Frog Applause by Teresa Dowlatshahi
- December 16, 2008
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"Frog Applause reminds one of learning to read, in the sense that each word in the captions seems 'surprising' and new. Teresa's writing takes one back to that fresh state of mind (typical of, but of course not limited to, childhood) in which the brain, free of preconceptions, doesn't 'fill in' any blind spots along the way but rather wholly embraces the present moment as it unfolds. Every sentence is literally an imagination-expanding adventure." — Craig Conley, author of One-Letter Words: A Dictionary (HarperCollins)
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Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
LOL! You should worry, you’ve been like that since the 1970s.
fear-ciuil said, 11 months ago
Is that what happens to a Ken doll, too?
jml58 said, 11 months ago
Lost a limb?
Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago
Ray C & Frog Applause. Saw your replies from yesterday. Thanks. I think I’ll get “Mr. Doonesbury” to help me with the nicknames right after he comes up with the floating icon for Barack.
cacolley7811 said, 11 months ago
Just hope that you grow only ONE.
ejcapulet
said,
11 months ago
I don’t wanna know…I don’t wanna know…I don’t wanna know…
JackParsons said, 11 months ago
My god. It’s full of stars.
itisme
said,
11 months ago
Love is….Being able to grow a new one when your lover bites the old one off.
drbob456 said, 11 months ago
What a coincidence! We both know my last ex-wife!
KingRat said, 11 months ago
runar’s profile page is here:
http://www.gocomics.com/people/index/4565
It says he hasn’t commented for 26 days.
pschearer
said,
11 months ago
As I recall dissecting a starfish in some biology class once, I don’t recall seeing one. But then, maybe it was a girl starfish.
Doctor Toon
said,
11 months ago
This can’t be a ‘Love is….”, nobody has tagged every single word in the comic yet.
brine
said,
11 months ago
Lol!!! That is brilliant!!! If only it was so easy!!!
Dypak
said,
11 months ago
“The bleeep thing was a nuisance anyways, always getting me in trouble.”
Dypak
said,
11 months ago
No idea what I said to make it bleep me, I didnt think it was bad. It’s funnier this way though.
painedsmile said, 11 months ago
If you can’t grow one, buy a kit and make one.
(I hope I helped somebody out with a last-time gift idea!)
weeksfive said, 11 months ago
Forget the plasma TV, I want a super-deluxe bleeep kit for Christmas.
chromosome
said,
11 months ago
A Christmas package.
Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
doctortoon says:
This can’t be a ‘Love is….”, nobody has tagged every single word in the comic yet.
Excellent point, Doc.
Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
KingRat says:
runar’s profile page is here:
http://www.gocomics.com/people/index/4565
It says he hasn’t commented for 26 days.
I thought it had been about a month. I hope that he is all right. I like his comments, and miss them.
itchybacon said, 11 months ago
Buyer beware! Inspect your bleeep kit before you buy it. Sometimes there are missing or duplicate parts.
Sheezy_05 said, 11 months ago
cute very cute
frogapplause
said,
11 months ago
I’ve received several emails from runar over the years. I know his real name, his address and his telephone number… however, I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to contact him directly. I sent him an email recently, but it bounced back. I’m not sure what to do now.
Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
frogapplause says:
I’ve received several emails from runar over the years. I know his real name, his address and his telephone number… however, I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to contact him directly. I sent him an email recently, but it bounced back. I’m not sure what to do now.
I don’t think that an expression of concern is ever wrong. We are rather worried about him.
frogapplause
said,
11 months ago
I called runar. His phone rang and rang.. but I did manage to leave an incoherently mushy voice message. I told him how concerned we are about him. I also said that we all miss him terribly. I’m not sure what else I can do.
At the very least, we can leave him messages here…
Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago
Well at least he still has a place. Is he working away or in the hospital ?
Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
frogapplause says:
I called runar. His phone rang and rang.. but I did manage to leave an incoherently mushy voice message. I told him how concerned we are about him. I also said that we all miss him terribly. I’m not sure what else I can do.
At the very least, we can leave him messages here…
You did your best. He’s knows that we’re concerned about him. Thanks for calling him.
runar
said,
11 months ago
I am here, and I thank you all for your concern. I fell behind in keeping up with my postings, then took ill with respiratory problems - I’m asthmatic, and changes in the weather make things even worse. Once I got so far behind in keeping track of things, the prospect of keeping up became so much more daunting that every day made it even harder to think about making up for lost time. When Theresa called me today, I was at the doctor’s finding out why I’m still sick, and I would gladly give up a prescription to talk to her. I’ll try to post, but I can’t guaranteee that I’ll be up to my usual scintillating wit (ha!). It will also take me a while to pick up on the past month’s cartoons and postings - for example, reading yesterday’s comments, I apprecieate what Theresa said about how she preferred to be addressed. I always called my wife “Sandra”, and was always surprised to hear others call her “Sandy”. By the way, it’s entirely possible that the email address Theresa has for me is obsolete; I changed ISPs a while ago.
There are many friends here and some belovéd enemies. It’s odd to think that one can acquire both a reputation and a following simply by commenting on others’ work, but, on the other hand, some of my most admired writers have been critics - think Dorothy Parker, Ambrose Bierce and Abraham Stoker. Thank you all, and I will return soon.
KingRat said, 11 months ago
nice to see you back runar.
Margueritem
said,
11 months ago
Runar, we have missed you. I thank Teresa for calling you today.
Ambrose bierce, my absolute favorite curmudgeon!
runar
said,
11 months ago
I think Ambrose would not only approve of “FrogApplause”, but he would also approve of calling it “Oil Of Dog”!
Nakhash
said,
11 months ago
Ah, male delusions. No doubt he thinks we would notice the difference. ;-)