Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for June 12, 2024

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member 6 months ago

    Did gaslighting originate because not so serious people were lighting farts?

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    The Old Wolf  6 months ago

    Farding while driving is not recommended.

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    PraiseofFolly  6 months ago

    Legend thatijustmadeup has it Franklin had a fondness for lightning bugs. Take that ephemeral bit of knowledge for what it’s worth.

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    3hourtour Premium Member 6 months ago

    …the, ‘dies farting,’ is the better quote…

    …it’s a dangerous occupation farting at work…

    …especially with our white work pants…

    …hopes a spring turtle…

    …when it comes to that crap…

    …in the tmi zone…

    …I didn’t come to work commando…

    …but I sure was when I left work…

    …since 2020, I have always carried a small bottle of hand sanitizer…

    …you grab & muti-fold of the cheapest-thinnest t.p. allowed by law…

    …put a squirt on it…

    …and wipe the seat …

    …it might not be safer…

    …but perhaps neither is covering my mouth when I cough…

    …or sneezing into my elbow…

    …but it makes me feel better…

    …so who knows…

    …remember…

    …to put the Bathmat associates first…

    …the life you save could be your own…

    …even if it’s just all pretend…

    …be cautious & aware and have a great work day…

    …from the latest Froglandia Bathmat safety video: It Maybe Crappy, But That’s Why They Call It Work

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    Brass Orchid Premium Member 6 months ago

    Must be a side effect of inventing the bifocal glasses. One quote for distance, and one for close up.

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    Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member 6 months ago

    The art looks very familiar.

    Also, … “Touchdown, Teresa!”

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    nancyb creator 6 months ago

    Franklin wrote monograph called “Fart Proudly”. And the top expert in Franklin’s writings proves Frog Applause’s version correct. It was later bowdlerized to ‘fasting’!

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    phritzg Premium Member 6 months ago

    Lesser known Ben Franklin quote: “A farthing saved is a farthing earned. Do this 4 times, and thou will have saved a penny.”

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    ChukLitl Premium Member 6 months ago

    As long as there is any hope at all, there is still hope.

    The only time there is no hope at all is when you have lost all hope.

    If I’m here I’ll hope. If I’m not here I hope someone else will carry on.

    Keep Hope Alive!

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    Rev Phnk Ey  6 months ago

    While they may be quoting Franklin, they all appear to me to be shouting “look at me, I’m a tree”.

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    lemonbaskt  6 months ago

    your just gaslighting me

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    Linguist  6 months ago

    Concerning farting, I always remember what my dear old Irish grandmother used to say:

    " An empty house is better than a bad tenant! "

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    charles9156  6 months ago

    who modified it?

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    coltish1.  6 months ago

    Dr. Franklin made an ill-fated trip to London during the harsh days when (the supposedly pre-madness) King George threw a hissy and wanted to punish the rough and rowdy American colonials. His mission was to try to assuage tempers and smooth things over. It didn’t work. So although many in London admired Franklin, they sent him packing after publicly and harshly criticizing him to the point of humiliation. He went home convinced there would be war.

    To quote Kliban, You Walrus Hurt the One You Love.

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    Howard'sMyHero  6 months ago

    Supposedly, Ben Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm 272 years and 2 days ago on June 10, 1752. There’s no documentation if any farting was involved in the experiment…!

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    Mike Baldwin creator 6 months ago

    So that’s who invented farting.

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    6turtle9  6 months ago

    He that lives upon Lame, has farts to die for.

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    willie_mctell  6 months ago

    Franklin did have a scatological sense of humor.

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    Mary Ellen  6 months ago

    Words to live by. And fart by.

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    Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr   6 months ago

    Rice paper paintings of groups of 18th century Japanese men having farting contests is a thing.

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    Sisyphos  6 months ago

    Old Ben was an earthy wit (and that’s putting it politely).

    And yet we still tend to think of the Founding Fathers as stodgy….

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    nancyb creator 6 months ago

    “Roland le Fartere, (Roulandus le Fartere or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 12 hectares (30 acres) of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II.” Roland was required to attend Court at Christmas time and do one leap and ‘flatulation’. I want to know if that position is still open.

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