YSaC, Vol. 1343: Hans off…

2012 September 19

frog fountain


this fountain is original and unique hans made wnderful fountant relax and rery for plog in only adition water deliver free in the area de [badly misspelled location] and 20 millas aroun for more information callto ### ### ####

Hello! I am Hans! I have made this fountant for you! It is rery for plog!

Thanks, Ross!

43 Responses leave one →
  1. 2012 September 19
    Ralph permalink

    Aarrrrghhh!

    Ribbet.

    Adores: 4
  2. 2012 September 19
    CapnMac permalink

    Arrh, me-jimbo, wha’s’at ye say, here?
    Sail’t seven Seas, an’ twice thru Davey’s pond,
    an’ ne’er I heard sich a pidgin.
    Cou’ye try’t agin slow’r, an’ wi’all thos’ scallywag flies innit y’r mouth?

    Adores: 4
    • 2012 September 19
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      Frog Fountain Pirate is the name of my Jimmy Buffett cover band.

      Adores: 4
      • 2012 September 19

        I was going to guess Toad the Wet Sprocket.

        Adores: 2
        • 2012 September 19
          funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

          Ah, I loved that band.

          Adores: 0
  3. 2012 September 19

    [Corey] From “area de [location]” and “millas,” I’m guessing that this person’s native language is Spanish. [/Corey]

    Adores: 2
    • 2012 September 19
      CapnMac permalink

      Arrhh! Yee’l be needin’ ohn ‘a ‘eese, ‘en: [obligatory Princess Bride Reference]

      Adores: 3
  4. 2012 September 19
    penguin permalink

    With twenty Millas around, Hans had to find something to occupy his mind and hands.

    Adores: 4
  5. 2012 September 19

    Franz will deliver it, and PUMP YOU UP THE ADITION WATER!

    Adores: 7
  6. 2012 September 19

    I don’t like the way (arrgh) that frog is looking at me (arrgh) with his one eye. (arrgh) It’s creeping me out. And why is Señor Sparky (arrgh) only willing to deliver the questionable-looking water (arrgh) and not the fountant? (arrgh)

    Adores: 5
    • 2012 September 19
      mud "static noise" slicker permalink

      It’s hard being a green pirate, eh?

      Adores: 5
      • 2012 September 19
        funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

        Well, you know what Kermit always said.

        Adores: 1
  7. 2012 September 19

    this fountain is original and unique….

    Sigh……you started out with such promise, me Buck-o….

    On the other hand this……

    hans made wnderful fountant relax and rery for plog in only adition water deliver free in the area de [badly misspelled location] and 20 millas aroun for more information callto…

    Provides an answer to the age old question – “Why is the rum always gone??”

    Adores: 11
    • 2012 September 19
      Brer Fox permalink

      Sarry aboo tha’ rum darrrlin’ by I war lockt inna box fo 2 day. Why dua smail lak lilarcs?

      Adores: 6
      • 2012 September 19

        That explains where all these empty rum bottles filled with chicken bones came from.

        Adores: 5
      • 2012 September 19
        funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

        SPARKY, WHY YOU NO SPEAK RITE?

        Adores: 1
    • 2012 September 19
      CapnMac permalink

      ‘Twere tha’ mos’ exc’llnt Bard, Cap’n Buffett told us it were being f’rm changes in lat’tudes ‘n’ att’tudes, an’ find’t chums wi’ bott’l’s ae rhum!

      J’ss mor’ Gypsies f’rm t’ palace–and ’tain’t a bad t’ing, ‘less’n it be y’r own palace wha’ wer’ plunder’t.

      [insert really slow–1/4 time–, soulful rendition of “Pirate Looks at Forty” performed in Mobile circa ’92; with Meyer’s Dark and a splash of coke]

      Adores: 3
  8. 2012 September 19

    I heard in a song that Davey Jones’ locker is off of Monkee Island. That’s where I’ll be sailing, matey! Uh. Bilge rats, and weigh anchor, and Land Ho!

    Adores: 3
    • 2012 September 19
      CapnMac permalink

      [nautical corey]
      When you anchor, you do so to a ratio, known as “scope” in the maritime trade. It’s best about 1:6 or 1:7. So, if you are anchored in 6 fathoms of water, you put out 42 fathoms of anchor line (aka “rode”).

      In the days of sail, you heaved in the anchor line using a capstan (or windlass). As the sailors turned round, and round, all they had to pull against was the current or wind setting the ship to the end of the anchor rode.

      That is, until they got to over the anchor and it broke free of the bottom. Then all the weight of the anchor was on the sailors to heave in.

      As the sailors finished bringing up the anchor, the ship could get underway. Over the many years and many fluctuations of English as a written language, weigh and way have been swapped and mingled. Phonemes are like that. But, to set an anchor “away” is to loose it, so that it runs out on its rode. Aweighing anchor is the process of freeing a ship from its bonds to the seafloor.
      [/corey]

      Adores: 4
      • 2012 September 19
        funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

        Cap’n, you forgot something…

        Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

        Adores: 1
  9. 2012 September 19
    mud "static noise" slicker permalink

    Wait? You have to have your water delivered and it’s only free to this area (and a 20 mile radius)? How rare is that to even see a fountain in these whereabouts? And what are frogs? We only know dirt.

    Seems it would be easier to just move the double wide to where the water doesn’t have to be delivered.

    Adores: 3
  10. 2012 September 19
    Rabbit Roulette permalink

    After staring at my keyboard trying to figure out the keys he hit wrong I think “rery for plog in” is probably ready to plug in. Allowing for grammar differences between languages, he comes relatively close to making sense. And, yes, I would probably be tempted to buy that fountain. Froggy needs a paint job to look a bit more realistic, but I think it’s cute.

    Adores: 4
    • 2012 September 19

      ::pats Rabbit on noggin’::

      That’s right, matey, you keep telling yourself that Long John Sparky here is making sense.

      Where’s the rum?

      Adores: 7
  11. 2012 September 19
    Demon Duck of Doom permalink

    Hans is rery for plog in all the wrong places.

    Adores: 6
  12. 2012 September 19

    Frogger has a serious drooling problem.

    Adores: 4
  13. 2012 September 19
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    Following this week’s Dramatic Reading By theme, can we get the Governator to narrate this sucker? Even better if we hop in the TARDIS and get Conan-era Ahnold.

    Adores: 3
    • 2012 September 19

      IF – given today’s theme, can we just get Cap’n Jack Sparrow?

      Adores: 5
      • 2012 September 19
        CapnMac permalink

        Och, iffin we’v’ arh way-back cont’rap’n, we’ll be need’t Robbie Newton, wha’ play’t LJS in the movie sae lang agae, an’ set the cours’ frae pirate-speak.

        Ahr, lass’ be’t others frae voic’t this piratical, tae–Tony Hopkins an’ ‘is Cornish burr be’t one. Dennis Haysbert t’wa be’t guid, tae. Hae t’ wonder ‘ow Sean Connery, Steve Fry, or Simon Pegg mi’ read’t, too.

        Adores: 5
  14. 2012 September 19
    NotMyName permalink

    Please, oh please, tell me the frog’s name is Gretel. That would make my day.

    Adores: 5
    • 2012 September 19
      CapnMac permalink

      ‘Twa’ it not bein’ t’Froggit f’rm’rly kna’ a’ Prince?

      Adores: 2
      • 2012 September 19
        NotMyName permalink

        No. ‘Twa’ no’.

        Adores: 2
        • 2012 September 19
          CapnMac permalink

          Arrrh, ¶µþ then.

          Adores: 1
    • 2012 September 19

      The frog’s name is Gretel.

      You’re welcome.

      Adores: 5
  15. 2012 September 19
    kelli permalink

    I read this twice and my brain just keeps screaming, “NO!”

    Adores: 3
  16. 2012 September 19
    Windrose permalink

    Talk Like a Pirate is brought to you by the letter Arrrr!

    Adores: 3
    • 2012 September 19
      Brer Fox permalink

      … and by the number twa.

      Adores: 3
      • 2012 September 19
        NotMyName permalink

        Brought to you by Grog. Buy Grog when you feel like getting a buzz that lasts all day!

        Adores: 2
      • 2012 September 19
        CapnMac permalink

        [pendant]
        The numeral would be either “tuh” or “tway’ ” (twain).

        The “twa” usage is the eliditation of the contraction of “it was [to be]” or “it were [to be].” The initial vowel is dropped, giving ’twas/’twere, then the last pseudo-syllable is then truncated and aspirated into merely “twa”.

        Mind you, idiomatic usage is highly dependent upon context, so “twa” could also be the contraction of “toward/towards”.

        There’s a bit of Burns’ (IIRC) which has “…tu wae nae tae ane be’t…twa hert nae scaud ae so rived…” ([the] two were not to be [as] one [ajoined] . . . ’twas heart never so [injured/scalded] [by that/such] splitting/rending…)
        [/pendant]

        Adores: 1
  17. 2012 September 19
    CapnMac permalink

    Harggh! An’ jus’ ‘ow be’t t’ scruvy lubber Spark’ be say’n nought ahn the fate ae t’ wee grrreee’ plant, arh?
    T’ bilge-rat’ll hoy water cross’t town, but nae ward t’ the wee weed . . .

    Tha’s low; ’tain’t to T’ Code–ta t’ Plank!

    Adores: 1
  18. 2012 September 19
    One Moving Violation permalink

    The frog turned into a fountain.
    The frog turned into a fountain.
    The frog turned into a fountain.
    To pee what he could pee.

    To pee what he could pee.
    To pee what he could pee.
    hans made wnderful fountant
    To pee what he could pee.

    Adores: 2
  19. 2012 September 20

    ghostcat makes us laugh and sing,
    She freely shares the snark she brings.
    I hope you aren’t out to lunch
    When I give you this Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Fontainebleau!

    Adores: 3

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