Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 23, 2023

No, I’m just afraid of candy and cashews together.

I was afraid of peacock feathers when I was a little kid. True.

Nuts to you!

“I yelled “Fire!” when I fell into a vat of chocolate"

Dickie Smothers

I’d prefer not to be pelted with anything. Has anyone ever been caught in a baseball size hailstorm? I was for about two minutes. My hands and arms were all bruised in order to protect my head and face (defense wounds, I guess.)

I’ve heard that clown phobia is pretty common. I am more offended by sloppy makeup and a poorly-constructed costume to be frightened.

John Wayne Gacy often performed dressed as a clown. Add in the part about being a serial killer and that would be something to be wary of.

I am not afraid of turtle sundaes. But they must have pecans, not cashews.

Depends on what flavor they are at the time! My favorite would be mint flavored chocolate, on a big fat cashew…..

Gesundheit ‼️

Chances are it would be more effective if he wrote it on the blackboard, like Mother Superior directed.

Considering how d@mned expensive cashews are – plain or candied – you’re welcome to toss as many as you like in my direction.

The danger of being pelted with candied cashews had not occurred to me before today. Now I’m a bit worried, at least.

In Banana Triangle, they use mango pits.

I remember in a Far Side comic, Larsen did a cartoon about phobias (not sure) and he was slammed with criticism. I guess Frog Applause doesn’t have the same reach or her fans are used to accepting most anything from her.

He took a toke, his mind got broke, and now he can’t smoke in the morning.

Not being afraid is antiphobic … or is it? IS IT …?

( posture dependent, but do you believe your eyes or ears )

CaFfEiNe …❗️

The aerodynamic properties of cashews are more interesting than those of Brazil nuts.

You can overdose on Brazil nuts. They contain more selenium than any other food (as far as I know.) As a rule, eat no more than five per day.

Hey hey hey, the tongue and lung won’t stop the pelting so keep on and keep melting.

Cashew! Gesundheit!

I can think of worse things to be pelted with. Nuts are not high on my list of pelting phobias. Maybe reframe the issue. For instance, if you were holding a hot fudge sundae (mmmmmm, hooot fudge…) the result would be quite delightful. Being pelted with pepperoni? Whip out some cheesy bread! Being pelted with lasagna? Well, probably best to ask Rotifer about that, though his mom might be a safer option.

Fear not Mr. Brown. Lucy van Pelt will pull the cashews away before you can have a kick at them.

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Yeah, sure, Target-Boy. You just huddle there and keep on repeating your pain-numbing mantra while we reload the Candied Cashew Cannon, over and over again! CCC Artillery Corps always gets its man!

Now French burnt peanuts are another matter entirely.

…Gesundheit…