Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 03, 2012

One becomes inured to derisive sniffs in this game. Sniff.

DEAR MS T, SORRY ABOUT ALL CAPS, I WILL TRY AND KEEP THIS SHORT. I WAS A PATROL BOY IN GRADE SCHOOL, AND IT RIGHT AFTER A SNOW STROM SO WE WORE THE YELLOW RAIN GEAR. EVENS SILLY HATS FOR US. MY BEST MALE FREIND IN LIFEAND I HAD THE CORNER, IT TOOK 2 OF US. HE STARTED FLAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND IN THE COAT WE WORE, AND WANTED ME TO DO IT. A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR OUR LOCAL NEWSPSPER WAS GOING BY AND SAID HE WANTED A PIC OF ME, SO THAT NIGHT THERE I WAS IN OUR PAPER.

She had large nostrils for sniffing derisively.

A sniff could also happen when things smell really, really good.

Shows to go how old I am- My safety belt was white; ’50s.

ha

I think you missed a spot with your makeup.Having pancakes?

You got to watch the sniffluent, it gets all over everything

I am disappointed in all of you, but most of all in myself, that I never heard of HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN until now.

This derisive snort brought to you by Mics Co.

Sniffing? Meh. It could be worse – they could laugh at your comic.

I’m old enough to remember what comic books were like before Fredric Wertham’s 1954 book “Seduction of the Innocent” and the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings that followed … both were in response to public concern over, what some called, gory and horrific comic-book content.The result was the creation of The Comics Code Authority … a body that was part of the Comics Magazine Association of America … and a tool for the comics-publishing industry to self-regulate the content of comic books in the United States. Member publishers submitted comic books to the CCA, which screened them for adherence to its Comics Code, and authorized the use of their seal on the cover if the books complied. Most retail outlets refused to sell comic books that did not carry this seal. At the height of its influence, it was a de facto censor for the U.S. comic book industry. It is safe to say that this code and the restrictions it created inspired the great “Underground Comics Movement” and such influencial artists as Robert Crumb. -The last publishers discontinued their participation in 2011

You might think the fast food joints could make their day on the savoury bacon-cheese pie, but however you spell it savory’s not in their lexicon.

if comics are outlawed, only outlaws will have comics.

It’s sad that comic books have been persecuted in this country. Yet pointless, mindless TV shows that make fun of people getting abused or humiliating themselves are completely okay.

And yet she reads them in private.

Instead of Comics, isn’t the PC description now, Graphic Novels ?

One of the benefits of coming late to the FA comments is that you get a feel for the theme of the day. Although I did have a white crossing-guard’s sash as a grade-schooler, I am not quite old enough to remember the pre-CCA days.

Now, having said that, I wonder who the star of today’s strip is. She looks a little like the Phantom of the Opera’s sister.

And that’s an intriguing set of photos from Lewis Wickes Hine. I see the theme of the burdened lower classes therein. And: the pepper and salt shakers (at least I think that’s what they are) in the Savoury cheese photo look exactly like those finger-tip grips favored by administrative personnel. And: I forgot to add that when I wore the Safety Stripe, mine came complete with a shiny, silver badge. So there!(Next time, I’ll try to organize my comments better. Sorry.)

Then she must sniff at me with all of her nostril strength…

The disparaging comments come from Something Awful/. Some very, very unhappy people hang out there – they were among the crowd that effectuated an infestation of Pibgorn, before those comments were shut down. I’m assuming the name of the forum applies to its participants, rather than the subject matter.

When I was Safety Patrol (back in the 60s) we had boring white belts.

We love the Dogsniffiness of yourself!!!

On the Blog, re the use of “Monday” as a racial slur: I would think that’s obvious. It’s a veiled reference to Friday, as in Robinson Crusoe.

@beviek

Remember that the Charles Atlas course only covers the first seven days of the weakling’s growth cycle. I’m sure that with further cultivation you could produce a far more satisfactory crop.

Re Blog (The wrong sort of people).Quite right; who knows what sort of weirdos a church might attract? After all what’s wrong with getting something worthwhile for your money?

The “Mystic Seer” looks a lot like the fortune-telling machine that bedevilled William Shatner on the Twilight Zone’s “Nick of Time” episode, but it’s actually a bobblehead product:

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/hitlist.asp?searchfield=twilight+zone+mystic+seer&eeshop=&x=0&y=0

I’m intrigued the concession truck on the blog:

http://obituarytypo.blogspot.com/2012/08/concession-truck.html

The lack of bumpers, turn signals or tail lights tells me it’s a design concept, and not a production vehicle. It would be pretty groovy if such a thing saw production, though.

pardon my spam, please.if you like “Frog Applause”, you might like “*_The Lost Bear_*”. you can get a free download of his new book on E-Book. $0.00!@Teresaplease don’t send Vlad after me…

RE: Monday. I found out that in the south, “Gal” is for black women the same as calling a black man “Boy”. It isn’t in Minnesota, unless your audience happens to be black and from the south. I got an earful for that faux pas.

blog.the winders of modern tecknoligy…a four wheeled Twinky.

blogyes, we feel the love.i don’t “get” Frog Applause, but i still like it.i wonder what that has to say about me.

Re blog : GEORGENo wonder he’s got such a big smile on his face !

WOLVES!!——- A reintroduced wolf has wandered within a 1/2 hr, or thereabouts from here last week, according to the fieldtracker’s telemetry. (NE Butte Co., CA.)

The Blog brings new meaning to “Let GEORGE do it.”

I sniff dirisively all the time. So I sympathise.