Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for July 24, 2012

Much worse than that caused by beans.

But mild compared to beer and garlic pizza.

An empty house is better than a bad tenant !

I hope you’re smoking an aromatic but strong tobacco in your pipe, Blue Man! [P.S. Are you a copyright infringement on the the rights of the Blue Man Group?]

This is highly acceptable in some tribes, a sign of thanksfullness.

Careful- that might be #6 you’re challenging. And, if you check my underwear, I DO fart circles, pal.

This may be the most disgusting Frog Applause ever.

Re blog: Not the H H J……?

Blog again: (Lupo Manaro) has anyone else noticed that in amonst the hair and eyes, there are little dog faces? I said faces NOT faeces.

I hope he isn’t the sort who burns the candle at both ends!

Your answer comes from Outback and down under.

“That’s a pleasant fragrance pipe tobacco you’re smoking today, what brand is it?”

I think you’ve sent in a ringer!!!

Nothing compared to Haggis and Natto flatulence, I can tell you from experience.

Sweet comment from HHJ, that’s just how I feel. But you already knew that.

Is that anything like blowing smoke rings?

Fascinating audio slideshow, Bobby Baker’s work narrated by herself, and chronicling her journey through mental illness and breast cancer, back to health.

Trying to catch up on Frog after a vacation is like trying to eat four dozen of those English Breakfasts at a single sitting. Which I would gladly do, if I had the storage volume.

I grew up on the New Yorker; it was always in our home when I was a child, and I very early fell in love with the bizarre humor of Charles Addams (not to mention the many others of the day. In college, Gahan Wilson became my favorite (I only read it for the cartoons, really!). It’s no wonder I turn to Frog Applause and Frog Blog for my daily dose of incongruity.

I answer questions with bourbon breath and usually answer them wrong.

I see that Vlad’s “limbs lost” count has skyrocketed over the last 24 hours. Can we get details?

Re: ♥YES, WE FEEL THE LOVE♥Teresa, HHJ sums up nicely what I feel. You are an incredibly talented woman. I have become an avid reader and fan. Keep up the great work !

Forget the details. How about photographs?

Hm. I was right – I THOUGHT that looked like Ronald Reagan.And, allow me to add Kliban to the list of honored cartoonists. His influence can be seen clearly in J.C. Duffy’s work. (It’s clear to me, anyway.) Our loved Teresa, of course, is without precedent, and without peer.

i thought Riversink was a town near the Hudson.

In the glory days of the National Lampoon the cartoonist Rodrigues was fantastic … perhaps the best of his ilk ….

…french fries farts?

add me to the list of Gahan Wilson fans.as a child i would sneak pops Playboy magazines and start paging through it to look at the funnies. G.W. was always my favorite.(as a pree teen the girls were interesting, but did not rise much of an interest. they raised my interest later in my life.)

i wish,i wish,i wish we could edit.i don’t want to do a do over for one letter…

re blog.i like naps…

A blast from the Devil’s Funyun

Mmm, paella. Best one I ever had was on the streets of Madrid…

The poster child looks like an Eloise Wilkin illustration come to life.

In re: Linguist’s post on your Quonset Huts entry:

There was a young man from Dun LaoghaireWho propounded an interesting thaoghaire:That the language of ErseHas a shortage of verse’Cos the spelling makes poets so waoghaire.

For what it’s worth: Ruth Smythers article at Wikipedia.

I thought that thing said “Cartoon-o-Vile” club, and I wondered where I could join.

Re: How God gives us peanut butter. I appreciate the sentiment, but was also reminded of the 5-star-awesome prayer offered up in “Shenandoah” by Jimmy Stewart’s character: Charlie Anderson: “Lord, we cleared this land. We plowed it, sowed it, and harvest it. We cook the harvest. It wouldn’t be here and we wouldn’t be eating it if we hadn’t done it all ourselves. We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel, but we thank you Lord just the same for the food we’re about to eat, amen.”

Three more grammar jokes:

Past, present and future walk into a bar. It was tense.

Conditional, indicative and subjunctive came in later. They were moody.

Last of all, a noun asked for a beer. He was declined.

Any antique store worth its salt will have a Charlie Weaver bartender somewhere on its shelves. I remember seeing these all over the place in New York stores in the 50’s.

In re: several essays and counterpoints about the nasty letters and comments you receive, Teresa, I give you the best take on the troll mentality that I’ve seen, by the inimitable John Cleese. He’s talking about extremists, but you add the anonymity of the internet, which allows trolls to suppress any social conventions of compassion and decency that they might otherwise exhibit in public, it’s a perfect fit.

John Cleese on Extremism

Poppy seed roll, also called “Mohn” in Austria. Very common in the bakeries, Mohnstrudel is just as tasty as Apfelstrudel.

Followup article to “Born into Brothels”: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8456643.stm

There. I have now caught up on Frog Blog, from today back to June 6th.Even if I ever go on a comic fast again, FB won’t be part of it. I can’t handle all that awesomeness all at once.

“Heil’s Koffie” translates (per the Internets, anyway) as “Salvation’s Coffee.” Must be some good stuff, that.

I assume that Mister Vacuum refers to vacuum pumps that would power such things as power steering and power breaks back in the day. I had an old Mercedes Benz that was on it’s last legs once. It had “power locks” that worked with vacuum tubes/pumps. The locks would work even after the battery was disconnected. — Just a guess.

Rather limits our conversation I fear.

MEET MISTER VACUUM. Yes, the dust bunnies can become tangled in your feet as you do the shifting and the braking and the speedy upping.

Sanitized Van. You Betcha’!

Is that anything like smoke rings?

I think “Mr. Vacuum” refers to the space you’re supposed to leave between your vehicle and the one in front of you. It’s well known that courteous driving is the thing people in front of you are NOT supposed to do, while the people behind you are supposed to do it.

better to pass that gas and bear the smell than hold the fart and hurt like hell