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Good grief; looks like Little Bobby Thomas is back, still criticizing Teresa and members of the Blog Farm. (Yes, Bobby, I know that that is not what you meant to say; still, I kind of like it- it has a nice ring.) As you can see, there is no PRO next to my name, but I can assure you that I am quite real, have never met Teresa, and am in no way related to her that I know of. All my dealings with her have been through the strip or the blog, All have been courteous and respectful, so I cannot understand your vitriol. Could it be some misguided plea for attention? Teresa knows my real name and e-mail address, as do Dogsniff and a few select others who post here. The use of avatars and user names is not only suggested by, but encouraged by, go comics to protect the personal privacy of commenters. The āProā tag merely indicates a paid subscription to Go Comics in general, not any one strip. Have a nice day!
For what itās worth, Robert, Iām a real person. Iāve never met Teresa, but I find more value in a single one of her offbeat comic strips than any of the insulting, vapid and pointless effluence that issues from your keyboard. You are obviously mentally unbalanced, and have a sad, empty, pathetic and lonely life. You have my pity.
In case you are interested, My Poor Knee is a panel from the comic book The Crusaders written by Jack T Chick (!) and drawn by Fred Carter. A very disturbing series.
That glass horse being made reminds me of that Kliban cartoon from ā yesterday, was it? ā where God is a middle-aged woman in an apron pouring living beings out of ketchup bottles.
Sorry I missed all the fun with Mr. Thomas. Iādāve given anything to be named in his diatribe.
The āBoysā entry on the Blog might also be labeled āAltar Boys.ā They look like theyāre getting ready to be in a procession, perhaps for Holy Week or Easter. The two garments theyāre wearing are the cassock and surplice. The cassock is the long, red one, and the surplice is shorter, white, and square-necked. In my parish, the altar boysā cassocks (and the one I wore) were black.
@Robert L. Thomas, Jr.: You think Dogsniff is a ridiculous name? Thank you-āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā-But did you notice he mentioned me first? Iām so proud!
Man, I feel a little left out. Robert didnāt mention me at all in his e-mail. And after typing most of that e-mail IN ALL CAPS. Plus, Iāve already admitted that I am secretly Teresa.-āāāāāā-I just want to make one thing clear to Robert. You have a hard time of distinguishing between Teresa and the commenters on this site. Teresa did not mock you. She did not ādodge and deflectā. That was us. Iām the only one who is secretly (or not so secretly) Teresa..And we made fun of your spelling and grammar because it was the easiest thing to mock. You didnāt really have much of a point otherwise. This time, you have a point we can mock along with your still subpar spelling and grammar..BTW, when someone mocks your spelling and grammar, you really should proofread your next email..For the record, I am neither a democrat nor a republican. I am a Libertarian. (Pro Choice, Pro Guns, Pro Freedom).Seriously? Paying people to comment on a comic strip? Friends, yes. Though weāve never met. Family? Not genetically. Creepy stalkers like you? Way too many..In conclusion. Go away you silly English K-nig-hits or I shall taunt you again.
I thought we all agreed to ignore Robert L. Thomas, Jr. I bet he is really a figment of Theresa ā just to get everyone riled up.@pcolli ā just thinking about a long weekend on Ballard Street makes my infundibulum hurt. Gotta go.
re: bobbie jr.i have only one question for you. do you live in your motherās basement?iām just looking for a change in vladās statistics.signed:what? you think iām stupid. this is the internet.
Robert L. Thomas Jr.1) I am not a Liberal, nor am I a Conservative.2) I do not know, nor am I family to Teresa Burritt.3) I do not have āProā next to my name.4) My grammar is far worse than yours.I use a spell check. 5) No one pays me to enjoy or comment on this strip, Citizen Dog, Overboard, Cul De Sac, Ballard Street, The Lost Bear, Ectā¦I do so because i enjoy the diversity found on Gocomis.6) Violence? Frog Applause is no more violent than B.C.,Andy Cap, or Broom Hilda.7) My name is Overton Leslie Hallford and i live in the Pacific Northwest.(I suggest you donāt come looking for me.)8) It is apparent to me and everyone that enjoys T.Burritts work that you are an ass. Otherwise you would do what most people that donāt like her work do.Just donāt look.
Re: ALTAR BOYS (1960s)I hate to nit pick but as an ex-alter boy, ex-seminarian, and ex-Catholic, I remember those days and Choir Boys wore the red cassocks, while Altar Boys wore black ones.
Robert L. Thomas, Jr.I for one am happy you showed up. The comments here and the blog itself are more entertaining since your arrival. Keep up the good work.
Does that Robert Thomas guy actually think that using his āreal nameā on the internet makes him any less anonymous? Another slide rule and plastic pocket protector internet tough, and this type is predominantly GOPer, ill-informed, and dumb and gullible enough to think every word out of Willard Windsockās mouth is not a flagrant lie.
Still, typing āfarmā for āfromā is not really a typo, more like some computer form of dyslexia, for which nobody is to blame, except his momās cocktails while she was pregnant with Robert. And folks that want to play the grammar and typo victim card incessantly, should learn permanently that āgrammarā has two "a"s and no "e"s. I bet the guy canāt tell the difference between āloseā and ālooseā.
pcoli, that would be Slaughterhouse Five. Or the WGBH/Boston TV movie, Between Time and Timbuktu, but Willard will rid us of such offensive original TV programming, and baptize us all retroactively. Sorry to make mean-spirited political comments, but I didnāt start.
I know what you mean, ShyX2. Here we are, two charter members of the TDL*, and he doesnāt even call us out. And weāve never had trouble with hateful haters hatinā crackpot critics criticizing us before!?
Heck, nighthawksā favorite sparring partner even accused me of being Teresa once upon a time. WHO DO YA HAFTA KNOW TO GET A LITTLE DISRESPECT AROUND HERE?!
Teresa, like our friend Robert says, itās time to admit the truth about yourself and your strip. Please stop dodging and deflecting. The presidential election pivots on your response, nay, the fate of the world, so please stop spinning, spinning, always upwards and reveal the truth.
Teresa thanks for posting the eggplant Parmesan today. I had it for dinner last night. If I planned to have it tonight I would not be able to stomach it after the scar photos preceding it.
āPump and Dumpā refers to breast feeding mothers. When you are breast feeding and you get drunk, you arenāt supposed to breast feed, because alcohol gets into the breast milk. So, you pump your breasts and dump the breast milk. I have never heard this reference used to describe anything except getting drunk while you have an unweaned infant.
My name is Shoshanah Lee Marohn. I live in Wisconsin. I do not know Teresa, nor are we related. I do not have āPROā next to my name- nor do I even know what that means! I like the Frog Applause more than any other comic.
I guess the implication is that your comic is like tainted breast milkā¦ which is one of the awesomest insults ever! Especially if you consider that itās not so much tainted as spiked with alcohol.
I fear I must rise to the defense of Mr. Thomas. After all, at least I use my real name and picture for my avatar.
We have all known for quite some time that Teresa, raised in an environment of backwoods redneck trash, reaches for the sky with her Frog this and Frog that, but never quite gets beyond the reach of a frogās tongue to the nearest fly (a metaphor even all of you 47%ers might be able to understand).
I am a proud member of the W.T.C.U. and the Phyllis Schafly wing of the G.O.P. I believe Mr. Thomas correctly detects rampant liberalism in the undercurrents of Teresaās Frog-related blogging and cartooning. I have wanted to say so for quite awhile but just didnāt feel like it was my place. Thanks you Mr. Thomas. It needed to be said.
Your check was late again this week. The rest of the family and I canāt sit here for hours, typing drivel and switching user names for nothing, you know. If you donāt start paying on time, Iām going to have to move back to Tulsa.
By the way, Iāve heard rumors that the voices in someoneās head are on to us. Maybe we should lay low for a while.
There is one other definition of āpump and dumpā that is actually more common than the breast-milk reference, but more restricted: It refers to mailblasting the world about a particular penny stock that is supposedly about to go wild (pumping up the value.) Suckers invest, the emailers cash out (dump their stock) and vanish back into the sewers. How this applies to Frog Applause I cannot say.
Well, out here on the blog farm-where we are not related to Teresa (moreās the pity, Iād like to claim such a talented relative)- receive no compensation for our (admittedly few) posts-and have no stake in her work (other than our enjoyment)- we feel very, very, very sorry for your poor schooling and limited understanding. There, there, Booby (sorry for the typo) Bobby why donāt you go lie down and have a good cry and get over yourself.
Oh, Shytimes, how true your comments are! And the Old Wolf just made the whole āpump and dumpā comment that much more nebulous. Maybe we should all start sprinkling āpump and dumpā into our workplace conversations, while weāre at the water cooler here at TeresaCO, and see what meanings we can make of it? Teresa might give a raise to the most creative meaning makers among us! Itās pump and dump for every man, woman, and child!
whoa ā those comments about Mister Thomas got my infundibulum all aquiverā¦. he must see something that strikes his fancy, he could easily avoid FA and/or the Blog ā¦ or, as my dysfunctional Hoosier family says āenjoy the abuse, ācuz if we didnāt like you, weād ignore you altogether!ā
Iāve been following todayās comment pro and con Mr. Thomasā intemperate remarks with interest. The pump and dump definition definitely caught my eye. I have never heard of it in reference to breast feeding but like The Old Wolf have heard the term used regarding stocks. Also, perhaps because I live in the land of the flippers ( Florida), I have heard it used in reference to buying real estate cheaply, inflating the price and then getting rid of it . This can sometimes involve fraudulently inflated appraisals.
Linguist over 12 years ago
De proFUNDIs deum !
Linguist over 12 years ago
Re: SCARS AND THEIR STORIESIāve been around and Iāve got the scars to prove it !
Superfrog over 12 years ago
and infundibulum insurance is expensive.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
You never were much of a poet, nor even versifier.
bluskies over 12 years ago
Good grief; looks like Little Bobby Thomas is back, still criticizing Teresa and members of the Blog Farm. (Yes, Bobby, I know that that is not what you meant to say; still, I kind of like it- it has a nice ring.) As you can see, there is no PRO next to my name, but I can assure you that I am quite real, have never met Teresa, and am in no way related to her that I know of. All my dealings with her have been through the strip or the blog, All have been courteous and respectful, so I cannot understand your vitriol. Could it be some misguided plea for attention? Teresa knows my real name and e-mail address, as do Dogsniff and a few select others who post here. The use of avatars and user names is not only suggested by, but encouraged by, go comics to protect the personal privacy of commenters. The āProā tag merely indicates a paid subscription to Go Comics in general, not any one strip. Have a nice day!
pcolli over 12 years ago
Chrono-synclastic infundibulumā¦.name that book.
bluskies over 12 years ago
RE: blog: Ice cream-Now THATāS ābrain freezeā the HARD way!
bluskies over 12 years ago
Whitening- Back in the day Mom used to use āblueingā in the wash to get whiter whites. and lots of Clorox.
nerdhoof over 12 years ago
pcolli: I know itās Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse 5?
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
What, more drivel from Robert L. Thomas, Jr.?
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
For what itās worth, Robert, Iām a real person. Iāve never met Teresa, but I find more value in a single one of her offbeat comic strips than any of the insulting, vapid and pointless effluence that issues from your keyboard. You are obviously mentally unbalanced, and have a sad, empty, pathetic and lonely life. You have my pity.
J Short over 12 years ago
The amazing Ms.. Edwina.
CaptainKiddeo over 12 years ago
In case you are interested, My Poor Knee is a panel from the comic book The Crusaders written by Jack T Chick (!) and drawn by Fred Carter. A very disturbing series.
Bill Thompson over 12 years ago
Robert Thomasās comment about reduculous names quacked me up.
coltish1 over 12 years ago
That glass horse being made reminds me of that Kliban cartoon from ā yesterday, was it? ā where God is a middle-aged woman in an apron pouring living beings out of ketchup bottles.
Sorry I missed all the fun with Mr. Thomas. Iādāve given anything to be named in his diatribe.
coltish1 over 12 years ago
The āBoysā entry on the Blog might also be labeled āAltar Boys.ā They look like theyāre getting ready to be in a procession, perhaps for Holy Week or Easter. The two garments theyāre wearing are the cassock and surplice. The cassock is the long, red one, and the surplice is shorter, white, and square-necked. In my parish, the altar boysā cassocks (and the one I wore) were black.
Treerabbit over 12 years ago
@Robert L. Thomas, Jr.: You think Dogsniff is a ridiculous name? Thank you-āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā-But did you notice he mentioned me first? Iām so proud!
APersonOfInterest over 12 years ago
Funnel? My Latin is a bit rusty.
Oxnate over 12 years ago
Man, I feel a little left out. Robert didnāt mention me at all in his e-mail. And after typing most of that e-mail IN ALL CAPS. Plus, Iāve already admitted that I am secretly Teresa.-āāāāāā-I just want to make one thing clear to Robert. You have a hard time of distinguishing between Teresa and the commenters on this site. Teresa did not mock you. She did not ādodge and deflectā. That was us. Iām the only one who is secretly (or not so secretly) Teresa..And we made fun of your spelling and grammar because it was the easiest thing to mock. You didnāt really have much of a point otherwise. This time, you have a point we can mock along with your still subpar spelling and grammar..BTW, when someone mocks your spelling and grammar, you really should proofread your next email..For the record, I am neither a democrat nor a republican. I am a Libertarian. (Pro Choice, Pro Guns, Pro Freedom).Seriously? Paying people to comment on a comic strip? Friends, yes. Though weāve never met. Family? Not genetically. Creepy stalkers like you? Way too many..In conclusion. Go away you silly English K-nig-hits or I shall taunt you again.
Perkycat over 12 years ago
I thought we all agreed to ignore Robert L. Thomas, Jr. I bet he is really a figment of Theresa ā just to get everyone riled up.@pcolli ā just thinking about a long weekend on Ballard Street makes my infundibulum hurt. Gotta go.
dbld over 12 years ago
re: bobbie jr.i have only one question for you. do you live in your motherās basement?iām just looking for a change in vladās statistics.signed:what? you think iām stupid. this is the internet.
cleokaya over 12 years ago
Two of lifeās pleasuresā¦pumping and dumping.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
Robert L. Thomas Jr.1) I am not a Liberal, nor am I a Conservative.2) I do not know, nor am I family to Teresa Burritt.3) I do not have āProā next to my name.4) My grammar is far worse than yours.I use a spell check. 5) No one pays me to enjoy or comment on this strip, Citizen Dog, Overboard, Cul De Sac, Ballard Street, The Lost Bear, Ectā¦I do so because i enjoy the diversity found on Gocomis.6) Violence? Frog Applause is no more violent than B.C.,Andy Cap, or Broom Hilda.7) My name is Overton Leslie Hallford and i live in the Pacific Northwest.(I suggest you donāt come looking for me.)8) It is apparent to me and everyone that enjoys T.Burritts work that you are an ass. Otherwise you would do what most people that donāt like her work do.Just donāt look.
Linguist over 12 years ago
Re: ALTAR BOYS (1960s)I hate to nit pick but as an ex-alter boy, ex-seminarian, and ex-Catholic, I remember those days and Choir Boys wore the red cassocks, while Altar Boys wore black ones.
Larry Miller Premium Member over 12 years ago
Robert L. Thomas, Jr.I for one am happy you showed up. The comments here and the blog itself are more entertaining since your arrival. Keep up the good work.
peachyanddanny over 12 years ago
Does that Robert Thomas guy actually think that using his āreal nameā on the internet makes him any less anonymous? Another slide rule and plastic pocket protector internet tough, and this type is predominantly GOPer, ill-informed, and dumb and gullible enough to think every word out of Willard Windsockās mouth is not a flagrant lie.
Still, typing āfarmā for āfromā is not really a typo, more like some computer form of dyslexia, for which nobody is to blame, except his momās cocktails while she was pregnant with Robert. And folks that want to play the grammar and typo victim card incessantly, should learn permanently that āgrammarā has two "a"s and no "e"s. I bet the guy canāt tell the difference between āloseā and ālooseā.
pcoli, that would be Slaughterhouse Five. Or the WGBH/Boston TV movie, Between Time and Timbuktu, but Willard will rid us of such offensive original TV programming, and baptize us all retroactively. Sorry to make mean-spirited political comments, but I didnāt start.
peachyanddanny over 12 years ago
gaijinrabbit: As long as you are quoting Thornton Wilderās stage manager, you should add "somewhere in the mind of God to your location.
Cat43ullus over 12 years ago
Infundibula Galoreā¦didnāt Honor Blackman play the part?
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member over 12 years ago
I know what you mean, ShyX2. Here we are, two charter members of the TDL*, and he doesnāt even call us out. And weāve never had trouble with hateful haters hatinā crackpot critics criticizing us before!?
Heck, nighthawksā favorite sparring partner even accused me of being Teresa once upon a time. WHO DO YA HAFTA KNOW TO GET A LITTLE DISRESPECT AROUND HERE?!
* Teresa Defense League
pcolli over 12 years ago
United in a common cause once again. RLT is like the virus that gets the immune system up and running.
hablano over 12 years ago
Teresa, like our friend Robert says, itās time to admit the truth about yourself and your strip. Please stop dodging and deflecting. The presidential election pivots on your response, nay, the fate of the world, so please stop spinning, spinning, always upwards and reveal the truth.
pcolli over 12 years ago
Is it a conspiracy by Teresa to force us to comply to her will?.Is it just a sad person who needs our sympathy and a lot of therapy?
cleokaya over 12 years ago
Teresa thanks for posting the eggplant Parmesan today. I had it for dinner last night. If I planned to have it tonight I would not be able to stomach it after the scar photos preceding it.
Zelmarific over 12 years ago
re: Yes, we feel the love!
āPump and Dumpā refers to breast feeding mothers. When you are breast feeding and you get drunk, you arenāt supposed to breast feed, because alcohol gets into the breast milk. So, you pump your breasts and dump the breast milk. I have never heard this reference used to describe anything except getting drunk while you have an unweaned infant.
My name is Shoshanah Lee Marohn. I live in Wisconsin. I do not know Teresa, nor are we related. I do not have āPROā next to my name- nor do I even know what that means! I like the Frog Applause more than any other comic.
Zelmarific over 12 years ago
I guess the implication is that your comic is like tainted breast milkā¦ which is one of the awesomest insults ever! Especially if you consider that itās not so much tainted as spiked with alcohol.
Mother Thalweg over 12 years ago
My Dear Fellow Frog Applausians:
I fear I must rise to the defense of Mr. Thomas. After all, at least I use my real name and picture for my avatar.
We have all known for quite some time that Teresa, raised in an environment of backwoods redneck trash, reaches for the sky with her Frog this and Frog that, but never quite gets beyond the reach of a frogās tongue to the nearest fly (a metaphor even all of you 47%ers might be able to understand).
I am a proud member of the W.T.C.U. and the Phyllis Schafly wing of the G.O.P. I believe Mr. Thomas correctly detects rampant liberalism in the undercurrents of Teresaās Frog-related blogging and cartooning. I have wanted to say so for quite awhile but just didnāt feel like it was my place. Thanks you Mr. Thomas. It needed to be said.
Sincerely,
/s/ Rotiferās Mother
ottod Premium Member over 12 years ago
Dear Aunt Teresa,
Your check was late again this week. The rest of the family and I canāt sit here for hours, typing drivel and switching user names for nothing, you know. If you donāt start paying on time, Iām going to have to move back to Tulsa.
By the way, Iāve heard rumors that the voices in someoneās head are on to us. Maybe we should lay low for a while.
Mom says to say, āHi!ā
The Old Wolf over 12 years ago
There is one other definition of āpump and dumpā that is actually more common than the breast-milk reference, but more restricted: It refers to mailblasting the world about a particular penny stock that is supposedly about to go wild (pumping up the value.) Suckers invest, the emailers cash out (dump their stock) and vanish back into the sewers. How this applies to Frog Applause I cannot say.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 12 years ago
What about your uvula?
r.dauphinee over 12 years ago
Well, out here on the blog farm-where we are not related to Teresa (moreās the pity, Iād like to claim such a talented relative)- receive no compensation for our (admittedly few) posts-and have no stake in her work (other than our enjoyment)- we feel very, very, very sorry for your poor schooling and limited understanding. There, there, Booby (sorry for the typo) Bobby why donāt you go lie down and have a good cry and get over yourself.
Zelmarific over 12 years ago
Oh, Shytimes, how true your comments are! And the Old Wolf just made the whole āpump and dumpā comment that much more nebulous. Maybe we should all start sprinkling āpump and dumpā into our workplace conversations, while weāre at the water cooler here at TeresaCO, and see what meanings we can make of it? Teresa might give a raise to the most creative meaning makers among us! Itās pump and dump for every man, woman, and child!
SusanCraig over 12 years ago
whoa ā those comments about Mister Thomas got my infundibulum all aquiverā¦. he must see something that strikes his fancy, he could easily avoid FA and/or the Blog ā¦ or, as my dysfunctional Hoosier family says āenjoy the abuse, ācuz if we didnāt like you, weād ignore you altogether!ā
Linguist over 12 years ago
Iāve been following todayās comment pro and con Mr. Thomasā intemperate remarks with interest. The pump and dump definition definitely caught my eye. I have never heard of it in reference to breast feeding but like The Old Wolf have heard the term used regarding stocks. Also, perhaps because I live in the land of the flippers ( Florida), I have heard it used in reference to buying real estate cheaply, inflating the price and then getting rid of it . This can sometimes involve fraudulently inflated appraisals.