Horrors: A couple typos in Episode 13 of Sam Bassett: “sacrilegious” is probably one of the most frequently mis-spelled words by analogy with “religion.”
“Owing to the phonetic similarities between the words sacrilegious and religious, and their spiritually-based uses in modern English, many people mistakenly assume that the two words are etymologically linked, or that one is an antonym of the other. Religious is derived from the Latin word religio, meaning “reverence, religion”, (from religare, “to bind [to the god{s}]”; Tully derived it from re- [again] and legere [to read]), whereas sacrilegious is derived ultimately from the Latin combining form sacr-, meaning sacred, and the verb legere, meaning “to steal”, “to collect”, or “to read”. The Latin noun sacrilegus means “one who steals sacred things”. (Wikipedia)
You trusted a squirrel. What outcome did you expect? I warned you that I was training them to be ninja. Deception is the primary art of the ninja. I hope you learned a valued lesson.
I think humans have evolved to give birth to more boys than girls, simply to try to keep the numbers in each gender about equal. Boys aren’t as successful getting to adulthood, because of, um … choices.
This reminds me of the chapter in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” in which Mowgli outruns the red dog pack and zips through the wild bee colony. Mowgli escapes, and the red dogs are swarmed and killed by the bees. I wonder whether Barnes was influenced by that. He would have been about 20 when it was published.
Froglandia is the only place in the world where you can find a salt water river. Normally, a salt sea is one with no outlets, but there is a highland area just west of the Lovefeel lava flows that is so rich in minerals that the water from it forms a salty lake, and the river from it, which flows west, also is quite briny. Like the Nile, it floods every spring. It is called the Funereal River. Legend has it that if you gaze into its waters during its flood stage, that you can catch glimpses of your immediate past life, or at least the faces of those grieving your loss, in its turbulent waters. Due to its high specific gravity, nobody has ever drown in it.
The eager dog, who is not too bright, gets the bees’ stings…. I imagine there was supposed to be a moral to this story, but I’m too sedentary to philosophize today….
3hourtour Premium Member almost 4 years ago
…golly, that’s a lot of moths…
…more living things live in a dead tree than a live one…
…must of been a fox squirrel…
…a teleporting squirrel?…
…when Ramus turned into a dog he didn’t count on the crafty squirrel team at Ravencraft…
…public domain?…
…my cousin once claimed to be that…
…a funny thing happened at my buddy’s house last summer…
…we saw a squirrel booking down through the alleyway…
…closely followed by a cat…
…I guess it wasn’t funny for the squirrel…
…squirrel is delicious…
…cooked right…
…but the stew can be a little runny…
David OBrien almost 4 years ago
It can be a little gamey.
The Old Wolf almost 4 years ago
Bzzz!
The Old Wolf almost 4 years ago
Horrors: A couple typos in Episode 13 of Sam Bassett: “sacrilegious” is probably one of the most frequently mis-spelled words by analogy with “religion.”
“Owing to the phonetic similarities between the words sacrilegious and religious, and their spiritually-based uses in modern English, many people mistakenly assume that the two words are etymologically linked, or that one is an antonym of the other. Religious is derived from the Latin word religio, meaning “reverence, religion”, (from religare, “to bind [to the god{s}]”; Tully derived it from re- [again] and legere [to read]), whereas sacrilegious is derived ultimately from the Latin combining form sacr-, meaning sacred, and the verb legere, meaning “to steal”, “to collect”, or “to read”. The Latin noun sacrilegus means “one who steals sacred things”. (Wikipedia)
Mighty Phavahg almost 4 years ago
Teresa, you’re making Lennie Peterson look energetic.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 4 years ago
You trusted a squirrel. What outcome did you expect? I warned you that I was training them to be ninja. Deception is the primary art of the ninja. I hope you learned a valued lesson.
coltish1 almost 4 years ago
I thought this was maybe background or commentary on the changes to Mark Trail.
coltish1 almost 4 years ago
I think humans have evolved to give birth to more boys than girls, simply to try to keep the numbers in each gender about equal. Boys aren’t as successful getting to adulthood, because of, um … choices.
Plods with ...™ almost 4 years ago
Rodent Revolution!
Howard'sMyHero almost 4 years ago
I want a Culmer Barnes Public Domain T-shirt for New Year’s Day …!
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Extremism in pursuance of squirrel treachery is no vice.
https://www.gocomics.com/frogapplause/2015/04/05
songbird44 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
This reminds me of the chapter in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” in which Mowgli outruns the red dog pack and zips through the wild bee colony. Mowgli escapes, and the red dogs are swarmed and killed by the bees. I wonder whether Barnes was influenced by that. He would have been about 20 when it was published.
6turtle9 almost 4 years ago
So, moral of the story is, if you want to get frisky you must be prepared to bee stung? Or maybe simply homefield advantage often wins.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Froglandia is the only place in the world where you can find a salt water river. Normally, a salt sea is one with no outlets, but there is a highland area just west of the Lovefeel lava flows that is so rich in minerals that the water from it forms a salty lake, and the river from it, which flows west, also is quite briny. Like the Nile, it floods every spring. It is called the Funereal River. Legend has it that if you gaze into its waters during its flood stage, that you can catch glimpses of your immediate past life, or at least the faces of those grieving your loss, in its turbulent waters. Due to its high specific gravity, nobody has ever drown in it.
Sisyphos almost 4 years ago
The eager dog, who is not too bright, gets the bees’ stings…. I imagine there was supposed to be a moral to this story, but I’m too sedentary to philosophize today….
Radish... almost 4 years ago
Did the quick spotted dog jump over yesterdays lazy red fox?