Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for September 16, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    And yer dog just left on his rocket!

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    Steve Bartholomew  about 14 years ago

    That’s exactly what I always say.

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    FLIGHT SUIT  about 14 years ago

    Google Language Tools says this translates as “My socks do not fit together.”

    It’s Finnish, apparently.

    I’d figured it was Russian.

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    Sisyphos  about 14 years ago

    Kalidasa. Shanti, shanti, shanti.

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    plight  about 14 years ago

    Did Frog Applause just jump the shark?

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    madbristowart  about 14 years ago

    WHAT?!!

    margueritem… I think that’s a little demon in that rocket.

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    Coyoty Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Now we know where the single socks are going.

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    runar  about 14 years ago

    I recognized it as Finnish right away. Finnish is not an Indo-European language - it’s more closely related to Asian languages. A more colloquial translation is simply *”My socks don’t match.”

    ”A woman told me my socks didn’t match. I said, ‘Yes they do - I go by thickness’”.

    – Stephen Wright

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    Hugh B. Hayve  about 14 years ago

    The Finns can sure have Vesa Toskala back.

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    J.BenjaminDalton  about 14 years ago

    I couldn’t write a Haiku if my life depended on it, so here is a limerick that sucks instead:

    There once was a clowndigger named Vlad. I told him his mom sews socks that don’t match and smell bad. He reached for his gun. I started to run. Dang, I need help from my dad.

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    *Hot Rod*  about 14 years ago

    There’s a rocket in my pocket….

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    LocoOwl  about 14 years ago

    Vlad was being bad. Teresa reached for the brush…. All is better now.

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    LocoOwl  about 14 years ago

    Vlad’s a bodyguard. Such a lonely existence. he lives for service.

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    coltish1  about 14 years ago

    Vlad the deep

    Limpid smirk of stone Hints at nougat heart. Rough surface Covers poet’s soul.

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    Rotifer POLICE VIDEOS WERE SO OCTOBER Thalweg Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Dark Side of the Frog?

    P.S. Vlad scares me. Should be the end of this verse (bass ackwards today)

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    grapfhics  about 14 years ago

    Teresa, I feel tongue tied on this one.

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    Thomas R. Williams  about 14 years ago
    ”Missing sailor found inside shark off Jaws Beach”

    Here

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    Nairebis  about 14 years ago

    Gah! I can’t believe I miscounted the syllables yesterday. That’s what I get for writing Haikus just before bed.

    Nairebis blows count. Vlad’s neck quivers in anger. Whipping boy feels lash.

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    cleokaya  about 14 years ago

    I see Sandy has found a new gig now that Little Orphan Annie is history.

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    J.BenjaminDalton  about 14 years ago

    This Irish Fly can’t count syllables either.

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    gabrielmcgrath  about 14 years ago

    vlad does what it takes

    to keep our cartoonists safe

    vlad, where is your neck?

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    lewisbower  about 14 years ago

    What was the name of that little dog that proved the superiority of the Soviets?

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    gabrielmcgrath  about 14 years ago

    coltish1… nice! wish i could put things together like that!

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    Nighthawks Premium Member about 14 years ago

    I laika that

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2367681.stm

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    hymenoxis  about 14 years ago

    “Vlad, 5:30 AM”

    The cold blue glow of Security monitors. Cheerios and milk.

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    Garcia55  about 14 years ago

    Vlad, scantily clad Bad Vlad, on the Finnish shad Vlad is raving mad

    Rocket dog so sad Laika on the launching pad Vlad is deadbeat dad

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    Nighthawks Premium Member about 14 years ago

    there once was a sailor from Nantucket………

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    Eagleskies Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Mug Shot

    Thirty-two inch neck, A Mona Lisa smile…NOT! Vlad the Pussycat.

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    I like Coltish 1’s haiku the best. I think he captured the real Vlad.

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    ottod Premium Member about 14 years ago

    The soul and the counting ability of a poet.

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    MajorPlowshares  about 14 years ago

    why vlad so stolid? upside down turn grimace maw words you bring make joy!

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    grapfhics  about 14 years ago

    Are those firefighters wearing “shoes for industry” or sensible shoes? Certainly not for firefighting, Unless one is asking NIck Danger, 3rd Eye.

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    gabrielmcgrath  about 14 years ago

    i love love love love love the fact that mr and mrs are only wearing shoes!!

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    runar  about 14 years ago

    grapfhics, remember not to eat with your hands - use your entrenching tool (see here for another F.T. reference today)

    Lewreader, I think that was Laika.

    Nairebis said, about 9 hours ago: “Gah! I can’t believe I miscounted the syllables yesterday.” A haiku is more than just a syllable count. It has another structure - the first two lines are supposed to set up an image that is resolved by the third, kind of like a riddle, as in:

    *Oh, I ate them all! And oh! What a stomachache! Stolen green apples.*
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    MommaMadeMe  about 14 years ago

    Hyva Suomi!

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    6turtle9  about 14 years ago

    I agree, coltish 1 wins the Haiku throw-down.

    Todays strip reminds me of two things. One being that yesterday I saw a dolphin riding in a pickup truck, pulled over at a convenience store, and no he was not driving or drinking a big gulp. Some Marine biologists had found it washed up on the beach and were taking it in for study.

    Second thing is an interesting bit of new science I heard last night that a baby cannot be born in space as a fetus needs gravity to gestate properly and would naturally abort without it.

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    SusanCraig  about 14 years ago

    a yellow one and a green one!

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    trekkermint  about 14 years ago

    here’s mine, late as always - i work - but for vlad i force a few brain cells to work

    mr frankenstein stone cold massive mean heart made of roses

    and while you might have a runaway pancake, there’s always: http://www.amazon.com/Latke-Who-Couldnt-Stop-Screaming/dp/1932416870

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    grapfhics  about 14 years ago

    Well, I can’t be two places at once Runar. or can I? Op Cit.

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    grapfhics  about 14 years ago

    BTW to g mcgrath: They are wearing shoes but those typical gocomics readers donated the skivvies for a good cause: http://www.freshplaza.com/news_detail.asp?id=68781.

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    runar  about 14 years ago

    grapfhics, only if you’re not anywhere at all. I won’t crush that dwarf if you hand me the pliers. It’s time for “Howl of the Wolf Movie” I’ll be watching it with Bottles.

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    J.BenjaminDalton  about 14 years ago

    runar: I got the riddle at the bottom of your post. Those messed up letters were ‘bugging’ me. Finally I put on my glasses. Now I have a headache.

    *Oh, I ate them all!

    And oh! What a stomachache!

    Stolen green apples

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