Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for October 03, 2015

Birds of a feather flock together.

They’re nice, if you were trying to perfect those particular characteristics.“You’re awful!” “Yes, thank you, I’ve been practicing.”

They are a lot nicer than some of the other things I could think of to say about a reticulated, color-coded fat pig….

The Pork Council Queen loves everything about you. She is all about that.

Clearly, these are the products of malefactors, or at least the by-products thereof. I recommend that they be reduced to a thick paste and then extruded into a more palatable form. Look what it did for the people being maligned by chicken parts, who are now being referred to as golden brown and arriving in a series of seven pleasing shapes in a convenient multi-pack with dipping sauce.They could, by this time next month, be referring to you as deliciously seasoned and delicately crisped on the grill.I think you just need to improve their presentation.

Don’t give them a reason to refer to you as BAR-B-QUED or SAUSAGE … know what I’m sayin’ ???

I always refer to you as colorful and impressive :-)

That’s,uh…um…Is “projection” the word I’m looking for?

Based on everything I’ve pieced together over the years I can see everything but duplicitous (in the abstract, of course).

Where as I, I have been described as narcissistic, sycophantic, bombastic, and vexatious. Shall we have coffee?

Saying those things is like putting plaid on a pig.

When you taste like bacon people will often throw flaming barbs your way, to make you sizzle.

Yumm… pulled pork. Wasn’t it Jimmy Dean who said, “You’re pulling me apart!” They may call you a boor, but never a bore.

Pull the blue leg.It plays “Jingle Bells”.

When your ham turns green, poach some eggs.

We call it, “The Compassion Quilt”.

In answer to your question, Teresa, no, they’re not nice things to say. or true, either. I refer you to the comment meh -todology made above: it’s projection. I’ve mentioned this before. (I know, I’m being kind of boring today.)

Well I’ll be dogged,Coffee at Maxwell’s House.