Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for April 14, 2020

If my brother’s not heavy he can lean-to on me.

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Have you seen that picture where the Washington monument has been turned into a giant cross?

Why does that sound like a clue in a cryptic crossword puzzle?

Duplicate that 120 yards away and you’ve got the beginnings of a football field.

I slept under a lean-to in the wild woods of Maine in the ’50s. Ticks were a thing unheard of.

Be it ever so humble…

Didn’t the Scarecrow say that?

♬ You can only ♪ go so far

With the nun ♩ beside the star ♬

The big … bright … ♭ Frog Applause™ star!

(with apologies to Bob Hope and major oil company ad agencies everywhere)

…I like the little lesson in the back of every FA comic’s Terry and the Argonauts…

…“But I believe in this and it’s been tested by research…

…She who frogs nuns will later join the church”…

…drastic measures were taken in the Girl Scouts hand book once the Boy Scouts decided to fondle girls, too…

…joking of course…

…girl sleep overs were always dangerous for little brothers…

…I ain’t wearing any pants…

…(well, just to fit in during the crisis)…

The chip on the shoulder should fall the way the chips fall…

Oz and Dorothy’s house fell on The Wicked Witch.

Lean-in on the next pitch Skip…eye on the ball..

Begs for a little Haiku:

The goalpost of life

Needs these three structural things

But kicking for what …?

LEAN TO THE LEFT! LEAN TO THE RIGHT! STAND UP, SIT DOWN, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

…hitting the goalpost should always count as one point…

As so many things do.

I’ve got two uprights and a codpiece. Does that count?

/ll

Ring or echo with sound, the hall resounded with laughter..

Criminologist:

It’s just a jump to the left

And then a step to the right

With your hands on your hips

You bring your knees in tight

But it’s the pelvic thrust

That really drives you insane

Let’s do the Time Warp again

Thank you, Sister. You are our North Star and point us the way.

Bring out your dead!