Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for June 12, 2024

Did gaslighting originate because not so serious people were lighting farts?

Farding while driving is not recommended.

Legend thatijustmadeup has it Franklin had a fondness for lightning bugs. Take that ephemeral bit of knowledge for what it’s worth.

…the, ‘dies farting,’ is the better quote…

…it’s a dangerous occupation farting at work…

…especially with our white work pants…

…hopes a spring turtle…

…when it comes to that crap…

…in the tmi zone…

…I didn’t come to work commando…

…but I sure was when I left work…

…since 2020, I have always carried a small bottle of hand sanitizer…

…you grab & muti-fold of the cheapest-thinnest t.p. allowed by law…

…put a squirt on it…

…and wipe the seat …

…it might not be safer…

…but perhaps neither is covering my mouth when I cough…

…or sneezing into my elbow…

…but it makes me feel better…

…so who knows…

…remember…

…to put the Bathmat associates first…

…the life you save could be your own…

…even if it’s just all pretend…

…be cautious & aware and have a great work day…

…from the latest Froglandia Bathmat safety video: It Maybe Crappy, But That’s Why They Call It Work …

Must be a side effect of inventing the bifocal glasses. One quote for distance, and one for close up.

The art looks very familiar.

Also, … “Touchdown, Teresa!”

Franklin wrote monograph called “Fart Proudly”. And the top expert in Franklin’s writings proves Frog Applause’s version correct. It was later bowdlerized to ‘fasting’!

Lesser known Ben Franklin quote: “A farthing saved is a farthing earned. Do this 4 times, and thou will have saved a penny.”

As long as there is any hope at all, there is still hope.

The only time there is no hope at all is when you have lost all hope.

If I’m here I’ll hope. If I’m not here I hope someone else will carry on.

Keep Hope Alive!

While they may be quoting Franklin, they all appear to me to be shouting “look at me, I’m a tree”.

your just gaslighting me

Concerning farting, I always remember what my dear old Irish grandmother used to say:

" An empty house is better than a bad tenant! "

who modified it?

Dr. Franklin made an ill-fated trip to London during the harsh days when (the supposedly pre-madness) King George threw a hissy and wanted to punish the rough and rowdy American colonials. His mission was to try to assuage tempers and smooth things over. It didn’t work. So although many in London admired Franklin, they sent him packing after publicly and harshly criticizing him to the point of humiliation. He went home convinced there would be war.

To quote Kliban, You Walrus Hurt the One You Love.

Supposedly, Ben Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm 272 years and 2 days ago on June 10, 1752. There’s no documentation if any farting was involved in the experiment…!

So that’s who invented farting.

“Oh — sorry, everyone. I thought you were all running around, screaming and yelling, ‘The Sky is Farting! The Sky is Farting!’”

— George Whipple, Johnny-on-the-spot with airlifted, emergency supplies of squeezeably-soft, freshly LabGrown™ Prints Charming™ brand epidermal, anti-chafing cleanser-enhancer SanPaks™

साहाय्यम्‌! मम लीकः अस्ति!

(rough translation: Help! I’ve got a leak!)

— The first recovered, post-fart human sentiment cuneiform record

Wonderful, wonderful art.

I sincerely hope this piece has been named The Human Condition: Same As It Ever Was.

Icarus to Zeus:

Uh-oh, boss. Something’s got the Flat-Earthers’ hair on fire again!

He that lives upon Lame, has farts to die for.

Franklin did have a scatological sense of humor.

Words to live by. And fart by.

Today’s Senryū du Jour:

Modified food starch

and cheese food product: Better

fasting while eating!

— Clem Chowdah

Rice paper paintings of groups of 18th century Japanese men having farting contests is a thing.

Old Ben was an earthy wit (and that’s putting it politely).

And yet we still tend to think of the Founding Fathers as stodgy….

“Roland le Fartere, (Roulandus le Fartere or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 12 hectares (30 acres) of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II.” Roland was required to attend Court at Christmas time and do one leap and ‘flatulation’. I want to know if that position is still open.