Shakespearian insult generator at your service, one of many out there.In 1985 I came across a similar tripartate list for generating random TV plots, and wrote code for a program to run on the Wang OIS. A modern version is here.
Blog: When I was around 3 or 4, my father built a “taxi” for me out of huge wooden blocks. I don’t remember much about it except the thing I loved best – a WitEze fan with rubber blades. How delightful to see a picture of the exact same fan that kept me fascinated for hours (simple minds, you know) and to know that it had a name.
No electrical power for most of the day sent me to bed early. Hence, I am up early. The best way to do away with sleep deprivation is mass quantities of alcohol.
Teresa, being 40th out of 242 puts FA in the 83rd percentile, meaning people look at only 17 comics out of 100 more than they look at FA.
Being 48th out of 269 puts us in the 82nd percentile, which to me is basically unchanged. Sorry about that. What we don’t have is how many visits FA received out of the total, year-over-year. But what everybody on this forum knows: readers of FA are rewarded with 100 times the mental stimulation and reward per conversation balloon that readers of other strips get.
As a confirmed insomniac (I have no choice really) I can attest to the long held belief that alcohol does NOT solve the problem. Consume enough alcohol and you may pass out, but you will NOT fall asleep … and you will “come to” with a hangover. I’ve found the best solution is to read a good book.
Re Shakespearian Insults: it’s also good fun to break up and recombine the individual components:‘Thou fat-eyed bum-beast! Mammering son of a crook-gaited apple-licker!’
Shakespearean insults is missing “foul bunch-baccked toad”. I use this frequently to describe Charles Krauthamer when one of his columns is more annoying than usual.
Re Insomnia: Somehow I’m not surprised, after the previous cartoon (the one with the cuneiform bacteria), which was a complex piece of High Art.Creating something like this engages the whole being, with unfortunate consequences for sleep rhythm and bowel movements.This is what drove Jackson Pollock to drink! He should have switched to cartooning, limiting himself to just one creative idea per day. What a waste.
Dear Aunt Teresa,I only read 6 of the strips ahead of FA in the ranking, but I read those on my own time, so I don’t charge for those or for any of the comments I leave there. As long as I’m well-paid, I’m very loyal. By the way, thanks for the bonus last week!
I gave up on Stephen King in the middle of the only one of his books I read when he had one of his characters siphon gasoline from the underground storage tank at a gas station. Now that I’ve seen that sport coat, he frightens me.
Mom wants to know if you’re coming for Thanksgiving.
Didn’t anyone tell Jacques Costeau it’s a bad idea to stand under a flock of seagulls with no shirt, no hat, your head back and your mouth open? Or did this picture capture the moment before he decided to spend his life underwater?
Oxnate about 12 years ago
“With insomnia, nothing’s real. Everything’s far away. Everything’s a copy of a copy of a copy.” – Fight Club.
Steve Bartholomew about 12 years ago
I highly recommend if you can’t sleep, read “Insomnia” by Stephen King. It won’t help you sleep, but it makes a good excuse for not being able to.
margueritem about 12 years ago
I know several people who suffer from the problem.
Randy B Premium Member about 12 years ago
That’s no fun to read if you automatically try to group the words by column.
Right-most words:funk days is the culprit. Everything spiral sleep Not pretty.
FLIGHT SUIT about 12 years ago
Shakespeare thought the word hedgepig was an insult? What a jerk he was! Hedgepigs are cute!
Sisyphos about 12 years ago
Funky-town time will wear itself down. You’ll probably sleep from Tuesday afternoon to Friday morning. We’ll know, if FA and FB go dark!
pcolli about 12 years ago
Re blog: Lounging Cats……didn’t their mothers ever tell them about posture?
The Old Wolf about 12 years ago
Shakespearian insult generator at your service, one of many out there.In 1985 I came across a similar tripartate list for generating random TV plots, and wrote code for a program to run on the Wang OIS. A modern version is here.
The Old Wolf about 12 years ago
Blog: When I was around 3 or 4, my father built a “taxi” for me out of huge wooden blocks. I don’t remember much about it except the thing I loved best – a WitEze fan with rubber blades. How delightful to see a picture of the exact same fan that kept me fascinated for hours (simple minds, you know) and to know that it had a name.
scarbro about 12 years ago
Gotta get into the rhythm of the spiral, keep it from spiraling down—unless you know how to go down for a nap!
scarbro about 12 years ago
Teresa, your ranking is within spitting distance of Broom Hilda and Lio. I’d rather be in that company than with some of higher ranked comics.
j2p2 about 12 years ago
That silhouette is positively (OK, possibly) cul-de-sac-ian…
cleokaya about 12 years ago
No electrical power for most of the day sent me to bed early. Hence, I am up early. The best way to do away with sleep deprivation is mass quantities of alcohol.
cleokaya about 12 years ago
Thou lumpish, rump-fed pumpion.
coltish1 about 12 years ago
Teresa, being 40th out of 242 puts FA in the 83rd percentile, meaning people look at only 17 comics out of 100 more than they look at FA.
Being 48th out of 269 puts us in the 82nd percentile, which to me is basically unchanged. Sorry about that. What we don’t have is how many visits FA received out of the total, year-over-year. But what everybody on this forum knows: readers of FA are rewarded with 100 times the mental stimulation and reward per conversation balloon that readers of other strips get.
coltish1 about 12 years ago
All of us feel like charlatans now and then. Although now that I’ve reached “a certain age,” I find I try to fake a lot fewer things.
APersonOfInterest about 12 years ago
As a confirmed insomniac (I have no choice really) I can attest to the long held belief that alcohol does NOT solve the problem. Consume enough alcohol and you may pass out, but you will NOT fall asleep … and you will “come to” with a hangover. I’ve found the best solution is to read a good book.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 12 years ago
sorry…dont mean to preach.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 12 years ago
i have fond childhood memories of peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches.Mmmm…: P
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 12 years ago
i like bunnies
Larry Miller Premium Member about 12 years ago
If you can’t sleep, at least the clowns won’t eat you.
Larry Miller Premium Member about 12 years ago
RAINY DAY (1965) #12 & 35?
Larry Miller Premium Member about 12 years ago
If you like the Shakespearean insults, there are plenty of random generators of those on the the net.
Treerabbit about 12 years ago
Re Shakespearian Insults: it’s also good fun to break up and recombine the individual components:‘Thou fat-eyed bum-beast! Mammering son of a crook-gaited apple-licker!’
The Old Wolf about 12 years ago
Matt Forsythe
Treerabbit about 12 years ago
One scythe fits all?
peachyanddanny about 12 years ago
Shakespearean insults is missing “foul bunch-baccked toad”. I use this frequently to describe Charles Krauthamer when one of his columns is more annoying than usual.
Treerabbit about 12 years ago
Re Insomnia: Somehow I’m not surprised, after the previous cartoon (the one with the cuneiform bacteria), which was a complex piece of High Art.Creating something like this engages the whole being, with unfortunate consequences for sleep rhythm and bowel movements.This is what drove Jackson Pollock to drink! He should have switched to cartooning, limiting himself to just one creative idea per day. What a waste.
pcolli about 12 years ago
What on Earth?.Here and there.Up and down.Where’s my drink?
Zelmarific about 12 years ago
Eat oranges before bed and have Vlad take the baby to the gym.
x_Tech about 12 years ago
I am woman, hear me roar. I’m in charge, get over it.
I’ll have another
ottod Premium Member about 12 years ago
Dear Aunt Teresa,I only read 6 of the strips ahead of FA in the ranking, but I read those on my own time, so I don’t charge for those or for any of the comments I leave there. As long as I’m well-paid, I’m very loyal. By the way, thanks for the bonus last week!
I gave up on Stephen King in the middle of the only one of his books I read when he had one of his characters siphon gasoline from the underground storage tank at a gas station. Now that I’ve seen that sport coat, he frightens me.
Mom wants to know if you’re coming for Thanksgiving.
Bill Thompson about 12 years ago
Didn’t anyone tell Jacques Costeau it’s a bad idea to stand under a flock of seagulls with no shirt, no hat, your head back and your mouth open? Or did this picture capture the moment before he decided to spend his life underwater?
x_Tech about 12 years ago
the Man’s Prayer: “I’m a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess.”
Three words men don’t say;I don’t knowI am lost.
x_Tech about 12 years ago
Been watching too much Red Green, I guess.
cleokaya about 12 years ago
I prefer sleep is for the week.
Oxnate about 12 years ago
Judging by the comments, I would have to say that Frog Applause has a fairly high Passion score.
cleokaya about 12 years ago
Actually I kind of gear my sleeping to daylight. I sleep more in the winter and much less in summer, but I make a point of being up by 6 AM.