Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for January 13, 2023

But remember to never take nail clippers to a scissors fight.

Aww. And I brought a bullwhip.

Cue “Battle with the Gorn” music from the original Star Trek series.

A scissors fight? With all the cut-ups posting here? Sounds ,,, dangerous … entertaining … excuse me while I get my scissors sharpener…

…the winner moves on to the paper fight and then advances to rocks…

…I can get the chain saw to idle but not to run…

…so, um, Eric, sure has been cold…

…yes, I love your green dress…

…I’ve had two major former girlfriends both born on Friday the 13th in 1961…

…one, here in January…

…the other in October…

…both have mothers name Phyllis…

…after I broke up with the first one …

…oh, sorry…

… IDLE chit-chat…

…what about those Browns, huh?…

A scissors fight? Naaah… (Scissors are best used on paper in my house — for collage art!!)

“That doesn’t sound very knife”, he said cuttingly.

So snippy today!

I’ve got my rock, I’m good

Doesn’t matter on paper, but let’s get a hard copy up and running. Software engineer for the win and the volcan is a bluff in the buff.

My scissors are the chit chat of the town!

She sounds vicious..if there’s on thing I can’t stand is idle chit chat! Meaningless words to fill a void….that’s one reason I hate parties…have to be polite and talk about nothings that I couldn’t care less about‼️. ☺️

So … how are ya … l’m deteriorating nicely …

How about this weather ……..

( gotta go … important collage class )

Twilight Zones in on Rod Sterling and an interesting one fact.. He was born again w/a Sterling Silver Sporkey in his bellybutton of fuzz…. Well caveman’s wall predicted this w/drawings as we enter dina sores from scissors fighter Rodney.

Cool. Somebody is bound to lose an eye that way. Mama said so.

The chit chat will certainly not be idle if the catch-all drawer is within bounds. Are those postage stamps in the background, or is it one of those Wallpapers-of-the-Month that were such hot movers at the Bath Mat Factory More Décor Boutique in the early ’70s? The one printed hundreds of busts of Cicero was a very hot seller. I think that was the first department Vlad worked in after is act got tired on the loading dock.

If gray is a synonym for gray,

offwhite is a synonym for white,

jet black is a synonym for black,

hot pink is a synonym for pink,

powder blue is a synonym for blue,

lemon yellow is a synonym for yellow,

Kelly green is a synonym for green,

and blood red is a synonym for red,

then why isn’t deep purple a synonym for purple?

at least we know now ;+)

I rarely if ever bring any of my scissors to idle chit-chat, so I guess we’re safe enough for now.

Lovely weather for January, isn’t it? [Correct answer is “yes” for where I am.]

Do you take cream and/or sugar in your coffee?

That was quite a game! Glad our team won!

Isn’t all this inflation terrible? Groceries cost almost twice as much as they did not long ago!

I’m tired by all this strenuous thinking up of new banalities for now, so I’m leaving….

Not with the good scissors!