Hilarious pictures show how 'eyebombing' turns ordinary objects into friendly faces thanks to a pair of googly eyes

  • Danish designers have set up website which celebrates the internet craze

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 08:31 EST, 26 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:31 EST, 26 December 2013

These hilarious photos show how everyday objects can be turned into friendly faces with the simple addition of a pair of stick-on googly eyes.

The craze, known as 'eyebombing', is considered by fans to be an easy way of brightening up the world around them.

And two visionary Danish designers have set up a website for eyebombers across the world to share images of themselves joining in with the craze.

Hilarious: This is an example of 'eyebombing', where web users attach googly eyes to everyday objects

Hilarious: This is an example of 'eyebombing', where web users attach googly eyes to everyday objects

Iconic: A happy face on a telescope looking from the top of the Eiffel Tower over the rest of Paris

Iconic: A happy face on a telescope looking from the top of the Eiffel Tower over the rest of Paris

Festive: A Christmas tree decorated with giant googly eyes to celebrate the holiday period

Festive: A Christmas tree decorated with giant googly eyes to celebrate the holiday period

Eerie: Attaching eyes to this chayote squash makes it look like a snake or deep-sea creature

Eerie: Attaching eyes to this chayote squash makes it look like a snake or deep-sea creature

Smiling: Two Danish designers who set up a website dedicated to eyebombing say they want to make the world a cheerier place for all their users

Smiling: Two Danish designers who set up a website dedicated to eyebombing say they want to make the world a cheerier place for all their users

Eyebombing has been going on for years, thanks to the comic potential of applying googly eyes to objects such as postboxes, drainpipes and bins.

 

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But more recently Peter Dam and Kim Nielsen decided to celebrate the practice with their site, Eyebombing.com, whose motto is: 'Humanising the world, one google eye at a time.'

They have imposed two strict rules on wannabe eyebombers - the eyes can only be put on inanimate objects, and it must be done in a public place.

Dignified: Fans say the practice shows almost any inanimate object can be turned into a face

Dignified: Fans say the practice shows almost any inanimate object can be turned into a face

Rusting: But this plug was given a new lease of life with the addition of a pair of comic eyes

Rusting: But this plug was given a new lease of life with the addition of a pair of comic eyes

Shock: A water pipe is transformed into an open mouth with the temporary addition of a pair of eyes

Shock: A water pipe is transformed into an open mouth with the temporary addition of a pair of eyes

Open wide! This barcode scanner is yet another candidate for the eyebombing treatment

Open wide! This barcode scanner is yet another candidate for the eyebombing treatment

Vandalism? The founders of the eyebombing website say that because it is anonymous it is very different to graffiti

Vandalism? The founders of the eyebombing website say that because it is anonymous it is very different to graffiti

What's going on? The comic craze has been cheering up web users for several years now

What's going on? The comic craze has been cheering up web users for several years now

While the practice may seem frivolous and silly, the website's founders insist they have an important purpose in helping to cheer up the whole world.

'The goal is simple - it is just to bring more chuckles, smiles and laughs to the world,' the pair told BBC News.

'It gives us the opportunity to create a smile in people's very busy lives.'

Putting a smile on the face of the world: Kim Nielsen and Peter Dam are adamant that eyebombing serves a social purpose by increasing people's general happiness

Putting a smile on the face of the world: Kim Nielsen and Peter Dam are adamant that eyebombing serves a social purpose by increasing people's general happiness

Crowded: But the end of a rail is just about large enough to fit a pair of googly eyes

Crowded: But the end of a rail is just about large enough to fit a pair of googly eyes

Monstrous: An old ventilation grate in Cornwall is transformed into a fearsomely gaping mouth

Monstrous: An old ventilation grate in Cornwall is transformed into a fearsomely gaping mouth

Hygiene: A hand soap dispenser becomes an alarmed-looking face after an eyebombing

Hygiene: A hand soap dispenser becomes an alarmed-looking face after an eyebombing

Wacky: An official metal tag becomes a bear's muzzle thanks to some creative editing

Wacky: An official metal tag becomes a bear's muzzle thanks to some creative editing

Outside: These fire hydrants obey the rule that all eyebombings must take place in public

Outside: These fire hydrants obey the rule that all eyebombings must take place in public

Some may compare eyebombing to graffiti, but Mr Dam and Mr Nielsen say that because it is anonymous it is far more selfless than painting your own name on the side of a building.

'Graffiti and tagging are all about you,' they said. 'Eyebombing is only about giving something to others.'

In addition, they insist that fans should only use removable sticky eyes, rather than gluing them on, so that they do not do any damage.

Subtle: Eyebombing can often be a particularly unobtrusive form of public artwork

Subtle: Eyebombing can often be a particularly unobtrusive form of public artwork

Shifty: The peculiar alignment of these googly eyes makes the plug look particularly guilty

Shifty: The peculiar alignment of these googly eyes makes the plug look particularly guilty

I eat your coins: This payphone becomes a gluttonous individual with the addition of a pair of eyes

I eat your coins: This payphone becomes a gluttonous individual with the addition of a pair of eyes

Looking grate: Another face set into a brick wall thanks to the magic of eyebombing

Looking grate: Another face set into a brick wall thanks to the magic of eyebombing

Gigantic: An unusually large pair of googly eyes was required to eyebomb this bucket over a well

Gigantic: An unusually large pair of googly eyes was required to eyebomb this bucket over a well

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