In all the frames Joe and Paul are sitting on a ski lift with snowboards on their feet talking to each other as the large snow capped mountains slowly move behind them. Frame 1 - As Joe is admiring the view Paul says "Great choice of location for a boys weekend Joe." Frame 2 - Joe turns to Paul and says "Yep, what I love most about the snow is you can't get bitten by sharks." Frame 3 - "How much did they charge us for the accomodation and gear hire?", asks Paul. Joe replies "An arm and a leg".*]

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Morning break

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[*Four frame cartoon. Frame 1 - Joe is outside amongst some flowers. He has his hands on his hips and is jumping in the air as he double clicks his heels together. He is looking at a colourful awning and saying "Good morning awning, you window yawning." Frame 2 - Inside Paul's house Little Pumpkin and Paul are sitting on the floor playing with some blocks. They look up at the window with a little smile because they can hear Joe outside. They hear Joe say "Hello pillow, you fluffy fellow. Hi there chair, you comfy square." Frame 3 - Paul and Little Pumpkin look at each as Paul says "Your uncle either got a good night's sleep or he's about to snap." Frame 4 - Paul returns to the blocks and Little Pumpkin looks back out the window as she thinks "I'd bet my Betsy doll it's number two."*]

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Fishing the deep

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[*Four frame cartoon. In all frames Joe and Paul are sitting at either end of a tinny fishing on the water. Frame 1 - Paul turns to Joe and asks "Joe, if we lived in a simulation then someone would have had to design it right?"* Frame 2 - as each of them checks their fishing rods Joe replies "Yep, that's what everyone who knows about it says." Frame 3 - "How would you build it?", asks Paul. Frame 4 - they turn to look at each other and Joe says "I'd make people believe they knew how simulations were designed."]

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