Pudding Ponderer Gifts

"See this jelly wobbling. It was waving goodbye."

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

Wildlife

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Water Gardening: One thing is certain - you will find the peace and tranquility of water an almost irresistible attraction.

Frog to other frog: 'Hey, nice pad.'

'Thanks, we really appreciate this. Yeah, the middle button. Don't worry, it's auto-focus - just aim and shoot.'

But there are other pleasures still for the fisherman's delight....for nature is everywhere about him.

'Wait a minute! What if this isn't just a puddle?! What if it's a huge, furious hibernating snowman?'

"This blood knot ought to be re-named the blood, sweat and tears knot."

Business Duck

'Wow, are all these desserts for here, or are you going to stuff your faces in the privacy of your own home?'

"I can't wait to start growing limbs so that I can use a tablet..."

"Actually, it wasn't so bad. One minute I was standing in line at the slaughterhouse...The next thing I knew, I was being basted in my own juices..."

"If He didn't want us to eat it, why'd He wrap the whole thing in bacon?"

Thinking and thinking backwards.

'My horoscope said I was going to make someone happy today.'

'Euro's down against the pound, dollars up against yen, pound is... what the hell don't expect cheap meals in France!'

Six frogs leap off their lily pads.

'Its that final touch that makes it seem just like a natural pond.'

'I'll say this for you young Thoreu - he certainly does make good use of his pond.'

Ricochet

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

"Is there a God?"

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

'When they start calling you a splendid bird, you know you're in trouble.'

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

"Yes, there will be questions but you're unquestionably the nation's most badass mom."

"Turned out he wasn't a miniature."

Vernal Pond: Here today. . . gone tomorrow.

Water Gardening: And you will find yourself thinking over many garden problems at the waterside.

The Big Four debate banking ethics