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April 7, 2021 Share By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of “The Sopranos” and his eyes were getting tired from reading. Then his lunch arrived in a brown paper bowl and he thought “Aha. That’s a hat waiting to happen.” The paper cowboy was born. Using the good quality paper bags his food was delivered in each day, Marriott, an art director on TV commercials, began fashioning an outfit. He added a brim to his hat, and then came the waistcoat and chaps. Next? A horse, of course.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Paper cowboy rides out his quarantine in Australian hotel 7 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read David Marriott poses with his paper horse Russell in his hotel room in Brisbane. Photo / AP David Marriott poses with his paper horse Russell in his hotel room in Brisbane. Photo / AP AP By: Nick Perry By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He'd watched a few seasons of The Sopranos and his eyes were getting tired from reading. Then his lunch arrived in a brown paper bowl and he thought "Aha. That's a hat wait...

Associated Press World View: US New Vax Deadline, Ethnic Cleansing by Ethiopia, Chauvin-Floyd Trial, More President Joe Biden has brought forward his deadline to make all U.S. adults eligible for coronavirus vaccinations. In Sudan, Tigrayan refugees accuse Ethiopia’s government and its allies of ethnic cleansing. And in Australia, a TV commercial art director killing time in coronavirus quarantine has become the “paper cowboy.” Also this morning: Even as U.S. schools reopen, many students learn remotely. Iranian state TV acknowledges ship attacked in Red Sea. MIKE CORDER

This man certainly "saddled up" to make the best of his two-week quarantine.  David Marriott, an art director from Sydney, Australia, thought he might take up juggling and spend his quarantine listening to music. Instead, he ended up turning himself into a "paper cowboy" using brown paper bags to make a costume -- and a paper horse named Russell. Marriott had traveled to the U.K. after his father died unexpectedly in February from COVID-19, The Guardian reported.  After quarantining in the U.K. before the funeral, Marriott expected another "long two weeks" on his way back into Australia, so...

David Marriott poses with his paper horse "Russell" in his hotel room in Brisbane, Australia, April 1, 2021. While in quarantine inside his Brisbane hotel room, the art director was bored and started making a cowboy outfit from the paper bags his meals were being delivered in. His project expanded to include a horse and a clingfilm villain that he has daily adventures with, in images that have gained a huge online following. David Marriott via AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting b...