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Try to clean up the area around where the moustache was. It looks like he's got one of them newfangled Inviso-staches™. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 22:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
It's still not perfect, but this is what I'll do for now, since it's near my time to hit the hay. --~
Now it looks like Hair-in-a-Can. Try copying a patch of his good hair and using that to fill in the balding area. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Just can't win, eh? Clone tool looks like toupee, and charcoal paintbrush makes it look like hair in a can... --~
Yeah. One advantage of writing over 'chopping is if you change a 'v' to a 't' it looks like a 't', rather than it looking like you edited it to make it 't'ish. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 21:10, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
From what little I remember about MAD the new cartoons don't look all that much like the original one...life is cruel, I know. The trick with pics like this is to make it close enough to the real thing that it doesn't look like fan art. This is hard to do (mimicking someone's writing style isn't all that tough, but mimicking an artist's drawing style is a bitch). --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 19:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Try making the kid at top look a bit better. That'll improve it somewhat. --~
Hitler and JFK stick out a bit. I know it's tough making pics match a drawing, but play with the brightness/contrast until they're closer (alternately your application may have an "effect" to simulate the same thing). The UFO is blurry and is, therefore, freaking me out. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 19:40, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
What if they adjusted the contrast on the faces of hitler and JFK, cranked it up a bit? And actually Lee Harvey Oswald's face instead of JFK's pulling the trigger would be funnier. I'm thinking one could solarize them into submission and try that. Thats a UFO? I thought it was a frisbee. Dame GUNPotYWotM2xPotM17xVFHVFPPooPMS•YAP• 22:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Although the "cheap" was probably intended to look that way, it just ends up looking incomplete (and "cheap" & "premium" together form a vortex from which not even light can escape). The first E should be rotated clockwise a bit, or copy the little E instead. I'm not too sure about the theme, as none of the Jews I know contain 100% of my daily requirement of Vitamin C. That's why I have scurvy. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 16:05, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
...and if it appears that the "me" here and the "me" on VFP are two different people it's because "me" is, essentially. Here I try to help improve pics (as a "bit" on a page this could work), but on VFP I'm deciding if I want it as a standalone on the mainpage. Two different sets of criteria, if you will. Or maybe it's two different cafeterias. If it's the latter I recommend the sloppy joe's. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 14:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I fancy this kinda ethnically stereotypical work. Partially because I had a really good article of mine cenosored by a Jewish user and admin. This new image of yours is as good as, if not better than, "1up". Love the little yamaka. Import your images as PNGs, they look better. --AmericanBastard 04:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
If you're going to do this joke, which I think is in such bad taste you'll have to pull it off flawlessly, it'll have to be way over the top. The flavor should be "Christian Children," there should be some Yiddish/Hebrew on there, and there should be an ad about "getting in on the conspiracy," or something. Stuff like this is going to have a hard time getting on the front page regardless, given its nature.--<<>> 13:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Tough task, but it may work if you turn it reductio ad absurdum; it's kosher and involves blood libel, it comes with a coupon for 10% off a pack of bagels to nosh on, etc. I can't (and won't), however, guarantee that it'll get a better reception if it hits VFP this way; playing stereotypes is hard to get right. I, myself, never do such things, eh. /me puts on tuque, rides snowmobile over to a friend's igloo, etc. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:44, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
You may want to add a white or grey border around the text (the part over the laptop) to increase the readability. Also, the strap for the clown nose is unnecessary. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
I did something slightly differently so the text will contrast better, and as for the strap, I dunno why, but for me, it seems to complete the picture a little bit more, and so I made the straps just a bit more realistic in position and size. ~
Better. If you've got the patience, try playing a little with the border between his hair and the background; real hair tends to be hair...hair...hair/background...hair/background...background, whereas this goes hair...background. I hope that made sense. I've been passing time by holding my breath. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Just so you know Jocke, clown noses don't normally have straps. They, ussually, have small slits cut in them, so that they bite into the sides of a nose and stay on. So yah, you can remove it. -- BrigadierGeneralSirZombiebaron 20:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Don Elmo Corleone
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"Ernie, Bert will move against you first. He'll set up a meeting with someone that you absolutely trust, guaranteeing your safety. And at that meeting, you'll be assassinated. It's an old habit. I spend my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not puppets. It could be anyone. I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize; to take care of my family, and I refused to be a fool, dancing on the strings held by all those bigshots. I don't apologize; that's my life, but I thought that, that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the string. Senator Corleone; Governor Corleone. Well, it wasn't enough time, Ernie. It wasn't enough time. Now listen, whoever comes to you with this Bert meeting, he's the traitor. Don't forget that."
Fairly Elmoish. The collar doesn't look right, though. You should work in a higher resolution; it's lo-res enough that the circles of the eyes have flattened out a bit. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
How To Read For Retards
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Yes fellow retards, now even YOU can read. That is you need to be able to read the book to begin with.
The black behind "retards" isn't the same black as the surrounding, um, black. Black! The voice bubble text, that should stay in its bubble, goes off the right edge of the bubble. Bubble! The "How to read" text is different than the typeface they normally use. It's generally this. This! SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
i just gotta say, thats really offensive, and may it be funny for some people like you, it is VERY offensive to most others. Retardedness is a subject that is best to stay away from...plus, modus, and jocke pirat are right, the black is a black that isnt the black that we need.Reubnick 22:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
"How to read" does not align correctly - it is a bit slanted and it is not properly centered. ~
First, try to find a hi-res version of the Rogaine ad. This one is all pixely. Second, while the concept intrigues, the technical...process...to make it seem "real" is problematic. Or to put it another way, if it's not perfect you'll end up making the "before" Borat look like a burn victim. Which is what happened. Try selecting fairly small areas (an eyebrow, for example) with a fair amount of feathering, and "clone brush" it in with neighbouring skin tone. If it doesn't look "just right", undo and try again. When you've got that one area looking right, SAVE and move on to the next.
Alternately, if you don't want to go insane, find a picture of a bald guy and face swap Borat's features onto it. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:23, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, i have no idea what possesed me to make this, but i thought it would be funnier if i made Borat hideous. And what you said about the eyebrow...the thing is i want Borat to be minus eyebrows...i want no hair whatsoever on his face...how would this hold up on VFP? Would i be torn to shreds emotionally over the internet?Reubnick 00:25, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Maybe I should have been more specific. When I said "eyebrow", I meant "the area of an eyebrow for purposes of retouching, or 'chopping, to remove said eyebrow, vis-a-vis de-brow, converting said brow into an unbrow, a no-brow, or, as more commonly known, skin.". Would it pass VFP as is? I dunno. I've seen better stuff torn to shreds there (*sniff*), and I've seen worse stuff pass. I also saw a cabbage on the road once. What it was doing there, I'll never know. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 00:35, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Snip the head band for the earphones where it crosses over the top left and right of Hal. It looks like Hal is standing behind the headphones. The headphones, meanwhile, are hovering. Which is crazytalk. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Bit of a rough job on Photoshop, still learning my way around :p. Dad 'n I found it funny though, so, what do you all think? ---Demonbob 00:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Use a seriph typeface, it's classy. Also, shouldn't the epitaph be " rather than ' ? SirModusoperandiBoinc! 00:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I would also suggest that you use a blur brush a bit - the letters are too sharp and crisp. Dame GUNPotYWotM2xPotM17xVFHVFPPooPMS•YAP• 00:18, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
The text should be bigger, it's too hard to read. Statham needs to be a bit darker and Seagal should be lighter (Seagal has some fluff on the right side of his head that should be cropped out. No, the your right side. His eye doesn't look right either...the red one overlapped the lid and has no highlight). Lastly the temple needs some sort of faded background. It looks like it's hovering at the moment, rather than it being "on top" of the image.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:04, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
I fixed the problems to the best of my knowledge + added movie poster border. --~
Hmmm, center the title text. It's off centre, which makes me lean to the right. Then I get a crick in the neck and I'm grumpy all day. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 21:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
That's not quite what I meant...but it's okay. I meant the "Legends of the Hidden" part of the title should be centred. The remaining title text and the temple can be offset. In any event, hopefully you're starting to see how comparatively minor changes can make a disproportionate improvement on a 'chop. It's the same way with words (read a page by Hardwick or Procopius, then read one by pretty much anyone else and you'll see what I mean). SirModusoperandiBoinc! 23:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
It should start out fist, knife... then go to what you've got, and the end should destroy them both, simply because the Stick people killed my parents. Or maybe that was liquor.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:38, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
There. Next comment, please.--The Jeff Killer 03:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Put a bigger gap at the end. It starts over too soon...and it doesn't need the "censored" bit. The guy on the right blowing up would be better. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 03:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Needs some kind of nuke to kill them both off. Also, the knife doesn't look very knife-ish. Use a sword instead. --BaCaRuDa 15:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Yeah. The knife looks like a toothpick. Jedibob5 22:02, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Prosthetic Joe
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He was the average american guy, until he was called to serve his country. He fought furiously in the 12 hour long Granada war, and managed to lose all his limbs and his eye in it. Now he is a battle scarred veteran, and his limbs have all been replaced with super robotic parts giving him extraordinary powers. He is currently battle testing in Iraq, and is a spokesperson for viagra.
God bless America! Also, he needs a big "state of texas" belt buckle. Maybe a mullet.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Terrorist Fairy
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This image is going to go in the Afairyism article. It illustrates a typical terrorist Fairy holding a machine gun in the deserts of the Middle East. (This incomplete part of the article is being temporarily stored in my sandbox, along with another picture)
He's got no shadow (and you told me there was no film in your camera!).--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 19:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I’m not experienced enough in Photoshop to make shadows. Can you download the image and do it? Weri long wang 20:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
No, but I'll tell you how I do it. 1) imagine what his shadow on the ground would look like 2) make a shadow "shaped" thingy with the lasso tool (with a blurred edge) 3) copy the background with that selection 4) paste the selection as a new layer on top of the background layer 5) play with brighten/contrast until it looks shadowish. You could just lasso a shadowy shape on the background image and darken/contrast that, but this covers your ass if you want to undo it a hundred edits from now.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 21:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
How's this? (can someone fill in the images row here) Weri long wang 21:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
We don't do that here. Artistes are too tempermental. And mental.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 22:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Featured image standard? Weri long wang 01:35, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
If you look through PFP you'll see that they wander from nearly perfect to nearly the opposite of that. So, yes, maybe or no. One of those. You'll never know until it hits VFP, and I'm the last person who should say "Yes, it'll pass VFP" or "No, it will not pass VFP", as my hit/miss ratio with selfnoms there is about 50/50. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:54, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
I might as well give it a try. It’s a kind of funny idea: a raging fairy. Weri long wang 02:46, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
(or maybe not) Weri long wang 11:53, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Try a bigger Britney. Maybe try it as "Crazy bitch of the year" or "white trash of the year" instead of antichrist. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Well I see what your going for but I was mainly targeting how she shaved her head and screamed "I'M THE ANTICHRIST". Also how she got that 666 tattoo on her head. ---- CartoonDiablo
Ah. This is why I don't keep up on popculture. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 14:53, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey! I just noticed that this is the same cover I once used for a 'chop. I wonder how many other people have used it. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 00:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh you sneaky devil you noticed didn't you! Yeah I was VERY against it at first (chopping a chop) but then I couldn't find anything else. so yeah ---- CartoonDiablo
Well, you didn't chop a chop. It's just the same cover, that's all. It made me go back and reminisce...ahh, good times. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:03, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Bible
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The previous problem was mixing too many image types together (cartoon, photo, computer generated etc). Does this work any better? I used a white(ish) background to make it seem less cluttered and to draw attention to the important parts. If you think the DVD film synopsis is inapropriate and or unfunny, the blank version is available here: [1] (don't review this image if you're under 18 years of age: strong bloody violence).
A brand new version. Is this any better? (blurred all the text this time)
Try using a more macho typeface for the header text; the bubbly one is too lovey in comparison with Moses and the accompanying text. This one almost more for Pee Review, as it's a text addition...the end text doesn't match the "theme" of the rest; I can't see a dvd cover promoting the enclosed dvd as "dog shit" (and it's Iron Age, though some people say Bronze Age, as Iron age makes them think of trains. Then they start making that "chugga-chugga, woo-woo!" sound, which gets really annoying, so I say "Stop that!". Then they say "Mom! Modusoperandi is picking on me!". Now I'm grounded). --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 14:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I anticipated that, and I agree. The blank version is available to put more apropriate text on it. I like to use the term "Dark Ages" when talking about religion; I believe it's most apt. "Iron Age" says nothing about the barbarism associated with the Bible. Weri long wang 14:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
It's on the Pee Review now. We can have a look through any suggestions to see which is most appropriate. Do you have a suggestion? Weri long wang 15:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Just remember that there's a fine line between pointing out hypocrisy and ranting. The former can be entertaining, while the latter is the generally the opposite of that. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 15:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
OK then, that's why I'm asking for suggestions. Also here's a new typeface: n[2]Weri long wang 15:19, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I'd be more helpful textwise, but I've written my last Biblical epic, and don't plan on going back. --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 15:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
There's some inconsistency with the text and the scanned in bits - consider sharpening the small print and BBFC Guidance etc. at the bottom or blurring the new added text slightly. Or both. Also, consider what impression you wanna create: will it be cartoony and cheesy or epic and overly formal? If the former, consider adding more primary colours and a 'wacky' font. If the latter, change the heading font to an engraved style or a serif font. Other than that, I'd love to see this video in a bargain bin at Hindley Market boot sale on a Sunday morning. Also, as a side note, is there any way you could perhaps format this into an article of its own like this? That could be good. -- HindleyiteConverse 19:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I want the DVD synopsis to give the impression that the Bible (or at least the film) is a meaningless, cobbled together collection of stories, detailing barbaric savages killing people en masse for no reason. I definitely don’t want it to be cheesy. I think it’ll be easier to blur the new text (when we’ve decided what that should be) Weri long wang 20:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Here's a blurred header and a texture that runs throughout the whole image. [3]Weri long wang 12:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
An entire new version. Is it any better (with blurred letters this time). Weri long wang 15:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I prefered the old layout, skewed text makes me woozy. Also, try a more serify (new word, hurrah!) typeface for the title.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 18:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Any one font in mind? Should I leave the special features box in? What about the new synopsis? Weri long wang 19:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
An old English font and some serif would look nice and religousy.--~
Try to make the "1" look more like a one and less like a 7 with rhinoplasty. The mushroom guy and mario need highligts to match the can. I don't know what program you use, but try either 1) a "lighten" layer on top of mushroom/mario or 2) just select a rectangle shape to match the highlight on the can (but on the "mushroom" layer or the "mario" layer) and lighten a bit. And you might want to distort the brim of Mario's hat down a bit (stretch and distort are dangerous tools; if you don't get it "just right", it looks like you stretched/distorted it, rather than looking like it came from the pop can factory that way). Keep in mind that the front of the can will have no distortion, and the left/right hand edges will have a bunch, but it's not a linear distortion. Picture two parallel lines (like =), if they were pasted onto right side of the can they wouln't look like this >, they'd look like this D (but without touching...it's not a perfect analogy). I hope I didn't confuse you. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I use Photoshop CS2 and uh yeah I mostly understood. -- CartoonDiablo
Hey Modusoperandi. Do you use photoshop? because judging by what you said it doesn't seem like you use it. Also you can just lighten the layers themselves. -- CartoonDiablo
That would be #2, then. I sometimes use extra layers for effects because it's easier to undo thirty steps later (when you're beyond whatever number of undo's you have). No, I don't use Photoshop. I got a copy of PSelements with my Wacom, but I don't want to learn a new graphix app. I use Draftpanzerdrawin IV, the best damn 'chopping program that Nazi Germany every produced. SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:13, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
For an upcoming UnNews story. Since I don't have a Wii...stop giggling...even though I tried to buy a Wii...stop it!...is this sufficiently Mii-like for Dear Leader? --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, it's Kim Jong-Il, and he's got a Wii...so he's got a Mii avatar...which is him. Plus he's the best at everything. Have you ever read the news story about him scoring all hole-in-ones during a round of golf? He does that all the time! It's true!...so he's l33t. The l33test ever! --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Here is an image of the goddesses of the atheists, Athe, killing God using a nuclear flamethrower. Any comments on this? Weri long wang 01:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure that it works fine in context with it's page, but it's awfully obscure w/o it. Also, I try to stick to one or two different "styles" per 'chop; more than that becomes distracting (each element in this 'chop is from a different source, and it hurts the suspension of disbelief. Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for example, works fine with two styles, but if they'd added anime and claymation and CGI on top of the real world/toon combination, it would've just been a mishmash). Try, for instance, swapping god out with a grumpy old fart w/a white beard...--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
It's a problem trying to fing images of the right kind on line: a super-sexy goddess holding a nuclear flamethrower isn't something you find everyday. I can see what you're saying though, they don't seem to mix that well. I'll keep that in mind from now on. Weri long wang 13:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Um, I've never had the room go all purple...try losing the purple and make the painting blurry (but keep the pot crisp). Is that the Holy Bong? --SirModusoperandiBoinc! 02:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Holy bong? I guess it is now! But yeah it goes with the whole "getting high" aspect, ever hear "Purple Haze" by Jimmy Hendrix? I tried multiple colors but ended up looking too fucked up. -- CartoonDiablo
Purple Haze is about a LSD trip, or a dream, depending on whom is asked.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 20:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Better, try less distortion at the bottom. It still looks like a trip...and keep in mind that there's already a featured pic with a similar tack, if VFP is the direction you're headed.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 06:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Whoa, dude. The removal of the purpliness has improved the pic. Maybe do another 'nightclub' or 'drug den' version? -- HindleyiteConverse 19:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Simple but effective take on the "Moon landing is fake" thingy. I think that's about as clear as you can make it, within the limitations of Googlemoon (it does lose something as a thumbnail...legibility, for one).--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 01:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, this image works better 'blown up'. I like this. When are we getting Google Jupiter? -- HindleyiteConverse 19:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
MMOrphine
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Tired of only being able to get in 10 hours a day on your favorite MMOG? Well, then take some MMOrphine! It'll keep you going, and going, and going...
Hmmmmm I guess it's fine the way it is, except the admis aren't fans of text based jokes. You could try to make it more of a parody by referencing Wow into. Overall it's not bad, but not good. -- CartoonDiablo
The "fire" visible through the cutouts should be more "firey" (hunt down a pic of a forest fire, or campfire and try using that). The nazi flag is too bright (lower the contrast a bit), and the yarmulke isn't obviously a yarmulke at first glance (there's no shading underneath it). Wouldn't Hitlerco manufacture gas industrial ovens?--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 03:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Meh I'll get on it. I'm just glad the image quality isn't total shit cause it looks like it on my computer.
It has a habit of crapifing image quality. -- CartoonDiablo
I was think of changing the and to ont or like german for and. -- CartoonDiablo
With this version Hitler and the guy inside the grill are out of proportion (either Adolf is too small, or the guy is too big). The shadow under the yarmulke is too dark (try a more diffused shadow). The smoke is only coming out of one side of the stack and it's got a weird right-angle thing happening (the right "edge" of the smoke is too clearly delineated...not "smokey" enough). Lastly (and this is potentially a bitch to correct), the lighting on the grill is top-down, but Hitler's is left-right. Also lastly, but moreso, Hitler should have an apron of some sort, maybe a "zig heil ze cook" one with bloodstains.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 18:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
"Master chef" needs to be more chef-like. Add an oven mitt and an apron. Maybe swap out the alien flying thingy for an oven firing french bread and chef's gun for one of those icing squirting "pastry bags", too. Shouldn't it be "Jello: Cooking Evolved"? Also, you may want to start over with a higher resolution pic; this one is so low res that, even with blur, things like his hat and the oval around the title will still look all pixely.--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 18:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Thankyou, sir, I'll get to work. By the way, what's 'jello'?—The preceding unsigned comment was added byIkabu (talk • contribs)
Jello is one of the most misused desserts ever invented by man. For every yummy recipe involving Jello the another recipe so foul that the gates of Hell themselves would not allow it to enter. (and don't forget to sign your posts here with ~~~~).--SirModusoperandiBoinc! 17:15, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Thankyou sir, I'll see what I can do. Ikabu 21:31, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
This pic made me laugh, if only for the dude pointing a gun at you with "Hello" underneath. :)--<<>> 13:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I think this is a bit better. The resolution still isn't very good, I'm sorry to say. Ikabu 23:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)