It’s not that easy to recreate photographs in paintings so that it will be difficult to point out the original picture and its painted copy. Norman Rockwell created real masterpieces in painting photos and spiced them up a little.

‘Derp’ comes from the South Park series, when Mr. Derp made a guest appearance at South Park Elementary as the chef for a day.

The word stands for a simple, undefined reply when an ignorant comment or action is made. It is also an expression sometimes used online to signify stupidity, much like the earlier forms of “duh” and “dur.”

To sum it up, you’ll see here a collection of funny pictures with captions, mainly people or animals making funny faces.

Chinese developers thought that this guy demanded compensation for his house that was way too much they could afford. So they fixed the problem in their own way…

Previous Chinese “land wars” posts:

How They Solve the Land Issues in China (7 pics)

How They Solve the Land Issues in China. Part 2 (5 pics)

Looking at these photos of New Zealand after Saturday’s earthquake, I get chills down my spine. It must be horrible to live in Christchurch where people got approximately 300 temblors in just 5 days. Almost 100,000 houses were damaged. It’s a miracle that no one has been reported dead as the earthquake magnitude was 7.1. Local authorities announced a state of civil emergency for the next week.

New Zealand is located in the area where 2 tectonic plates collide. Every year the country faces more than 10,000 earthquakes, but only less than 10 leave such damage.

Meet Norrie May-Welby, Scottish-Australian, who has officially declared to be neither a man nor a woman and made Australia the first country in the world to recognize a “non-specified” gender.

So who do you think this is?

Modern cell phone manufacturers would do anything to make people buy their products.

Most resorts show myth pictures at their official web sites as they are trying to attract more tourists. But photographers from Oyster decided to visit different hotels undercover and see the reality. They took many pictures and finally compared their results to photos found on hotels’ sites. Some comparisons are funny.

D.R. Photo Fakeout: The myth of mega resort serenity

Love is an amazing feeling. And humans are not the only ones who can experience it. Take a look at this kitten and sweet love of its life.

The celebration is called redheads day and it is celebrated in the summer for natural redheads. As these photos show there is quite a gathering of redheads. Some of the gingers or carrot tops are even wearing T-shirts proclaiming their pride at being red headed.

These are some of the combat meals that the troops in Afghanistan receive. They don’t look like much but supposedly they are very healthy. They might not be so bad if the troops didn’t have to look at them while that are eating and if they have some water.

I don’t know if they are permanent or not, but if they are they must have been very painful. However, it is a good place to hide a tattoo until you want to reveal it.

This cutlery is quite creative. Although they all seem quite useable they look very interesting. Some are obviously for children and some are for adults but they are all remarkable. Not sure how comfortable some of them would be to eat from though.

These are some seriously funny tombstones. Either the name or the inscription makes them hilarious. Makes one wonder if the folks who are buried here had as a sense of humor in life as good as it is death.

These incredible child portraits were taken by a photographer named Akval. They catch these children doing what they do best, being themselves. The clarity and attention to detail make them absolutely beautiful.

This struggle between a toad and a snake went on for an hour. The snake was doing its best to try and swallow the toad, but the victim took efforts to escape. Find out who is the winner in this fight after the jump.

A collection of hot summer girls from different cities of the world: New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen and others. Pictures were taken by Gordon von Steiner who traveled to different countries and met many sexy and cute ladies.

Some people have special skills. They can sleep at work. One problem: it’s so difficult to take a nap and not be caught on camera while snoozing on the job. All these people were surely unlucky…

This model looks cute, don’t you think so?

Photographer Justin Minns has saved a squirrel when it fell down the tree and broke its leg. He took care of the animal, and now the squirrel lives in his house together with his cat. The saved pet freely walks around the house and steals snacks.

According to the new edition of the Guinness World Record Book 2011, Edward Nino Hernandez is recognized as the shortest living man in the world. Nino is 24 years old. He lives in Bogota, Colombia. His height is only 27 inches or approximately 70 centimeters. His weight is only 10 kilograms. Nino loves to dance and dreams about meeting Jackie Chan, traveling around the world and owing Mercedes. Still his fame won’t last too long. As soon as Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal turns 18, he will take over Nino’s record as Khagendra’s height is 22 inches or 56 centimeters and he is currently recognized by Guinness as the world’s shortest teenager.

These are probably the world’s most extraordinary and strangest flags. Some of them are pretty funny.

Isle of Man

Goalkeeper Pablo Aurrecochea is not the only person who loves crazy outfits. NBA player Dennis Rodman is also extravagant and enjoys wearing the most unusual and craziest clothes. He loves to change his hairstyle as well.