@BillThompson (from yesterday)Nope, no ducking-and-covering. It was very clearly the fire alarm. In fact, there was some commenting from the faculty (most of whom are too young to have had duck-and-cover drills themselves) that if there really were a Civil Defense Emergency, having the students respond to the fire alarm—that is, evacuate the building—is probably the last thing you’d want them to do….That button was shortly afterward removed, mounted on a plaque, and presented to the teacher who pushed it.
Oh, hell, yes, I remember air raid sirens. Long Beach (just west of where I grew up) tested their sirens at ten AM on the last Friday of every month. You’d know it was coming but it still sounded eerie.
And, yes, one time I forgot about it. That happened when I was twenty, and driving through Long Beach. I was at a stop light, right under one of those sirens when it went off. I was doing seventy along Spring Street before I knew it. Fortunately the street was pretty much deserted and there weren’t any cops around. I wonder how I would have explained it to a judge in traffic court.
“When I’m sampling from your bosomSometimes I suffer from distractions likeWhy does God cause things like tornadoes and train wrecks?When I’m swimming inWhen I’m swimming in your ocean” – Crash Test Dummies
Seeing the contents of today’s strip, I can only conclude that Teresa broke into my house and found my collection of love poems written to me by my late wife.
@ Teresa: You’re welcome here in the Lowlands. I’ll be waiting for you at the airport – I’m the one that looks like Bing Crosby (well, at least as far as the hat is concerned).I can see Vlad riding a bicycle here in the Vladlands.
FEELING THE LOVEHow the heck do they index negative numbers of pages? If I was doing a blog like that, I’d try everything to get negative numbers of indexing.
i don’t know if they were air raid sirens but i remember that when i was a child sirens went off every day precisely at noon.people set their clocks to them.
Anyone else old enough to remember the civil defense drills in school? To this day I’m not sure how much good it would have done us to go out into the hall and line up facing the wall. Thank goodness we never actually found out! (I think I remember something said about trying to protect our eyes.) I was in the fifth grade and it made no sense to me then, either.
“Rerun fun” can mean “boredom” which can lead to BAD TRANSLATOR day!
…6 translations later, SDL gives us:
“Perhaps this is the Weisenlecken she and kisses my birthmark. Perhaps this is because its interromp that sonríe the trip of birds. Not nor although this be … its leopard bad day of the changes of hair can be able to help as and I nevertheless she the nagerement. For nothing the suim of saim”
Google: Highest, lowest and average values = ZEROYahoo: Highest, lowest and average values = ZEROBing: Highest, lowest and average values = ZERO
It’s unanimous! Frog Blog has ZERO value!
P.S. to Larry. Take a few page from Rep. Akin’s handbook: say you were misquoted, then say you misspoke, then apologize, then give up! (or, to misquote Clayton Williams, if a Vlad cold cocking is inevitable, relax and enjoy it)
YOUR LAWS VIOLATE MY RIGHTS. Drug Laws in this country are a horrible excuse for domestic terrorism by the State upon the citizens. The State does not have the right to say what you can and can not do so long as it doesn’t affect anyone else. This also applies to Seat Belt Laws (and a number of other things). Not wearing your seat belt is not a crime. The State is within it’s rights to encourage people to wear their seatbelts (i.e. offering a discount on tickets to those wearing the belt) but CANNOT require their use.
margueritem over 12 years ago
Ah, it’s fish woman!
oranaiche over 12 years ago
@BillThompson (from yesterday)Nope, no ducking-and-covering. It was very clearly the fire alarm. In fact, there was some commenting from the faculty (most of whom are too young to have had duck-and-cover drills themselves) that if there really were a Civil Defense Emergency, having the students respond to the fire alarm—that is, evacuate the building—is probably the last thing you’d want them to do….That button was shortly afterward removed, mounted on a plaque, and presented to the teacher who pushed it.
Bill Thompson over 12 years ago
@Linguist (from yesterday)
Oh, hell, yes, I remember air raid sirens. Long Beach (just west of where I grew up) tested their sirens at ten AM on the last Friday of every month. You’d know it was coming but it still sounded eerie.
And, yes, one time I forgot about it. That happened when I was twenty, and driving through Long Beach. I was at a stop light, right under one of those sirens when it went off. I was doing seventy along Spring Street before I knew it. Fortunately the street was pretty much deserted and there weren’t any cops around. I wonder how I would have explained it to a judge in traffic court.
*Hot Rod* over 12 years ago
We are getting smoke blown up out booty’s.
Jml58 over 12 years ago
On the blog there is a cross bottle.Does it contain holy water?
el8 over 12 years ago
“When I’m sampling from your bosomSometimes I suffer from distractions likeWhy does God cause things like tornadoes and train wrecks?When I’m swimming inWhen I’m swimming in your ocean” – Crash Test Dummies
Linguist over 12 years ago
Oh, Teresa, you say just the right things. I could dive into your pool, right now.
MaxNuclear over 12 years ago
That was romantic in a Koala bear kinda way.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
Swimmingly? Swammingly? Swummingly? —I think not! Nice try, Fishface!
Cat43ullus over 12 years ago
Naevuslingus is, like, always so hot.
runar over 12 years ago
Seeing the contents of today’s strip, I can only conclude that Teresa broke into my house and found my collection of love poems written to me by my late wife.
LocoOwl over 12 years ago
The graphics are thought disturbing.
The text is downright what? It is passionate, but passionate in a way that makes me wonder if this is a human being saying this or not.
SusanCraig over 12 years ago
Teresa’s artwork is always so precise and meaningful… the wording articulate … all day my mind will ponder the shades of swimming love
SusanCraig over 12 years ago
I don’t care what Google, Chrome or Yahoo say, I Index FrogApplause and FrogBlog every day!
Treerabbit over 12 years ago
@ Teresa: You’re welcome here in the Lowlands. I’ll be waiting for you at the airport – I’m the one that looks like Bing Crosby (well, at least as far as the hat is concerned).I can see Vlad riding a bicycle here in the Vladlands.
Larry Miller Premium Member over 12 years ago
FEELING THE LOVEHow the heck do they index negative numbers of pages? If I was doing a blog like that, I’d try everything to get negative numbers of indexing.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
i don’t know if they were air raid sirens but i remember that when i was a child sirens went off every day precisely at noon.people set their clocks to them.
coltish1 over 12 years ago
Anyone else old enough to remember the civil defense drills in school? To this day I’m not sure how much good it would have done us to go out into the hall and line up facing the wall. Thank goodness we never actually found out! (I think I remember something said about trying to protect our eyes.) I was in the fifth grade and it made no sense to me then, either.
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member over 12 years ago
“Rerun fun” can mean “boredom” which can lead to BAD TRANSLATOR day!
…6 translations later, SDL gives us:
“Perhaps this is the Weisenlecken she and kisses my birthmark. Perhaps this is because its interromp that sonríe the trip of birds. Not nor although this be … its leopard bad day of the changes of hair can be able to help as and I nevertheless she the nagerement. For nothing the suim of saim”
Also …
Original text:
“rerun fun”
…8 translations later, Bing gives us:
“Nice to see”
*Hot Rod* over 12 years ago
Larry must of had the challenge in mind.
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member over 12 years ago
Re: ♥YES, WE FEEL THE LOVE♥
Google: Highest, lowest and average values = ZEROYahoo: Highest, lowest and average values = ZEROBing: Highest, lowest and average values = ZERO
It’s unanimous! Frog Blog has ZERO value!
P.S. to Larry. Take a few page from Rep. Akin’s handbook: say you were misquoted, then say you misspoke, then apologize, then give up! (or, to misquote Clayton Williams, if a Vlad cold cocking is inevitable, relax and enjoy it)
talddren over 12 years ago
Midget Killer:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PHILLIPS-MIDGET-KILLER-910-FISHING-LURE-W-BOX-/280765406498?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415eec1d22
Oxnate over 12 years ago
YOUR LAWS VIOLATE MY RIGHTS. Drug Laws in this country are a horrible excuse for domestic terrorism by the State upon the citizens. The State does not have the right to say what you can and can not do so long as it doesn’t affect anyone else. This also applies to Seat Belt Laws (and a number of other things). Not wearing your seat belt is not a crime. The State is within it’s rights to encourage people to wear their seatbelts (i.e. offering a discount on tickets to those wearing the belt) but CANNOT require their use.