One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for October 22, 2021

Put her on a block of ice and see if that helps…

Even a real penguin wouldn’t “feel” those asinine lyrics, Ruthie.

Is the next verse more inspiring?

Tie your leg together at the ankles.

That’s becauze it’s a lie. Being a penguin sùcks.

“I Am the Walrus”?

Gave me chills. I had to put on my tux.

Well … stand up and waddle like a penguin while you sing it. See if you feel it then. I’ll do it with you if you want.

With kids watching TV all the time-even daytime soaps- or playing with the internet, they are not the innocent tykes adults think they are

That definitely isn’t Ruthie’s heartsong.

Ruthie needs motivation.

Ruthie, be glad you weren’t asked to recite the poem they were going to have me do at my piano recital. “The dollar and the cent, rolling down the sidewalk they went….” Luckily I came down with a stomach bug the day of the recital and didn’t have to subject myself to that humiliation. I was never so happy to be sick.

Konstantin Stanislavski, have we got a student for you!