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What is it with moms and email forwards? It’s like they learn how to email and then instantly become overforwarders. In my family, before email was even invented, my grandparents used to cut what they thought were interesting articles out of the paper and snail-mail ‘em bulk. A package the size of an encyclopedia set would arrive in the mail each week stuffed with clippings. “This made me think of you, David dear” my grandmother would write at the top in of the newspaper clipping in her familiar handwriting. Or “You’ll love this!” my grandfather might scrawl.
So I can’t really blame my mom for her forwarding tendencies because clearly it’s genetic. Email just makes it ever so much easier. But every now and again she actually forwards me an email with something worth reading—and today was just such an instance. Only it wasn’t worth reading as much as it was worth seeing. Check out these hi-sterical photos of vegetarian art. More after the jump! If anyone knows who made ‘em, please let me know so I can acknowledge the artist here in the post. [thanks Sue for informing us thatJoost Elffers and Saxton Freymann are the creators!]
Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann are the creators - they have a few books of the veggies, and they’re awesome. They crack me up every time.
posted by Sue on 5-14-2007 at 8:51 am
I love the sheep and angry orange. brilliant!
posted by Mangesh on 5-14-2007 at 8:52 am
Those are precious! Thanks for sharing! :)
posted by Nicki on 5-14-2007 at 9:00 am
Check mental_floss post #4496. The creators are Joost Elffers and Saxton Freymann.
posted by Jason! on 5-14-2007 at 10:01 am
I loves these guys I get their calendar every year for the kitchen :)
posted by Brandy on 5-14-2007 at 10:32 am
My mom does both - sends me annoying forwards AND snail-mails me clips from the newspaper… and coupons for things she thinks I might buy. Ah, mom.
posted by Sara on 5-14-2007 at 12:12 pm
Sara: I totally forgot about the coupons! I think my mom once sent a coupon for .25 cents off dish soap and the stamp she used to mail it to me cost her at least that!
posted by David on 5-14-2007 at 12:21 pm
I think they’re really cool.Got everyone in my house going”oooh!!”
Thanks a lot
posted by Tolu on 5-14-2007 at 12:31 pm
They remind me of the animated refridgerator food in Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.
posted by steven on 5-14-2007 at 8:39 pm
They have a little book and yearly calendar just with dogs, so cute I almost don’t feel the compulsion to have a real dog.
posted by Rach on 5-17-2007 at 2:18 pm
Cool! They remind me of an animated short I saw years ago of a fight between a bowl of fruit and a bowl of veggies. Stop-action animation. The highlight was the bananas throwing slices at the opposition.
posted by Ingrid on 5-18-2007 at 7:55 pm
Three tomato cheers for creative minds! I take my cabbage top off to both of you!!!
posted by Virginia June on 5-21-2007 at 8:54 pm
My two toddlers own “Dog Food” and “Baby food”.I am assuming by the same food artists. These are hilarious board books available through scholastic book orders. I love the penguins!
posted by Kelly on 5-23-2007 at 2:30 am