Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for January 16, 2017

Mary Bloody

I found this out in 1971, when one of my roommates got solid waste (processed) from the local treatment plant and he had a zillion tomato plants come up. Then the fool planted some zucchini…

Umm, Gene, are you sure those aren’t pod people?

I experienced this first hand when the sanitary sewer in my front yard overflowed and a couple of weeks later there was a spontaneous vegetable garden around the grate.

That’s the point. They get deposited with fertilizer.

At Yellowstone, we saw old bison droppings around the thermal features (geysers, mudpots, etc.). They were the only spots where any grass was growing.

Here is one, why did the tomato blush?

She saw the salad dressing.

Sickness will surely take the mind

Where minds can’t usually go

Come on the amazing journey

And learn all you should know

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-The Who: Amazing Journey; Tommy; 1969

As one shall consume thou tomatoes. thou shall consume the equivalent of oneself..

Tomatoes growing

Where people go to walk dogs

They eat table scraps

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Tomato Haiku

Pennies on the other hand come out shiny and brand new-looking. After everything’s cleaned off.

Miles Kington — ‘Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.’

Most seeds will survive. Its one way that plants spread.

“Frog Applause: Educating GoComics’s readers about biological dispersal for over a 10th of a century.”

After planting we can easily water on these seedlings.

The television series Trackdown really did produce an episode featuring a “Trump” character who came to town claiming that only he could prevent the end of the world by building a wall (and also sold special force propelling umbrellas to deflect meteorites). The episode (S1, E30) aired on CBS in 1958 and was titled “The End of the World,” featuring actor Lawrence Dobkin playing the role of “Walter Trump.” A synopsis of the episode from the Classic TV Archive reads as follows:Walter Trump, a confidence man, puts on a long robe and holds a tent meeting in the town of Talpa. He tells the townspeople that a cosmic explosion will rain fire on the town and that he is the only one that can save them from death. Ranger Hoby Gilman attempts to prove Trump is a fraud.

A relevant portion of dialog from this episode has been transcribed below:

Narrator: The people were ready to believe. Like sheep they ran to the slaughterhouse. And waiting for them was the high priest of fraud.

Trump: I am the only one. Trust me. I can build a wall around your homes that nothing can penetrate.

Townperson: What do we do? How can we save ourselves?

Trump: You ask how do you build that wall. You ask, and I’m here to tell you.

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http://www.snopes.com/trackdown-trump-character-wall/

True story: I bought my Significant Other a bag of Kopi luwak coffee beans for Christmas this year (I know, I know – the lucky woman). Those little mothers are expensive.

What do you feed an invisible cat?

A bag of coffee beans maybe. No evaporated milk!

This comic satisfies my penchant for fertilizing humor.

Speak for yourself, not-so-wise Oriental sage. I’ll be perfectly happy with fresh tomato seeds, no colonic journey needed….