Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Drunk as a Boiled Owl


A fantastic expression I stumbled upon in a old copy of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which I keep on the bathroom window.

A simple sketchbook doodle coloured up in PS.

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6 comments:

ElizT said...

What a lot of sparkling illustrations!
["Drunk as a mouse" is nice too].

Unknown said...

Brewers would be my Desert Island book

Rima Staines said...

Brilliant expression and a very sozzled feeling to your illustration Paul :)
Bravo.
Hope you are both well, happy and hiccuping :)
X Rima

Chris Borges said...

I dont speak English
your work is very beautiful!
Please visit my blog. It will be an honor for me!
I'm your fan

Willie Baronet said...

Now that is drunk.

Unknown said...

I wonder why the Englishmen say so?