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Rotifer MY AVATAR IS BETTY BOOP'S BUTT Thalweg
Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

@StillTheBelle
Okay, so it happens every Spring. But WHERE does it happen?
Cleveland, OH?
Springtown, TX?
Belcherwherever, MA?

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well, in the human version it was St. Louis

Rotifer MY AVATAR IS BETTY BOOP'S BUTT Thalweg
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3 years ago

I’m messin’ with @StillTheBelle – you stay out of this.

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Ray Milland–Star scientist/baseball pitcher from the 1949 film

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3 years ago

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

That’s a fine play. Andrew McCutchen?

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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
3 years ago

yes!–he plays for the Pirates
not to take anything away from an excellent grab, but that glove is BIG

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

He used to play for the Pirates. Won a MVP award with them. Now with the Phillies, I think.

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3 years ago

,,,

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

“Corner House” by Hungarian contemporary artist István Orosz.

Credit where credit is due.

Interestingly… well, to me, anyway… he also did this, which I had saved. I think it’s earlier, but I haven’t found the dates.

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This purplish one is simpler, and with the corner pointing upwards, it’s easier for my eyes to flash back and forth and see the illusion.

The yellowish one, in Nighthawks’ post, is harder to see, but maybe that just adds to the bewilderment.

I like them both.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

yeah credit given for sure— as you can see the tan illusion is unsigned
(or perhaps the signature was removed. I try always to give credit when I know
who the artist is

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

Wasn’t criticising… Just attaching the credit.

A lot of illusion and metamorphical painting is stripped of credit and posted as puzzles or in collections of optical illusions.

I googled this one… Then realised I had a similar image saved on my laptop, and compared them.

I found a new copy to post, though, because the one I had was small.

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

It should be titled “DeLusional”

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

I like that!

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3 years ago

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

A great classic!!! Thanks Arfside!

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3 years ago

If you made tacos for sinko de mayo, I hope you were able to find tortillas from La Tortilla Factory made with hatch green chiles. You might have liked Tapashio or Sir Gotcha sauce, but I prefer Chocula. And by the way, I don’t even try some of those goat peppers in mine;.

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

I guess I haven’t been paying attention… I didn’t know you could get my hometown tortillas so far away.

I can’t handle really hot peppers these days, and prefer my tortillas sans extra heat…

La Tortilla Factory also makes some really good (if a little pricey) “handmade” style mixed corn and wheat flour ones.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

So far, I only find them at Albertson’s in my area. They used to be tucked down into a little corner of the bottom shelf, but seem to have been allowed to move up to eye level with more offerings. In grocery store terms, that’s something to make the manufacturer weep for joy. Paaaarty!!!

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

Nope, nothing so mundane. We had shrimp with an ancho and orange sauce. Tan delisioso!

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

Got mine at the local Mexican place. Fish tacos for me. 🙂

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3 years ago

Is that really Frankie dancing alongside Gene Kelly? Who knew?

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Reply to  DennisinSeattle
3 years ago

Frankie and Gene. What a team. Love their striped suits

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Reply to  DennisinSeattle
3 years ago

Everybody at a certain age?

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3 years ago

Take me out to the BRAWLgame, at Dodger Stadium.

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Reply to  DennisinSeattle
3 years ago

We spent many a night at Dodger Stadium. Always a fun evening. Of course we were in the nosebleed section…..

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

You couldn’t afford a motel?

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

Susan!

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

:))

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3 years ago

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

ewwwwww!
It’s a guy thing.

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Reply to  DennisinSeattle
3 years ago

Dodgers and Giants always had a hate going against each other.

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

When I was in high school, Sister Celine was a Dodgers fan, and Sister Clara was a Giants fan. They had to be in their 70’s and put up all kinds of decorations in their classrooms. They were AVID fans.

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

My dad always had a problem…

He grew up in Brooklyn, before the Dodgers,, but always felt proud after they got a team, so he loved them.

That meant he hated the Giants… then they got Willie Mays… and he loved Willie Mays… but still not the Giants.

He had moved to California with his parents when he was in college. I don’t think there was a local team, but I don’t know…. before my time.

I’m a little fuzzy on what came first… but at some point later, the Giants moved to San Francisco, and he could finally support them and his baseball hero, Willie Mays.

But Oakland also got the A’s, and his parents lived near Oakland and supported them, so sometimes Dad did too.

We were military so he also supported the teams everybody rooted for wherever we lived.

A conflict when “his” teams played each other.

Later his previously beloved Dodgers moved to LA, but he had to root against them….for leaving Brooklyn and for being against his A’s … or his Giants.

Then Willie retired… and my Dad retired… and he and my mom moved to southern California.

I was down there for his birthday… I think he was 60…

Someone gave him a Dodgers t-shirt, and he told me he didn’t know what to do.

….

For football he had no problem… He only watched college ball, and didn’t care much about team loyalty, just the game and the coaching.

Me?

Not a sports fan and don’t know why people suddenly support a team because their city bought it.

Especially when the millionaire players live elsewhere anyway, and will go to another team if sold.

Supposedly not true of the Green Bay Packers, and I went to high school in Wisconsin… But that’s not enough to make me watch a football game.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

I don’t watch any professional sports since they kneel against the Flag. It was nice, and enjoyable while it lasted. And you’re right about the millionaire players.

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

Nobody “kneeled against the flag”. Players with a concern beyond football kneeled, peacefully, respectfully, to draw attention to a very real problem. People who didn’t want to hear it made it about the flag, and drowned out the real concerns. The fact is that none of those who took a knee are against the flag, the anthem, or the country. It’s sad that some feel the need to attack those trying to make things better.

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3 years ago

Spring again… and of course, it did happen!

A bassetball movie, that is — though of course this one is a revival.

First clue: 20th Century Basset.

I bet they never thought about their name ever getting old when they started that studio, back in the1930’s.

In the late 20th century, a new real estate company opened called Century21…. I think it’s still around…

I remember l thinking, well, at least they’ve got 100 years before it looks old… unlike 20th Century Basset.

Haven’t seen it in a long time…. but I remember this being a funny movie.

Some sort of impossible chemical reaction creates a kind of rubber that’s repelled by wood….

perfect for “hitting” bassetballs amazing distances, of course…

which turns a nerdy professor into a bassetball star.
 

Seems like an obvious precursor to the “flubber” created in a much later Dogsney comedy….

which just may have kinda sorta borrowed the idea.


 
Doesn’t Jeanie look adorable in her little blue skirt, and … yes… purply eye shadow?

….

And Stel posted a human copy?
 
Hard to imagine humans making a movie where they have to chase balls!

Nah… they just hit them with the sticks… and then wait around for them to come back to them.

Not half the action of a bassetball game.

I mean… why bother?

Who wants to watch a bunch of humans standing around with sticks?
 

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

good one, Susan. The parochial school I attended in the 50’s actually played that movie and others ( The Jolson Story–Knute Rockne, All-America) for the whole school in the
auditorium…… surprising that they did that, the nuns and priests who ran the place were
kind hearted , I suppose……I know of at least one of those nuns would have preferred to
literally beat a student, rather than entertain him—(it was always the boys who were
discipline problems)

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3 years ago

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Reply to  nighthawks
3 years ago

What a face! What’s not to love?

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

You remember THIS photo I did for you? Those were the days…

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

Pretty cool!

For those of us who don’t know all about you, could you fill (at least me) in. What strip did you draw?

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Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

Done! Thanks for letting me know someone cared about lil ol me!

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Reply to  MontanaLady
3 years ago

As StelBel said, I used to draw Rogue Symmetry. Beviek, on Go Comics, would wander over to my comic and she quckly became one of my favorite morning comment conversations. She brought me over to Ballard Street and we had a wonderful time. Well, in 2014, I stopped drawing toons. But, I have to say, all this fun here on Cleo and Co is making me think I may need to start drawing them again.

Here is one of my more well received cartoons.

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

I don’t get it. {^¿^}

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Reply to  Arfside
3 years ago

Neither does the T-Rex.

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

Maybe we can recruit Claude to help out your short-armed T-Rex. Sounds like a great combo once in awhile.

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

NOW we know why Kangaroos evolved.

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

Thanks for the capsule summary and the toon. I can see why it was well-received.
I remember Beviek from the Ballard Street comment crowd. I had been there for a year or two when she had problems with the Overlords & left. Her ability to rapidly find fascinating images online that connected to the joke in some way was delightful.

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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
3 years ago

She was definitely a whiz with her abilities! I miss chatting with her, but we do exchange emails sometimes, so that’s nice too.

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Reply to  Rogue Symmetry
3 years ago

Of course….

And you’re only 20 days late!

Thanks, Derrick!

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

Then happy late birthday!!

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Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

But no pressure, right?

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
3 years ago

Of course not…

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3 years ago

Good morning, Cleo Phans and ML!

Today’s Stel-lar old timey movie poster about a baseball repelled by wood. Oh yeah and something about playing a game and a scientist.

National Nurses Day

Y’all air hug a nurse today. (((((HuGz)))))

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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
3 years ago

Good Sunny morning Plods and Cleophanatics.

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Reply to  Old Phart Plods
3 years ago

Well, maybe not today, but every time she brings my grandkids by I hug her (and then go out and play with the kids :-).

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3 years ago

Lloyd Bacon’s name was just beggin’ for this parody. Well done.

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3 years ago

And the others

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3 years ago

 
From: EGGS TODAY (Light, fast, and easy meal solutions for today’s busy life!)
 
Published (and co-published) by:
 
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
Place de Ville, Suite 1900
320 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5A3
 
Numbered as: CKMT-350M-2/93   (All 10 provincial egg boards are listed as well.)
 

Crêpes with Fruit

 
“This elegant dessert can be served in just a few minutes when you make the crêpes ahead and freeze.”
 
4 eggs
1 Cup milk (whole milk 3.25% milk fat)
1 tbsp melted butter or margarine (use butter)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp sugar
Dash Salt
 
1. Whisk or process all ingredients together until smooth. Let stand 1/2 hour to let bubbles escape; stir before using.
2. Lightly oil crêpe pan and heat over medium-high heat. Pour 1/4 cup batter into hot pan and immediately tip to coat entire bottom.
Place on burner and cook until edges begin to brown and batter loses its shine.
3. Transfer crêpe to cooling rack. Repeat until all batter is used. Crêpes can be stacked if being used immediately: layer with waxed paper if refrigerating or freezing.
 
Makes 12 crêpes.
 
Notes from me: A “dash” is defined as 1/16 teaspoon in some cookbooks.
No crêpe pan? Any full size frying pan will work well.
 

Raspberry Coulis

 
2 Cups unsweetened fresh or frozen raspberries
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp raspberry liqueur or juice
 
1. In small saucepan cook raspberries over medium heat until soft. Combine sugar and cornstarch; stir into raspberries, mixing well. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes or until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly.
2. Strain sauce through sieve; stir in raspberry liqueur.
 
Makes 3/4 cup sauce.

Note from me: Crêpes, folded over any fruit , make a good breakfast.
 

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Reply to  Alexikakos
3 years ago

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You will likely hear good things about Netflix’s / Sony’s animated film “The Mitchells vs. The Machines.” Don’t believe them.
The review I heard in its praise this morning prompted me to go looking for it in my usual place; it was there.
I again got about five minutes in and couldn’t even be bothered skipping around to see how much worse it could get. It don’t think it could, but I didn’t want to waste any more time to find out I was right.
It’s apparently aimed at ‘tweens to mid-teens, but in my opinion the vast majority of that audience will get bored and leave even earlier than I did.
I don’t know what Netflix charges, but for this Netflix should pay you.
 

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Reply to  Alexikakos
3 years ago

come on, Alex. how do you REALLY feel about it?

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3 years ago

Another great poster! I can imagine Lloyd Beggin’strip has a good following.

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3 years ago

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
Eddie BARKley is one of my favorite actors! 😀

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3 years ago

guess those guys are going to need another death star

Rotifer MY AVATAR IS BETTY BOOP'S BUTT Thalweg
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3 years ago

oops

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Reply to  StelBel
3 years ago

Nope…

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3 years ago

why do those Storm Troopers’ uniform look like the Patriot’s uniforms?

Could it be that both are evil, conniving and dishonest?

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3 years ago

What…. That’s not next Tuesday’s poster?

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