Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for April 27, 2018

You’d think he’d be able to afford more expensive ones, being Pharaoh and all.

In denile of identical dental detail, or the dentist/orthodontist detracts from extractions

He was quite the specimen.

“Tutankhamun was slight of build, and was roughly 5 ft 11 in tall. He had large front incisors and an overbite characteristic of the Thutmosid royal line to which he belonged. … Tutankhamun also had “a slightly cleft palate” and possibly a mild case of scoliosis, a medical condition in which the spine deviates to the side from the normal position. X-rays clearly show that the king suffered from Klippel–Feil syndrome, the congenital fusion of any two of the cervical vertebrae. All seven vertebrae in his neck were completely fused together, so he was unable to move his head. Examination of Tutankhamun’s body has also revealed deformations in his left foot, caused by necrosis of bone tissue. The affliction may have forced Tutankhamun to walk with the use of a cane, many of which were found in his tomb." (from Wikipedia)

He may have been the child of a brother-sister marriage, and he married his half-sister. Died at ~18; no surviving kids.

Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia……

Gnaw, couldn’t be or wooden be…

“The Plover and the Clover can be told apart with ease,

By paying close attention to the habits of the Bees,

For en-to-molo-gists aver, the Bee can be in Clover,

While ety-molo-gists concur, there is no B in Plover.”

From “How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers: A Manual of Flornithology for Beginners” (1907)

She was awarded an ‘F’ for her efforts, on the basis of a lack of originality or creativity in syllabic separation.

“Again. This time with a lisp.”

Susie Derkins from the live action “Calvin and Hobbes.” The casting of Miss Wormwood raised eyebrows everywhere from Hollywood to Wichita.

Tut Tut, your highness.

The imperial goatee on King Tutankhamun’s golden burial mask is back in business after scientists reattached it with beeswax, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. The more than 3,300-year-old mask was damaged in August 2014 when the beard accidentally fell off during a routine cleaning.

Damn phonetics ! Bring back ‘sight reading’ !

The EE-gyp-TOL-o-gists went on to speculate he may have been assassinated because he just couldn’t keep his mouth shut ….

Where do you think Steve Martin got that King Tut song?

Has Sister Teresa secretly been consorting with fellow-cartoonist Jennifer Babcock (C’est la Vie), who actually is a professional EE_-gyp-TOL-_o gist?

There are so many half-truths and speculations centered around poor Tut-ankh-amun (once Tut-ankh-aten). It’s a wonder he doesn’t just OD on extract of tanna leaves!

Tannis anyone?