Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for June 14, 2024

Dog doo.

Do or do not. If you do not though, you may explode.

…….do do do…

…da da da da…

…that’s all I have to say to you…

…our 12 year old-plus- cocker spaniel was sick recently…

…she either got into something she shouldn’t…

…or just getting old…

…let’s just say that we are the proud owners of a brand new carpet cleaner…

…she’s back to normal now…

…thanks for asking…

…how come in almost every Tv show…

…no one has dogs?…

..like most people in America do?…

…do do do…

…I mean they’re more likely to have a monkey or something…

…and while I’m at it…

…why does no one say goodbye when they hang up the phone?…

…{no…

…you hang up first}…

…no, you…

doo doo the dirty dog

Doo doo doo like you done done done before, baby.

It looks like the dog’s in the bedroom window of Norma Bates.

’And I found out where they keep all the rolls of toilet paper. Schred-o-rama!

First thing on the list is a little redecorating.

But did they turn on the RCA Victrola?

They have only been gone 42 seconds, but goodbye couch!

Alone, locked in the house.

Feeling only frowns.

Leave but don’t leave me.

Look around and choose your home ground.

Long you’re gone and long I’ll cry

Things I’ll shred and scraps will fly

And all you touch and all you see

Is all a shambles that soon will be.

Frog Floyd: Alone

inspired by ted cruz

who will scratch your head?

That voodoo that you do so well.

Who’s a good boy/b i t c h …?

There is no try, there is only DO.

— You know who, calling at 3:19 a.m., drunk on his butt

Bury something. In the carpet. But your feelings.

[ OPENING CREDITS SONG: ]

“Da Doo Doo Run Run (When They Diapered Me at Home)” by The Folgers Crystals

Today’s Senryū du Jour:

Darkest before the

instincts take over at last.

Relief! — but now doomed.

— Chuck Waggin-Kallmish

Re: The FLOG

Has Frog Applause™ eschewed surveillance picklery for surveillance donutery?

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker).

Hey!

Who failed to let the dogs out?!

Who failed to let the dogs out?!

Get back gruffy, back scruffy.

Get back, you flea-infested mongrel!

Who failed to let the dogs out?!

Who failed to let the dogs out?!

— from Safe as KIbble by Captain Canned Beefheart

Clown’s to the left of me.

Jokers to the right.

Stuck in the middle with you.

Tony in the inside Middle/

Dawn and second Dawn to the Oreo Outside.

Creamy and Cream to the inside.

White Room to feed your Head.

Today’s Bonus Senryū:

Moby’s Precious Mind

and You Nearly Lose Your Mind,

- Leon Redbone: signs?

— from “Voices in the Static” by Sy Lence S. Bliss

[ CUE THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN SEGMENT ]

Closeau: I thought you said your dog does not bite!

Hotelier: That is not my dog.

Next week they right him / her.

Bad dog!

(Sounds like a not-quite-made-it rock group of the ‘60s-’70s.)