Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for July 09, 2022

Oh crap, I’m first? I wasn’t ready, I hate these pop quizzes. Lets see…

Ceramic o y fig urine, is all I get, sorry.

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ― Philip K. Dick

ceramic figurine. I’ll never be able to look at these two words the same way again. FIG URINE. Who knew? I bet there are other good examples of syllable breaks in a word that create something FA-like lovely and lame.

I’m not sure I can eat a fig right now… considering its urine content.

Return to sender.

I’m going to the fig bar for a golden raisin shower.

Here we see an example of a standard Froglandian work order. I think this one is for the new soda fountain in the cafeteria. It’ll have all your favorite sodas- Poopsi, Croak-a-Cola, Frog Dew, Fig Urine, etc… just pull the little guys arm, and he will fill your cup from the appropriate orifice.

Piet Hein seems to have run through while nobody was looking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_cube

Next pot for urinary need may include anusol for the anu"s.

Hmm. Remnants of a corrugated cardboard box for a backdrop. Fragments of colored packing tape. And, laconically captioned, a terracotta (ceramic) figurine that may have been looted from a Central or South American archaeological site. (Do not let word play distract you from this grave issue.)

I think we have enough available evidence to hold Sister Teresa on suspicion of international smuggling!

Confession is good for the soul!

I see your ceramic figurine and raise you a…

Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 B.C. https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/founding-figures

Gives new meaning to Philip Jose Farmer’s Dantesque expression “A fig on thee!”

Scribble, scribble toil and troubles …

Fires burn and urine bubbles ….

(go figure)

Fig. Ment of the imagination.

In the hot sun without anti-freeze for the vehicle and it needs fluid.

Drink beer and pee in the radiator.

Ah ha!! That’s what the Easter Island statues look like when they’re uncovered from the ground!!

Ur-ine trouble now! All of you!

Who sent me this dilapidated cardboard box with this vile fig-urine in it?