Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for January 31, 2012

I hate impregnable funhouses, with all my fudgecake hindsight.

I think we’re due for a visit from Miss Ninette.

I was having trouble reconciling this message, so I put it through the Frog Applause Translator. Here’s the transmission “Flaccid paralysis of the Bible and disable the labels of the rules such as Turbo-powered sound system volume down.” Ahhhhh, it all makes sense now. I think we are being brainwashed.

Of course I had to translate the translation transmission…….“Lack of actions and plans for a massive, Bible-based Turbo drive.” Word. Somehow this reminds me of Dr. Doolittles Push me — Pull me.

Tried to contemplate other than flaccid bookmarks but couldn’t get a firm image.

My bible is not flaccid, and my funhouse is pregnant. I never let a fudgecake get behind me, so one never has hindsight. I’m just contrarian.

The very best kind of hindsight is fudgecake.

“Bloody Tooth Printed in Canada” – is that a Community Chest card that is missing from my set?

I’ll have you know that I starch and iron my Bible bookmarks, so they stand up straight and proud.

What are the three major features of the Republican debate in 2012, Alex?

Just sayin’

Don’t like the word “flaccid” … or “impregnable” … sort favor “hindsight” though.

Wait, is the bible or the bookmarks flaccid? It makes a difference.

When I was a kid, they had this toy called “Funny Face Maker.” I even remember part of the jingle:

“♫ Turn the crank and spin the dialFunny face maker makes you smile. ♫”

It had these dials you would turn, which would rotate different eyes, noses, mouths and facial shapes into place – very much like the mix and match criminology you mentioned in your blog. I know I’m not making this up because I can remember the tune that went along with it, and I could swear I had one at one point.

This is the general idea, but the one I had used had dials with wooden handles instead of the side-access discs.

And in the blog…It took until page 11, but I knew a GIS for ‘cuba car’ would find that CAR picture.My mind usually pays attention to the meter of something, whether I’m aware of it or not, though the not usually changes when I suddenly make some unexpected association. I read the DODGE TOWN WAGON post and my brain automatically filled in “Going to run all night….Doo dah, Doo dah”

She’s never going to get ahead at that rate.

“The Milkman’s Primer”, also known as “The Art Of Forepay”.

The owl on the Blog: The guy doing the manipulating looks suspiciously like Vlad. Has Vlad been moonlighting? (No pun intended.) (Actually, I lied about that.)

I love the subtle coloring of the “X” in the upper left corner.It just makes this strip pop today!

Re: the blog. That is a cool picture of the classic Chevvy. That is either a ’53 or a ’54 model. I could tell precisely if I could see the tail lights!

@6turtle9 is that a pushmi-pullyu run through the Frog Applause translator?

The first one sounds like a Blue movie, and the second like a community college course.

Impregnable? I’ll be the judge of that.

Impregnable fun-houses are no fun! You have to get into a fun-house to have fun.

This is inconceivable to some, but the funhouse is impregnable because it’s inscrutable.

The “Utah Beach” in the “Oysters To Go” blog poster would be a section of the Normandy coast where Allied troops landed on D-Day. The five coastal landing zones were named Omaha and Utah beaches (American landing zones), Sword and Gold beaches (British) and Juno (Canadian).