Last post before Christmas!

We've both been rolling on the floor laughing at all the jokes you've sent it. We'll know exactly how to entertain everyone at Christmas dinner... if our mouths aren't too stuffed with turkey and mince pies!

So... I know you can't wait to find out... Who are our lucky winners?

Tom Siddiqui who's 6 years old and from Bexley Heath.

"What do you call Fairy when she hasn't had a bath?
Stinkerbell!"

And Sarah Rowley, who's 7 years old and from Manchester.

"Why was Witchy late?
Her broom over-swept!"

So they'll be getting their prizes in the post very soon!

Rita is now off to Portugal and taking a whole suitcase of Oddies to show people how great they are!

Fleur is going to China for Christmas and can't wait!


So what are you guys doing for Christmas? Write in and let us know!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Love,

Fleur and Rita.

More Christmas games!

Click on the image and link all the points! And you could even colour it in after!

You just need to print the image as landscape. Have fun!

To all those budding Leonardo Da Vincis out there – get your brushes (and felt tips) out!

Print out Angel Oddie and colour her in! She's looking a little peaky and needs some colour in her cheeks - and silver on those wings! Or you could really go for it and jazz her up with stars, swirls and stripes – it's up to you!

We're really looking forward to seeing your version of Angel Oddie so, once you've worked your magic, send your masterpiece to us by email (at pressoffice@oddieworld.com) or by mail (to Oddies, Maritime House, Grafton Square, London. SW4 0JW). Who knows, you might get a surprise yourself, in the post, later on!












A tip! We would print the horizontal images on landscape format (change the printer properties).

****Oddies' Competition!!!****

MAKE US CHUCKLE WITH YOUR BEST ODDIE JOKES AND WIN THE SANTA AND ANGEL BOOK AND SOCK SETS!!




When Santa is not busy wrapping Oddie presents - shhh! Ballet Oddie is getting a new tutu - he’s telling jokes… and usually about other Oddies!


"What do you call Witchy when she’s nervous?
Twitchy."


"What do you get if you cross a bird with Wizzo?
A flying sorcerer."


"What did Police Oddie say to his stomach?
You're under a VEST!"


Needless to say, out of all the Oddies, it’s Santa Oddie who laughs the loudest at his jokes “Ho Ho HO!” That reminds me… what goes “Oh Oh OH!”… It’s Santa, when he’s walking backwards!

So what about this competition? Email us your funniest Oddie jokes and the one that makes us chuckle the most will win the Santa and Angel book and sock set.


Just send them in with your contact details to oddieworld@googlemail.com.

Love, Fleur and Rita

Santa and Angel Oddie - finally - arrive!






We’re just back from Oddieworld and what a time we’ve had! The weather’s a bit skew-whiff and it’s not Wizzo’s fault! They’ve also had a few technical difficulties with the fun fair.

But luckily two new Oddie characters are in town!

Welcome Santa Oddie and Angel Oddie!

Our old friends are still getting up to mischief (I’m pointing no fingers… Pirate and Robber Oddie!) but the two new arrivals have still managed to shake things up a little. Santa sorts out the weather as well as being a comedy genius - see the following post for our great new competition.

Angel Oddie arrived just in time to save both the day and Ballet Oddie from her fear of heights – en pointe is as high as she’s normally willing to go!

But we won’t say more and spoil the ending. You’ll just have to pull your socks up and get reading to find out what happens to Santa and Angel Oddie… whilst we’re still trying to guess what Santa Oddie will give us for Christmas.

Hello all, and welcome to the blog. I would like to say that the blog will be continuing but I just can't, I'm afraid. As usual the Oddie office is in such a state of rush and panic that no-one has the time to stand, or indeed sit, still for one moment. Jin is taking a break from designing Oddies characters to travel, but will be coming back soon to help with all the new characters! Sabina is leaving forever though, which the whole team is very sad to hear. I will also be leaving shortly, which I'm sure you will agree is also a tragedy of epic proportions. As such it is all change! New people will be arriving and we can only hope they will enjoy Oddies as much as we have.

In other news, I believe all is well in Oddieworld at the moment. Wizzo was planning some ambitious magic when I last spoke to him but I am sure some good oddie will step and stop him turning them all into feet or turnips. I believe everyone is pretty happy.

We are at the moment contacting publishers and distributors so it may not be long before you see Oddies books on the shelves of your local bookstore!

For more information go to www.oddieworld.com.



Tom out.
x

Hello!

To those of you still checking this blog: congratulations! You have proved yourself very persistent and are now being rewarded with a new post.

My name is Tom and I am yet another new intern, although unlike all before me, I am sure I will keep this blog going.

Oddieworld is as hectic as ever. Popstar Oddie is almost ready to be shown to the world, and the office has been busy with the sound of pencils scratching as we all designed new Oddies. Some were better than others!


Oddies are also all speaking Italian now. Books are being shipped as we speak to the land of Pizza and leaning towers. Don't worry though- the English books are continuing so there is no need to learn Italian just yet.


Thats all for now, check out www.oddieworld.com for more information and games.

T

Dear Oddies Friends

The changes at Oddies headquarters don’t stop…

Last week Michael left us after two fantastic months. I am sure that he will not only be missed at Oddies but also by all the blog readers. Thanks Michael, it was great to work with you!

What else is new? Ah yes, two new Oddies characters are planned for Christmas 2008; Santa Oddie and Angel Oddie.
On top are pictures of the Italian version of the anticipated Oddies books. I don’t know about you, but I really like them. It they are not a reason to looking forward to Christmas!!!

Have a great day!
Salome

Oopf! The other interns are writing the blog today. I am merely in charge of pictures. See below for photographic evidence of the Oddie office team. More exctitingly, I asked for Swiss chocolate yesterday and look what appeared on my desk this morning. Good form.

ODDIES TEAM!


SWISS CHOCOLATE!

All change at Oddie towers.
You’ll no doubt be as disappointed to hear that my time is up at Oddies. Yup, two months have passed and its time to hand the baton onto the next in a long line of Oddies interns. Also departing over the next few days is office supremo Salome “Swiss” Egger who has been handling and packing up your orders for nearly six months now. And an excellent job she’s been doing of it too.
Replacing us is Sabina, who like Salome is also Swiss. I don’t know about you but I’m expecting vast amounts of nice swiss chocolate before I leave. Yum.

On the Oddies character front we’ve been seeing a few designs and covers for new Oddies characters, possibly for release around Christmas. I’ll see if I’m allowed to put the pictures up here tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, there will be a bumper photo post tomorrow. And that’s a promise.

Dear Blogettes, it has been too long, and the fault is all mine. Things have been getting hectic in Oddieworld. SO what is new at Oddie HQ? Well, samples for our new socks continue to pour through the door at a rate of knots, which has been keeping the Oddies staff toes warm during this cold snap.

A big "hello" to those we met at the Basildon Book festival last week. I hope you had as much creating your own Oddies as we did. Admire the selection below [NB: pics will appear ASAP]. A good effort all round I think.

Advanced notice as well for those in the Hampshire area, the Aldershot News & Mail will soon be running a competition to win no less than four (4!) Oddies book and sock sets as well as a free book promotion. Aldershot: Home of the British Army, this Oddies blog writer and fans of the Oddies - Wonderful place!

Word of the Week answer.

Oh dear, I've left you all in suspense rather by forgetting to inform you what the word of the week actually meant.
The answer comes from Gullivers Travels where Gulliver travels to a strange land called Brobdingnag which is full of giants. The word has since come to mean anything of colossal size.

I wonder is Gulliver ever went to Oddieworld?

Another word of the week for you, and its a beauty:

"brobdignagian"

A hearty Oddies round of appluase to Matthew Edwards, aged 9, who sent us the picture below. Matthew explains: "His name is Super Sam, he can fly and is also heat proof so he can rescue Oddies from fires. He has a super power to sense Oddies who are in trouble." Pretty impressive Matthew, we like your drawing skills. Designed your own Oddies character? Send it to us at oddieworld@hotmail.co.uk and it to could be up here before you know it.

Well, I promised the Oddies Office attempt at doing something funny with our socks. This really was the best we could come up with! Send us your far, far, better attempts to oddieworld@hotmail.co.uk and we'll stick them up on the facebook group and a few of the best on here.

Evening Oddies friends.

In celebration of the amusing adventures the Oddies are always up to we want to hear about your Oddies Socks adventures. In picture form. We're looking for the best photos of your Oddies socks in crazy places or doing silly things. The most odd and crazy will get posted up here and at our facebook group page. The Oddie office's attempt will be posted up here later! Send your photos to oddieworld@hotmail.co.uk with "Oddies group pics FAO Mike" in the subject line. And if you haven't got your own Oddies Socks feel free to improvise with your own!

Hello there Oddies Bloggers! Many apologies for the lack of activity here. I promised both fun posts and serious posts last week and have so far provided neither.

So, first things first: BORBORYGMI – who guessed what it means then? As ever, using google doesn’t count. The answer was (of course) that it means the rumbling noises your tummy makes when you’re hungry. So next time you hear someone’s belly rumbling impress them with your knowledge: “Bad spot of borborygmi you’ve got there old sport”.

So, an update on things we have in the pipeline for the blog. We’re working on an exciting competition. The prize is still to be confirmed, but needless to say it will be excellent.

Finally, many thanks also for those who have now joined the Oddies facebook group – just search for “Oddies” on facebook.

Keep it Oddies,
Mike.

An early "word fo the week" blog update today. We're working on some fun things to update with later this week and then some more interesting, serious (surely not?) pieces next week.

The word of this week is therfore:

"BORBORYGMI"

And you have a whole week to guess what it means. Any guesses in the comments section please.

Go go go!

So did you manage to guess what "Slubberdegullion" meant? Using google doesn't count.

Well for those that didn't the correct answer is: "a slobbering or dirty fellow".

Luckily there's none of those in the Oddies Office. And if there were then you can be sure Police Oddie would deal with them.

Bye for now.

Good Afternoon Oddies Fans!

It is of course Friday in Oddieworld which, as any grown up will tell you, is the best day of the week.

I will leave you with a word for the weekend. Do YOU know what it means?

"slubberdegullion"

Answers on Monday!

Exciting times at Oddie HQ! New prototype sock designs have been coming in for us to check out (and try on!)and say "yay :-)" or "nay :-(" to. The main change in design on the prototypes we've seen so far is a change in shape to a new "tube" shape of sock which should help the socks fit better on the foot. Some may even come with a special non-slip sole as well!

Good Morning Oddie Friends! New blogger here at Oddies HQ, its Mike the new intern! And what better way to start than to present the oddies spoiler in glorious technicolour below?! A round of applause to whose who manage to count and name all the individual Oddies featured.