Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 21, 2017

That’s the problem with feral criminality; it just sort of rolls in like a big wheel.

Wash your face, bud. You’ve got a big smudge on your cheek.

The weed of crime blossoms everywhere that it finds fertile ground, and bears berry bitter fruit.

The authorities were closing in. Wonka needed to get out of town. More than that, he needed something the Oompa Loompas couldn’t give him. He needed a patsy, somebody to be standing at the helm when the ship ran aground with him in the wind.

But what about the … mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits … and Methodists?

But leave the fluffernutterers free!

The young man in the mack seems troubled, as though he just discovered feral criminality. Don’t worry, young fellow, it’s just boards of directors, looking out for your best interests.

I would be HAPPY to investigate the evidence.

What about Mouseketeers?

Have to watch out for those Marshmallowers, mugsters, and chocolateers if you want to have any candy left at the end of the night.

A rallying cry against Hanukkah Gelt guilt.

No counterfeit minting!

The Republican government appears to be condoning lies, theft, bullying and racism.

Don’t vote for those people.

Today’s Horror Scope.

We celebrate with costumes and mine will be Fran San Cisco or Poncho Villa this year!

Autumn encourages the appropriate ambience..

Someone stole my packet of biscuits and digestives.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the trick-or-treater’s pillowcase.

Oh, you silly historiated O! Heaping charges baselessly upon the chocolate gang and its allies! There may be sweet (or even very sweet) retribution, and the cost of cacao beans will skyrocket, even more than it already has, thanks to The Cartel.

Always be wary of a chocolate-covered radish. The sweet does not always really mask the bitter.

Sounds like a variation of Princess Bubblegum’s Candy Kingdom she created in the far future after the Last War.

Marshmallow, mug, chocolate…

It’s the Hot Chocolate Ring! (They took over the turf of the Cocoa Gang.)