Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for November 30, 2021

These birds are dressed quite handsomely. These girls must go to the beauty ward weekly. Their feather doo’s are looking mighty fine.

They can turn heads on a dime!

speak to the beak

Great, I’m in trouble with avian feminists. Again!

Can the trigger be a hair or feather lock?

If they want piercing with a needle point? Or fall for a feather point? Whichever, the score is the final destination.

Ka-Ka ! ! !

On the seventeenth day of Frogsmas, the Resplendent Cartoonist gave to me . . .

Seventeen Vlads-A-Pounding, Sixteen Romper-Chomper Thingamabobs,

Fifteen Twits-A-Twirling, Fourteen Captains Spacing, Thirteen Pickles Peeking,

Twelve Squiggly Green Jello Cups, Eleven Headless Music Box Dancers,

Ten Teresas leaping, Nine Annoying Relatives, Eight Cheesy Bread Winning,

Seven Yams With Sprinkles, Six McMuffin Alignments

. . . Five Golden Tater Tots! . . .

Four Squirrel Jerky, Three Mocking Frogs, Two Mince Pies,

And a Spork Hanging From a Pear Tree.

Hark! Do I spot penny loafers….?

Why, YES!

Yes….they ARE Penny loafers!

Birds of a feather, spot dots together….

How come pleats look so much better on them than on real people?

Check you agenda. That point doesn’t come up until later. Much later—after adjournment.

Withal, we love you a bushel and a peck.

But, but … Ortolans ARE meant to be eaten feet-first and whole, except for the beak …!

What kind of bird brain would say that?

All this emphasis on points is for the birds. I mean, where would we even be with out holes?

…a couple of good looking chicks…

…Ladybird & Polly…

…you put your right foot in…

…they are both fine feathered friends…

…you put your right foot out…

…not to put too fine of a point on it…

…and you shake it all about…

…they stick together…

…Woodstock groupies…

…eventhough the Byrds did not play there…

So, what’s a couple of hot chicks like you doing, hanging out at a dubious point in Froglandia? You must be new around here, so here’s a hint: some of the people who comment on FA are a little strange….

Was it an exclamation point, perhaps?