I miss Africa so much… This great scar of the outline of the African continent — one day old in the photo — was done by Mark Trudelle at Louis-Riel in Ottawa, Canada using electrocautery.
Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you…
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13 responses to “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you…”
That’s awesome. It’s so simple and effective!
they forgot madagascar!
now I have that song stuck in my head 🙂
“Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti…”
Me too, I love Toto. 🙂
thatll be quite lovely when it heals!!! please post pics later, if theyre submitted 🙂
Awesome scar plus a Toto reference 😀
this is great!
Same comments as #1. Love it!
Stunning!
aha at #2
Damn you, Shannon! song’s stuck in my head again now.
ditto #1 and #2. with madagascar it would be perfect. i mean come on its madagaSCAR. how could you leave it out? but its still really cool.
Wow! Beautifully done! (And the Toto reference totally made my day! I happen to cover that song every time we play concerts! :] )