Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 19, 2024

is that a real beard or a beard of bees ?

Always do what you’re best at!

Hmmm, I guess it could work both ways.

Thank you for being useless in the most helpful way?

You’re welcome, and I really don’t mean it …!

“I try! I try! It’s all a steer can do…”

“and don’t pull my beard”

Oh, I’ve got to remember that one! It will be helpful in the most useful ways.

It’s a gift.

He is normally useless in the most helpful way, so this is a big step for him.

No problem. Work fascinates me. I can sit and watch it for hours.

Now get out of here, you knucklehead, and I mean it!

He deeply appreciated the symbolic support.

“Rumor has it you come from a long line of virgins. Please continue the tradition.”

It’s an important role for which the number of qualified people is small. Many fail because they’re openly hostile.

It was the least I could do.

It was the least he could do.

Subtitle: “A Guide to Marriage”

Thank you for your faint praise. Now take a hike.

My pleasure.

At least I provided a clear example of what not to do.