Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for September 19, 2012

It’s that hickory smoking that’s doing it to her !

Mmm-mmm, did someone say ‘BACON’?

Re: ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD / MUFFINSSomebody must have read yesterday’s PICKLES strip….

“In space, no one can smell the bacon”

I often say interstellar scrambled succotash, three times quickly. Not sure why.

Blog: what to do when your car conks out…..read a book whilst brushing up against the machanic!.Just what is W C Williams doing to that kitten?.I used to have that “How and Why WonderBook” about rocks.

Arr. Either ye love bacon, or ye be wrong.

You’re just saying that to make it a good day. Snort!

Arr, and a fine day she is, matey.

what a nice summery print on her dress.

Truck on in SPACE, I got your backdoor Rubber Ducky.

Liz had bacon grease rubbed in her hair.

Re: Blog (Inigo Aragon)

Nice picture.Noticed pic was covered in bubble wrap, with every single bubble popped.Love passing the time this way myself-going through sheets of bubble wrap, attaining a great sense of accomplishment by busting every one of those suckers.Haven’t thought of bubble wrap for awhile, but now have this extreme urge to go out and get some.Thanks, Teresa.

Things to do today:

1. Pick up some bacon.2. Buy some bubble wrap.

RE: Blog- My favorite Blind Boy Fuller recording is “Keep on Truckin’.” … I’m sure most of you remember Robert Crumb’s poster from the 60s that was inspired by that song. -Robert Crumb is a big fan of music from the early 1900s. I have a few CDs that feature Crumb’s band doing that music. Great listening while painting or drawing.

what is the sound of getting the clap?

A wonderfully poetic image .. but I’m still chewing on that baconship thing.

The Blog has gotten me into a moral dilemma: should my next hat be a William Carlos Williams type, or like the one Blind Boy Fuller is wearing?I like the last one more, but I feel more like a poet than a blues singer .. on the other hand, people keep saying I’m blind, but I don’t see it.

Interplanetary baconship – is that from Pigs In Space?

I just remembered – the name of Robert Crumb’s band … “Cheap Suit Serenaders” … check it out … great music from the 1920s.

Re: MRS. JESUSVery timely. As I write, BBC is running a news story about this on BBC World Service ( I stream my local Public Radio station while on-line ). If this fragment proves true, it could shake up a lot of Vatican male chauvinistic based thinking. Go Mary !

Ride, captain rideUpon your bacon ship,Be amazed at the friendsYou have here on your trip.Ride captain rideUpon your bacon ship,On your way to a worldThat others might have missed.

Because FAT is where it’s at.

Original text:

“Any day I get to use the words “interplanetary baconship” is a good day."

…6 translations later, SDL gives us:

“What day that will utilize the baconship of interplanetares of words, be a good day. "

I’ve always liked the “inter-toon play” like we saw in yesterday’s strip. I think I first noticed it back in the 60’s in Marvel comics. Nice. I just hope Pastis can handle the bullspit. He’s kind of a wimp, though…

I can’t imagine how she felt, but this was a fairly common type of photograph during the early Victorian era:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_photography

Photography was relatively expensive then, and time-consuming; often no picture was taken of a child during life, and death would be the last chance for a picture.

As for the standing pose, that was fairly common, if expensive. There’s a brief explanation on Ken Ashford’s blog:

http://tinyurl.com/y8q8hdb

The body was supported by a stand, similar to a hat rack, with braces and wires to maintain a lifelike posture. Eyes were either open or painted on the eyelids. (Bracing was also done for the living. Photographs needed a relatively long exposure time, and most people can’t hold perfectly still during the time required. So it was common for a seat to have a small headrest to help immobilise the head. It’s no wonder that so many Victorian portraits look so stiff.)

I really like when comics step outside their own world and plays well with others. Yesterdays strip was a great example.