Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 27, 2024

That’s no skin off my nose, thank goodness.

As so often happens with something new, I will read or hear that very thing several times today in various places — like a fleeting Zeitgeist. (—

Ranch dressing on my word salad, please.

I just cornified myself laughing at this one!!

I wonder if this applies to the brown long-eared bat, which exhibits an interesting use of its big ears. It utilizes them to aid in lift and maneuverability while flying. The complex wake patterns due to ear movements suggest a novel aspect of thrust generation during flight.

Shout your truth from the mountaintops.

Where nobody will have to hear you.

Good to know. Wonder if it will come up in a trivia contest?

One thing I love about FA™ is that it’s chock-full of practical knowledge relevant to all our daily lives.

Which is it? More, or less?

I saw that coming… whatever it is…

I’m too callused to worry about a little cornification.

In other words, “watch your step”.

Alois’s habit of hiking on the glacier while he crammed for quizzes struck his classmates as odd, or worse. There’s no arguing with straight ’A’s’ though.

what are you saying ?

You can increase the thickness of the cornified layer of the ear by walking on your head regularly.

vet med guest lecturer!

Well I’ll be hornswoggled, bamboozled, hoodwinked, and humbugged …!

The doc said all that was needed was a thin layer of medicated cream and it will all go away…..however, in some cases, it’s not that easy….

…from Paul Bunyan’s cat?!

Just don’t scratch it.

This is practical,

Walk the prank.

Don’t do false pill laying around.

He looks awfully skinny from here.

Paws for the cause, but I find it more enjoyable to slide all the way home on my tuchas. Frosted buns for the win!

Cornified?

Sa-LUTE!

On the average. But the outliers have the potential to be really interesting. Yet easy to ignore.

That gets me every time.

I’ll be examining 18 paws today. DO cats count? Make that 26.