At the beginning of September and to celebrate ‘Thinking of You Week’, we asked the public to come up with something funny, witty or silly to fill in the blank speech bubble on three of our latest cards.
We’re now pleased to announce the three winners, each winning a 10 pack of their winning cards and a £20 Kartoon Faktory voucher!
John Graham
Sarah Webb
William Hill
Well done and congratulations to you all on becoming official Kartoon Faktory greeting card writers!
Each winning card design is now for sale on the Kartoon Faktory website during Thinking of You Week and beyond.
To embrace the spirit of the week, we are not only providing local stamps with every card bought before 25th September, but the proceeds from the sale of these and all greeting cards on the website will be donated to Age Concern Jersey.
It has been a difficult few years for many, both here in Jersey and elsewhere, but Thinking of You Week offers an opportunity to lift the spirits of friends and loved ones.
First launched in 2014, the annual week-long event was introduced with the aim of harnessing the emotional power of cards and encouraging people around the world to send cards to family, friends and others in order to bring joy and happiness.
Cameron McPhail, founder of Kartoon Faktory said: ‘We’re all too aware that the news is currently full of stories about the highest inflation level in decades, food and fuel prices rising, and more and more people than ever struggling financially.’
‘As Kartoon Faktory is a fun brand, we really wanted to use Thinking of You Week to help bring a smile to Islanders – and maybe even a chuckle or two.’
Get a FREE Jersey stamp with every greeting card bought this week!
We really wanted to use ‘Thinking of You Week’ to help bring a smile to you all and maybe even a chuckle or two! In addition, theproceeds from ALL card sales will go to Age Concern Jersey.
‘Thinking of You Week’, now in its 8th year, offers an opportunity to lift the spirits of friends and loved ones by encouraging people around the world to send cards to family, friends and others in order to bring joy and happiness.
First launched in 2014, the annual week-long event, which this year takes place from 19th to 25th September, was introduced with the aim of harnessing the emotional power of cards and encouraging people around the world to send cards to family, friends and others in order to bring joy and happiness.
Cameron McPhail, founder of Kartoon Faktory said: ‘We’re all too aware that the news is currently full of stories about the highest inflation level in decades, food and fuel prices rising, and more and more people than ever struggling financially.’
‘As Kartoon Faktory is a fun brand, we really wanted to use Thinking of You Week to help bring a smile to Islanders – and maybe even a chuckle or two.’
With 14th September being National Colouring Day in the USA, we thought we’d let you all have a go at de-stressing and colouring in one of our fab cartoons! Don’t forget, colouring isn’t just for kids!
Make sure to set your printer to A4 size and black or greyscale print. We would love to see and share your colouring in so please do email it to us info@kartoonfaktory.com or post it on social media tagging us in it! We’d love to see what you come up with!
The cartoon features a classic KF twist on the famous Jersey Militia, or Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey, who defended against the invading French forces on 6 January 1781. During the American Revolutionary War, these French forces unsuccessfully invaded the British-ruled island of Jersey to remove the threat it posed to French and American shipping however it led to the death of British commander, Major Peirson, whose death was immortalised in the painting by John Singleton Copley ‘The Battle of Jersey’.
In true Kartoon Faktory style, we have created our version entitled ‘Battle of the Jerseys’ and it is available to buy online here on our website as a tea towel, poster or jigsaw!
We have launched a new competition which will help to celebrate ‘Thinking of You Week’ in style.
We want YOU to come up with something funny, witty or silly to fill in the blank speech bubble on three of our latest cards!
Each winning card design will then be for sale on the Kartoon Faktory website during Thinking of You Week, 19-24th September, and beyond. You will officially have become a Kartoon Faktory greeting card writer! We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
It has been a difficult few years for many, both here in Jersey and elsewhere, but Thinking of You Week offers an opportunity to lift the spirits of friends and loved ones.
First launched in 2014, the annual week-long event, which this year takes place from 19th to 24th September, was introduced with the aim of harnessing the emotional power of cards and encouraging people around the world to send cards to family, friends and others in order to bring joy and happiness.
Cameron McPhail, founder of Kartoon Faktory said: ‘We’re all too aware that the news is currently full of stories about the highest inflation level in decades, food and fuel prices rising, and more and more people than ever struggling financially.’
‘As Kartoon Faktory is a fun brand, we really wanted to use Thinking of You Week to help bring a smile to Islanders – and maybe even a chuckle or two.’
‘We want our followers to come up with something funny, witty or silly to fill in the blank speech bubble on three of our latest cards,’ said Cameron. ‘A new card design will appear in the Jersey Evening Post and on social media over three days, beginning today, and each winning card design will then be for sale on the Kartoon Faktory website during Thinking of You Week and beyond. You will officially have become a Kartoon Faktory greeting card writer!’
To embrace the spirit of the week, we will not only provide local stamps with every card bought via our website during Thinking of You Week, but the proceeds from these card sales will be donated to a local charity.
There will be a winner for each of the three cards, with each winner receiving a ten-pack of their winning card and a £20 Kartoon Faktory voucher.
Firstly, Pause Sue Barker, a poem written by the Bard of Grouville celebrating the day Andy beat Novak to win the Wimbledon title for the first time since the Big Bang.
PAUSE SUE BARKER (Murray vs Djokovic : Wimbledon Men’s Final 7th July 2013)
Pause Sue Barker and get on your mobile phone, Silence the dog’s barking with a big juicy bone; Strike up the pipe band and with its big base drum, Update the rankings to mark the outcome.
Planes circle, soar and twist overhead, Scribbling in the sky that Novak has fled; Tie tartan bows on yet another Cup, On a day when Andy was clearly fired-up.
He binds our North, our South, our East and West, Our two Wimbledon weeks without any rest; Our game, our set, our match, our song, The race is won and the sceptics wrong.
The stars paid tribute and sparkled as one; The moon was unpacked and shone like the sun; Doubters dumfounded and now everyone reckons, The story’s so special that Hollywood beckons.
A few of Andrew’s most popular clips can be viewed below.
With the BBC’s Wimbledon reruns completed, it’s time to share Kartoon Faktory’s take on the SW19 and more specifically Clan Murray’s many adventures at the All England Club. Over the years I have been privileged to watch many of the Clan’s successes at close quarters and what a roller-coaster ride it has been.
To celebrate these successes, Kartoon Faktory has compiled an eclectic series of posts celebrating a few of the family’s landmark moments. Please enjoy the following:
Lyrics Below
Lyrics Below
I WILL WIN FIVE HUNDRED GAMES
With the kind permission of The Proclaimers and their management.
A double celebration of Andy’s marriage to Kim and the lad recently recording his 500th win on the ATP Tour. When I wake up, well, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When I yell ‘out’, yeah, I know I’m gonna be The man who yells ‘out’ just for you. If I don’t drink, well, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who won’t drink next to you And if I haver, hey, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who’s havering just for you.
(Chorus) But I will win five hundred games And I will win five hundred more Just to be the man who won a thousand games To fall down at your door When I’m playing, yes, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who’s playing hard for you And when the money comes in for the work I do I’ll pass almost every penny on to you When I play well (when I play well), oh, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who plays well just for you And when I vote Yes, well, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who’s voted Yes with you.
(Chorus)
Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da When I’m winnin’, well, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who’s winnin’ beside you And when I’m trainin’, well, I know I’m gonna train I’m gonna train for the time when I’m with you And when I serve well (when I serve well), yes, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who serves well just for you And when I come home (when I come home), yes, I know I’m gonna be I’m gonna be the man who comes back home with you I’m gonna be the man who’s coming home with you
(Chorus)
Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da Da lat da (da lat da), da lat da (da lat da) Da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
(Chorus)
Lyrics by Cameron McPhail, arranged and sung by Frank Tausney, both of the Cesarean Tennis Club, Jersey
A TENNIS PLAYER
After Andy Stewart’s song of 1961 blockbuster, ‘A Scottish Soldier’. Believe it or not, his iconic song spent 36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart and over a year in the American Billboard Top 50
There was a player, a tennis player Who wandered far away and played so far away There was none bolder, with good broad shoulder He fought many’s a seed and fought and won He’d seen the glory, he’s told the story Of matches glorious and deeds victorious But now he’s sighing, his heart is crying To play these clay courts of “Paree”1
(Chorus)
Because those clay courts are not Perthshire courts Orra Glasgow courts, they’re not his land’s courts And fair as these clay courts may be They are not the courts of home But now this player, this tennis player Who wandered far away and played so far away Sees Kim is waiting, to end the dating And fears her running away to Ingerland He called his mother, his trusty mother And bade her come to stay In Cromlix House2 to pray In the penthouse, the Cromlix penthouse Far from those clay courts of Paree
(Chorus)
And now this player, this tennis player Will wander far no more and play away no more And in the Tappit Hen,3,4 Dunblane’s wee Tappit Hen You’ll hear this player say, this player’s home He’s seen the glory, he’s told the story Of matches glorious and deeds victorious All doubts have ceased now, he is at peace now Close to those green hills by Dunblane
(Chorus x 2)
Lyrics by Cameron McPhail, arranged and sung by Frank Tausney (Both of the Cesarean Tennis Club, Jersey)
Background Notes
Curiously never at his best on this surface, Andy heads for France and the grueling clay court season almost immediately after he says “I do” in Dunblane Cathedral
Andy’s five star hotel near Dunblane
The Tappit Hen would be Andy’s local if he imbibed and ironically sits just across the road from the Cathedral where Kim and he are to marry on Saturday 11 April
Tappit Hen is a Scottish name for a pewter tankard, usually with a distinctive chicken like emblem on its lid
Although it pains me to say so, the UK Government’s handling of the Covid crisis continues to be both lamentable and disappointing. Across a wide front they have bungled and mismanaged their way to an appalling set of outcomes. More Fifth World than First world. Indeed, in terms of death per million, when I last looked, the UK was second only to Spain. However, coming up fast on the outside are America and Brazil. And close to home, Jersey’s performance was nothing to write home about, albeit we have essentially been COVID free for weeks and pretty much back to “normal”.
To highlight these dismal results, and indeed those of several other “developed countries”, our very own Missing Links have written and recorded a song “calling-out” Bojo & Co. As ever, the tune and the lyrics are completely original and any comparison to an earlier song with exactly the same name is completely coincidental.
Pushing the technological envelope into unchartered territory, Kartoon Faktory will be compiling several sobering slide shows to help evidence the incompetence of our leaders. As this takes time, please bear with us.
Here is the song to listen to.
To sing along, here are the lyrics;
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
Isn’t it sad? It’s so unfair You are again in the news We’re in despair Are you all clowns?
This is a mess? We don’t approve? You keep on fooling around, You need to improve You are the clowns. We voted for clowns.
Just when we thought, to question why Finally finding the ones that we trusted, were fools Making mistakes again with your usual flair Unsure of your plans, Is anyone there?
You must love farce? Your gift I fear We thought that you’d want what we want Not quite, oh dear. You are all clowns Quick, silence these clowns. Pretend they’re not here.
Isn’t it sad? Isn’t it clear, He’s lost the plot and maybe career? He is a clown There ought not to be clowns. Well, too late I fear.
BACKGROUND NOTES
Adapted from Richard Sondheim’s original to highlight the “political class” hijacking of the democratic process to thwart States Reform
Both jocks and jockophiles alike have asked if there are any more Glaswegian Covid “poetry”. I am glad to say that there is. Please enjoy the following two offerings:
1. Self-Islatin : Twenti Rulz Firyuzawe Tae Follow (nae cepshunz!) : a concise Guide to Lockdown in Glasgow
2. Oan Yir Bike, Boris : Feeling poorly, Boris turns up at A & E in Glasgow at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
Please note that there are no rhyming schemes or English translation with either poem – so good luck.
OAN YIR BIKE BORIS
(Picture the Scheme : A Male Glaswegian Pensioner in A & E 1st April 2020)
Cuezmipal! Wherurryi gauin eh?! Thurz uh cue, birawai He needz testin, she needz testin Wiawe need testin Whitmakz you saispeshill Prime Minstir urryae? Prime Minstir, maarse! Ahvotit fir Wee Nikla masell Huvyi got ra Vid? Ra Covid? Ra Covid-19 Servzyirite Johnsin yaprick Itznae ure NHS Itz oor NHS Itz rapeapelles NHS Givin na heave-ho Boris Huvyi? Ooto Ten aninti Illivin!? Yirbidie-in-Kickd yioot pal? Yuff mair weans thin Jock Tamsin. Ananurrirwan onrawai! That bastrd Cumminz Whitatossir! Umtellinyi! Itzawe hiz doin Git yirsell a haircut willyi Yirlike ra fifth beatill Howcum yirpinchin awe Labirz polseaz? Corbin-anurrir tossir, birawai Hiz teazoot intitno? Goat enni spare haunwipz? Swaapyi firrarollo Andrix doubl pli Howz ra Queen bindoin? Sheez hudd an anus horribliz soshihauz
Nowratamembir Hir wee sistir wiza stoatir! But pure mentill Ah blame ra faithir Rat Chewkah Embra Nivir likd Embra masell Wall-tae-wall Torri tosspotz Yir tookin jaydid pal Peeli wallie evin Yidbettir seera doc Pronto.
SELF-ISLATIN : TWENTI RULZ FIRYUZAWE TAE FOLLOW
(NAE CEPSHUNZ!)
Nae mixin wirra nayburrz
Nae vistorz, cepfir yircarurrz
Nae sneakin doonra boozir (itzshut, birawai)
If yir tested postiff, nae cavortin wi oani oroze nurziz
Nae snoggin urrpettin, evin wirra missiz (orir sista)
Definitli naeshaggin
Naemair swearin at Trump oanra newz (birawai, hizmaw wiz the full teuchtir)
Nae thinkin Lockdown izmairwursir thin what Stalingrad wuzz
Urr Leningrad wuzz, firrat mattir
Dinni max yircardz oan Aldiz fortifyd winez
Naebookin asneaki wee holday fir twinti-twinti-wan, urr earliurr
Pit yir affairz in ordir
Aun whileyiratit pityir finanshall affairz in ordir (ovir sevintaz onli!)
The Competition is open to all Channel Island, UK and Isle of Man residents excluding Kartoon Faktory employees, contractors or their direct family members. Entrants must be 12 years of age or older and entrants under the age of 16 must obtain permission from a parent/guardian before entering.
To enter the competition, you must submit your guesses along with your name and an email address online at our website www.kartoonfaktory.com/spot-the-difference.
Entries will be accepted until 11.59pm Monday 18th April 2022.
There will be one winner.
The winner will be chosen at random from all the valid entries received. The winner will be contacted and notified by email. The decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
Kartoon Faktory will make three attempts to inform the winner as soon after the closing date as possible.
Kartoon Faktory will arrange delivery by post or collection of the prize as soon as possible after the competition closing date. Collection will be from the Kartoon Faktory HQ in Grouville, Jersey. No purchase is necessary.
The prize will be a bundle of Kartoon Faktory products.
The prize is as stated, is not transferable, cannot be changed or substituted for a cash prize.
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