Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for May 20, 2023

Tasty are they, them pool noodles?

Inedible but they’ll stop you from sinking?

Ahhhh the life!

Both a thrill worth doing.

Sign on dotted line for getting this catered to your pallet, and the skinny dipping aloud. A double dip, flip off the side dish.

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An Olympic event.

10’s scored across the judges.

The Japanese Judge said, “A real head turner”. Turning Japanese.

Swedish meatballs are generally made of PVC, not styrofoam.

That’s-a spicy pool-a noodle!

The Predawn Restaurant Critic strikes again!

Mama mia, thesa speecy spicy meata balls!

And of course, a trip to Froglandia is hardly complete until one has sampled the local specialty, the Froglandic Meatball. Using a bacterial culture, pulped comix brush is predigested to be a nutritious and flavorful treat, similar to how cacao beans are turned into cocoa. This is dried into a coarse flour, and mixed with raw meats, usually squirrel or opossum, and regional seasonings. The result is a delightfully light and delicate treat, with a rich, meaty flavor, but which lacks the heaviness of most meatballs. Its somewhat chewy texture and low density has led many to describe it as “a delicious pool noodle” when served in a sauce with rice or noodles.

Bocce balls with Marina over Al dente noodles!

…this is where an AI generator always fails…

…I mean, it means well …

…but, the state bird of Philly is a whale?…

… Frog Applause was a cartoon with Amanda Hugginkiss…

…Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ferris Bueller…

…DeSantis smoking a pipe in a dess?…

…meatballs > pool noodles?…

…Open up the pod bay doors, HAL…

…Dave’s not here, Man…

…no, I’m Dave…

…open up the pod bay doors…

Today, I find myself in disagreement with our Queen of the Lame.

There’s a diametric functional difference between the two … Pool noodles keep you afloat, while Mother Teresa’s sacred meatballs are frequently used for ship’s ballast.

Another fine, yet lame, mashup …! Pass the catsupard ….

When you’re swimmin’ in marinara

And sinking is your derrière-a

Reach for Mystery Meata Balls!

When your feeling a bit peckish

And yearning for something delish

Reach for Mystery Meata Balls!

Forget the chewy pool noodles

Go for the best kit-n-caboodles

Reach for Mystery Meata Balls!

Consumed in sufficient quantity will enhance buoyancy.

Friendly Froglandian Meatballs; related to various others, including Swedish meatballs, Italian meatballs, keftedakia and soutzoukakia, kofta, and many other ethnic varieties, which may be served on a bed of rice or of pasta. Available for visiting tourists at the Bath Mat Factory Cafeteria, on the Sister’s Specials menu, “Saturday favorites”….

so this keeps one afloat ..

Fun Fact, pool noodles are just colorful, waaay overpriced pipe insulators.

They’re made on the same extruder machines.