Vi was finishing up with a guy who wasn’t getting any satisfaction from acupuncture and was pretty bummed about a recurring headache. She cleared it up for him. Her explanation was that he had a dynamic tension habit that was pulling on his back and shoulders to slightly compress a disc that had no other complications. Acupuncture could work, and did for a while. But he found a way around it. He liked to maintain his preferred state of anxiety and pain. She took a bludgeon to the part of his mind insisting on the anxiety, and he relaxed. Something like that, you don’t get cooperation, and you can’t buy compliance for long. You have to assert dominance. Which she did. I asked about the Jolly old Fat Man, telling her my constructed theory, which she affirmed as being the case. She wouldn’t tell me any more about it, but lent me some works on demonology that would let me invoke Old Nick and conclude my business. It was pretty arcane stuff. I wasn’t sure about it. But Vi said it was the way I had to go. A penny’s worth of advice from Vi was worth a million in what you could find elsewhere. I took it and set out to confront my Christmas Demon and rid the world of surveillance pickles forever.
Yes, fellow Froglandians, it’s another “Frog Applause” anniversary. Lucky number 13 to be exact. I don’t remember the day that FA debuted but, I’m sure, it was an auspiciously lame occasion for my first-day readers.
Well, you could have celebrated it last Friday (Dec 13), but no, we celebrate on the 20th. Is that lame, or what?
Well. of course it is lame, it’s what we do here!
Thanks Teresa, for providing an outlet for all the suppressed lameness that would, if not expressed here, torture our minds and bodies. Why, without you, we could have ended up like he who must not be named, but ever blamed…(shudder)
So, this guy holds up a (fake) penny and says, and I quote, “the thirteenth scent [sic].” I figure it’s the title of some sort of mystery or maybe puzzle. But then I find out he’s just a paid shill for Sister Teresa’s thirteen years of lameness here in Froglandia! What a letdown.
But then I think to myself, wake up and smell the swamp miasma on this auspicious day in Froglandia! And so I do, sort of.
Happy belated anniversary, Teresa. Once again, my timing is totally lame.
I remember the epoch in which I would savor Frog Applause over a breakfast of cheesy bread and bath mats, and then at work I would surreptitiously let the majesty of the Frog Blog wash over me. It’s a wonder I got anything done. Well, I still don’t get much done, but I’m old now, so that’s my excuse. Which is also lame.
Rotifer NOT GETTING RUBEN BOLLING’S PIN Thalweg Premium Member over 4 years ago
Happy Anniversary, CREATOR!
(I can honestly say that over the past 12 years Frog Applause™ has meant more to me than love is…)
Mad-ge Dish Soap over 4 years ago
12 years and 12 anniversaries…
13th Anniversary…
Congrats
Mother Thalweg over 4 years ago
(You dumb pastahead. It’s been THIRTEEN years.)
Dear Teresa
Happy 13th Anniversary!
Sincerely,
Rotifer’s Mother
Mad-ge Dish Soap over 4 years ago
For auld lang syne, my desr..
Linguist over 4 years ago
¡FELIZ 12º ANIVERSARIO!
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
There’s a little bit of frog in us, whoever you may be.
That will cost you a pretty penny.
bxclent Premium Member over 4 years ago
ribbit
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 4 years ago
Vi was finishing up with a guy who wasn’t getting any satisfaction from acupuncture and was pretty bummed about a recurring headache. She cleared it up for him. Her explanation was that he had a dynamic tension habit that was pulling on his back and shoulders to slightly compress a disc that had no other complications. Acupuncture could work, and did for a while. But he found a way around it. He liked to maintain his preferred state of anxiety and pain. She took a bludgeon to the part of his mind insisting on the anxiety, and he relaxed. Something like that, you don’t get cooperation, and you can’t buy compliance for long. You have to assert dominance. Which she did. I asked about the Jolly old Fat Man, telling her my constructed theory, which she affirmed as being the case. She wouldn’t tell me any more about it, but lent me some works on demonology that would let me invoke Old Nick and conclude my business. It was pretty arcane stuff. I wasn’t sure about it. But Vi said it was the way I had to go. A penny’s worth of advice from Vi was worth a million in what you could find elsewhere. I took it and set out to confront my Christmas Demon and rid the world of surveillance pickles forever.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator over 4 years ago
Yes, fellow Froglandians, it’s another “Frog Applause” anniversary. Lucky number 13 to be exact. I don’t remember the day that FA debuted but, I’m sure, it was an auspiciously lame occasion for my first-day readers.
Mad-ge Dish Soap over 4 years ago
2 bits is a quarter so a bit must be 13 ¢.
mark.gebert over 4 years ago
Congratulations, Teresa! So glad you’re continuing to amuse and inspire lameness throughout Froglandia … if not the world!
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 4 years ago
13?
I was wondering if we were going to count the um… errr….
YES! Thirteen!
So what’s the gift?
Lace swathed ballerina heads?
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Well, you could have celebrated it last Friday (Dec 13), but no, we celebrate on the 20th. Is that lame, or what?
Well. of course it is lame, it’s what we do here!
Thanks Teresa, for providing an outlet for all the suppressed lameness that would, if not expressed here, torture our minds and bodies. Why, without you, we could have ended up like he who must not be named, but ever blamed…(shudder)
So Happy Anniversary, Mistress of Lame!
Howard'sMyHero over 4 years ago
In 13 words (NOT according to Hoyle, but in celebration):
Lame Lame bo bame …
Bonana fanna fo fame …
Fe fi mo mame LAME …!
Ray*C over 4 years ago
CONGRATULATIONS!! I’ll have to remind Marg.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 4 years ago
FROG spelled backwards is GORF.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 4 years ago
The son of Frog was just a little tadpole.
willie_mctell over 4 years ago
I’ve always found frogs to be very trustworthy.
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
So, this guy holds up a (fake) penny and says, and I quote, “the thirteenth scent [sic].” I figure it’s the title of some sort of mystery or maybe puzzle. But then I find out he’s just a paid shill for Sister Teresa’s thirteen years of lameness here in Froglandia! What a letdown.
But then I think to myself, wake up and smell the swamp miasma on this auspicious day in Froglandia! And so I do, sort of.
Happy Friday the 13th, a week late, Sister!
The Old Wolf over 4 years ago
Worth much more than a penny in my book. Happy anniversary!
coltish1 over 4 years ago
Happy belated anniversary, Teresa. Once again, my timing is totally lame.
I remember the epoch in which I would savor Frog Applause over a breakfast of cheesy bread and bath mats, and then at work I would surreptitiously let the majesty of the Frog Blog wash over me. It’s a wonder I got anything done. Well, I still don’t get much done, but I’m old now, so that’s my excuse. Which is also lame.