While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags. Illustrator Tobatron aka Toby Leigh has designed three tote bags in collaboration with accessories designer Elaine Burke which feature a pastiche of the London 2012 logo as well as some rather tongue-in-cheek slogans. The bags say "They're all on steroids", "It only took me three hours to get to work" and "I'm renting my flat to a fat American family." But while some might assume the three screen-printed designs are a snide slight towards the games, rest-assured the bags are actually being sold to raise money for a charity called Khama, which offer support and sustainable employment for women in Malawi. Locog - the London Games organising committee - has been frequently blasted over the last few weeks, as the strict branding rules set up to protect London 2012 sponsors become ever more draconian.
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .