Artistic Licensee

“6.9m” has gripped an island nation in the sun. Every Tan, Jit and Ali (Tom, Dick and Harry in other parts of the English speaking world) has an opinion, and the debate online and offline has overshadowed the “national conversation.” Now 6.9m is the only talk in town. T-shirts, mugs and posters featuring 6.9m are selling like hot cakes. So Arturo, that artful artepreneur, has got one of the Tan, Jit and Ali trio to do an installation at his Galleria Arturo, hoping to cash in on the mania.

The origin of the lion with a mermaid’s tail is shrouded in mystery. Legend has it that it started with a chance meeting one sunny day on a beach… Check out the Merfamily® Collectibles and other attractive Singapore mementos at  zazzle.com/virtuocity here   T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, covers for iPad, iPhone, MacBook Air, posters, post cards, etc. that you can customise online to make great gifts for friends and family. Merfamily® is a registered trademark under IPOS Singapore No: T9904612F. © Tan Choon Hong 1999-2014. All rights reserved.

While it is on record that the Singapore Flag was designed by a committee headed by the late Dr Toh Chin Chye, mystery surrounds the actual process of its creation. The Artistic Licensee takes the liberty of suggesting how it might have been conceived.

Happee and Larky are happy-go-lucky clouds that often watch over us and ponder the follies of mankind. Incidentally, Happee is a rain cloud, and he pees when pissed. Larky is happy as a lark.

Accidents happen, and some do have a happy ending when they take on an artistic dimension.

Check out the Merfamily® Collectibles and other attractive Singapore mementos at http://www.zazzle.com/virtuocity?rf=238051592958169000  T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, covers for iPad, iPhone, MacBook Air, posters, post cards, etc. that you can customise online to make great gifts for friends and family. Merfamily® is a registered trademark under IPOS Singapore No: T9904612F.  © Tan Choon Hong 1999-2023. All rights reserved.

Whenever sensitive issues are broached, those whose sensitivities have ratcheted up, will invariably remind us that Singapore is not the USA or UK, that we are unique and must find our own way. Taking this to heart, and armed with the artistic licence granted by Goddess Athena, I have gone on a little Singaporeanisation of the august English language. From now on, I shall refrain from using the very Englishman’s expression “every Tom, Dick and Harry” and substitute it with my very own native phrase “every Tan, Jit and Ali”. I think it has local flavour and it kinda has a nice ring to it. TAN, JIT & ALI™ collectibles are available at www.zazzle.com/virtuocity