Said by Ned

It was 3am  this morning when Ms Ned and I engaged in a discussion re our days' activities (see Blog titled Playing Hide and Sleep for more details) I advised her that I happen to have run into Bob the Builder and his lovely wife, (whom we will call Mrs Bob for the sake of the exercise),  during the day. Bob the Builder: (Not my neighbour of course) We happen to live across the road from Bob the Builder, not the cartoony type character of course, but the real deal, a Builder called Bob.  Mrs Bob will always go down in history with us for having offered to wang our Ducks on the head when they get sick. Diametrically opposed to Mrs Bob's natural remedy for ducks, Ms Ned has always insisted that a sick duck goes to the vet for any ailment, at great expense, to receive a dose of Valium or Xanax or any other required drug for illnesses both physical and psychological.  Ned : TV Ned, not me . I am sure there must be thousands of Bob t...

I am constantly amused by mis-interpretation of information and conversational content. None more so than regarding everything and anything to do with the Internet. And we all know the frustration of getting a dot in the wrong spot, or leaving out the forward slash, and therefore ending up with a dead-end. As such, I was thrilled to hear from great friends ( whom I think had better remain anonymous) when they explained that they had been searching but were unable to locate my SaidByNed BLOB. Obviously, I had no choice but to come up with the following cartoon! "See Jan, that must be Ned's On-Line Blob he was telling us about." Ned Hoskin www.wedbyned.com.au http://saidbyned.blogspot.com/

I have mentioned before that I am working on a book which is based on the Nights at the Round Table with the Knights of the Round Table. The Round Table is the hub of the locals at The Grand Hotel in Portarlington, Victoria, Australia. Over the past few years I have been working on a cartoon series based on the local characters who frequent the pub and The Round Table. What you are about to see here is a proto-type World Premiere of the animated version of just one of those cartoons. The Book will be a few months off. In the meantime , keep a lookout as we release some of the cartoons here!   The "Cinematography"  / Editing is the brainchild of Lindsay Ellis who is also one of the main characters in the cartoon series.   Lindsay is also the Owner / Operator of  Hogan Print  in Portarlington, as well as the Publisher of The Port Report, the local Newspaper where this series of cartoons began it's Life. (To see the Port Report online, go to www...

My lovely ( and very clever ) friend Vim gave me the inspiration for this little cartoon! Thanks Vim! No wonder it's so cold in here Muriel! There's a Draft coming in under the door! Ned Hoskin www.wedbyned.com.au

I went to bed to find some Sleep And looked so hard and very deep I looked in every place I know But Sleep was no-where near in tow I even looked beneath the bed, But just found Waked-ness instead, I looked inside the bottom drawer, And even on the bedroom floor. I looked so hard and all around, But sadly Sleep, was never found. I even looked out on the sea But the waves washed Sleep away from me I looked right up into the sky But Sleep flew near and passed me by I even looked beneath the earth But Sleep just smiled with sarcastic Mirth I looked upon the countryside But Sleep did run and Sleep did hide, I found no Sleep at all last night, Tonight I’ll search again, with all my Might. Ned Hoskin www.WedByNed.com.au http://saidbyned.blogspot.com/

I must tell you about our duck family. Well, they were a family until they began falling off the perch, so to speak. Dad , Mum and the Kids. A few years ago our friend Justin Z asked if we would like to adopt Mum and Dad Duck, as he was selling his house. Over a few bottles of Xmas Lunch champagne, we agreed to take them. On returning to his home after Xmas lunch it seems Mum and Dad duck had had one or two Xmas champagnes as well and suddenly Mum laid 7 eggs. We still agreed to take them, even if there were babies on the way. Which there were. 7 of them.  Dad and the kids moved in to their new hastily erected bungalow by the dam and had a great life, except the boys used to argue so much that we had to cut numbers and so we had a few adopted out. Mum and Dad and the kids had a happy life, indulging in their rather salacious intra-family relationships which can be enough to cause a queasy stomach to turn. Ducks being ducks, they do have a tendency to fall foul of various ...

On to the Moon. At long last, Someone, or should I say, Something...being a large Corporation, has taken on board the ability and necessity of Man to not only travel to the moon, but indeed to live there. In the August 4 edition of TIME Magazine, General Electric announce that their Missile and Space Vehicle Department ( hey, you didn't know they had such a Department, did you!?) have released a massive report on how, and how soon, a Colony can be established on the moon, as well as an   estimate of the cost.  "G.E believes that no major breakthroughs are required, only modest improvements in the space art." Reading further in, maybe one drawback could be that the project will require the equivalent of 200 Saturn rocket ships. " Two hundred Saturns will be needed. together with massive upper stages and a host of other fancy equipment , to soft land 10 colonists and 500,000 lbs ...