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We hope that you had a very merry Christmas and found a lot of lovely presents under your Chemis-tree brought by Santa Claws. No, we didn't make any mistakes there because Nadia Tolstoy is back on Bored Panda! After the previous post got so many positive reactions, we want to share a new batch of Nadia's fun and playful drawings.

Nadia is an interior architect and an artist based in Sweden who creates surreal and punny doodles illustrating the literal or slightly different meanings of some English words. The artist previously shared that she had no intention of starting an Instagram account. Then, in April, she got an awful cold and couldn’t concentrate on anything, so she started doodling in her sketchbook. And that's how surrealians were born! Scroll down for some fun and laughter!

More info: Instagram | surrealians.com | twitter.com | nadiatolstoy.se

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Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
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Took me a min to see the horse

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    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
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    You forgot Satan Claws, which is the literal definition of my cat!

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    ThatOneFriend15
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    Octopsspsspss

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    🎶 When the poo hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's l'emour 🎶

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    Just don't show it to Wallace!

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    TheAnimalLady
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    🥲This brings a tear to my eye🥲

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    Someone call 911, a hurting insect here

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    Robecca
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    Shouldn’t he have ol-lot of axes? Ha? Ha?

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    TheAnimalLady
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    I love that they used a prop gun instead of a real one!

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    TheAnimalLady
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    A Tale About Tails! (RIP Dr. Suess😿)

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    TheAnimalLady
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    🙈Aargh, it's triggering my Trypophobia!!!🙈

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    TheAnimalLady
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    🥹Achoo!🤧

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    Aroace tiger (she/they/he)
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    Aw the little sand castle crown

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    🙈This just creeps me out😬

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    These look old and crusty to me.

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    This just "burns me up"!😾

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    TheAnimalLady
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    Perfect for when you're stuck in rush hour traffic.

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    🐓What the cluck?!?🐣

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    TheAnimalLady
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    Shhh! *tiptoes out.

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    🎼🎶Robber Ducky, You're the One!🎵🎶

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    Somebody needs to get some rubber sheets.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    Red-hot Chili Pepper?

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    That looks like an extremely "wascally wabbit"!

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    🥂Happy Holidays🍻

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    Smell-a-vision!

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    Funkey!

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    I bet they will divorce as soon as they go in the washing machine

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    He also has knight vision

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    3 years ago

    Oh dear, you don't want to try inflating baboons

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    Whoa, SLOW your roll. Don't be greedy... or prideful, envious, wrathful, gluttonous, lustful or lazy (slothful).

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    They HOME in on the ball very well.

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    For walking around at night😺👍

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    🎼🎶Rollin', Rollin', Rollin' on the River🎵🎶... Butt disintegrating afterwards.

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    Aww, he looks so GRATEful.

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    I want to see it in every lab.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    Toy Story vibes🦖

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    🐜But where's the ant?🐜

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    Are you a dad?

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    PURRfectly PAWsome!

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    🙈This is just creepy😶‍🌫️

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    But what about paper and scissors?

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    TheAnimalLady
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    🙀That looks more like bleeding than crying, too many drips🙈

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    Tired of being discriminated against by some jerk in your life? Try the all new Equali-tea ™. Just one sip will change the jerk into the greatest ally to ever exist. *cup and saucer sold separately

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    TheAnimalLady
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    Well, now don't I feel silly for making this same joke on the earlier pic🤦‍♀️

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    Auntriarch
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    Ooh, philosophical

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    TheAnimalLady
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    🐝Don't worry, BEE happy!🐝

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    Looks like Yin&Yang or something else😉😏

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    blessed image

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    TheAnimalLady
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    ☠️Morbidly punny😁

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    Brian Droste
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    I to think a oak tree with hands out would have been better.

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    Omg why aren’t librarians called book keepers?

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    Aah! Pineapple! 😱

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    🐜Again, where's the ant?🐜

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    AnnaPanda
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    Hmmm

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    Some black giirrrrllll
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    Tbh, I thought they would just draw an arm in the shape of a chair.

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    Auntriarch
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    Yeah, my sand is definitely collecting in the bottom

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    meow point1
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    When you try to eat while hunched over your computer.

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    Kirby kid
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    3 years ago

    Are you sick and tired of normal living you want to SPICE IT UP! then buy fairy the liquid. In all Walgreens near you

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    Pirate narwhal
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    Love how you used a chess piece

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    I can't be the only one who involuntarily said 'patty', right?... Right???

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    Alexandria Z
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    Burnt out.

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    TheAnimalLady
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    😬Makes me think of C-sections😬

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    🐜yay! an ant🐜!

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    Fricsmom
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    We had a wax-ident on Christmas Eve! It happened just like this only it also caught another candle on fire. I caught it just as it was beginning to burn the doily it was sitting on. Glad it wasn’t too big of one!

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    If you refrigerate it, does it form frozen clouds or regular ice?

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    🧜‍♂️Mer-creepy🧜‍♀️

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    AnnaPanda
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    Needs two or three for a meal

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    AnnaPanda
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    And also giving f.cks

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    ccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeepppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    This feels cursed

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    I find this creative for actual trousers.

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    Do you want the essence of ‘Murica in your tea? Then buy Liber-tea™. Availible in shops near you

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    EWWWW!

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    😏😏😏

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    All food is a soup, salad, sandwich or ravioli. Change my mind

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    If we looks at this in a different way, we are all ex-seed

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