Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for July 02, 2015

So when the church organ failed to maintain it’s precarious balance on the stage, it flopped over on top of her.This is when HER organs failed.

Sequential, pre-scheduled collapse of select systems of giblets.

Die of embarrassment?

But she is NOT dressed properly for a tidy death! That garish variously-striped dress, the platinum wig, the prominent multi-stranded faux pearls, and the overly-heavy makeup are all more suited to an afternoon sales-party rather than to dying with grace and charm. Look at the two ghostly/ghastly apparitions behind her for clues: simple, black or dark dress, no heavy makeup (heck; no face), and subdued jewellery all bespeak appropriate, orderly (as, first; second: and the lady in question should be third) Death by organ (e.g., heart) failure….

Never complain, never explain… never seek the help you need. I think she has a very lovely face. Her eyes and smile are striking. 1959? It was an important year for me.

She looks like a blonde Jackie Onassis.

I guess several of us are about to die of neat and orderly organ failure. I just received notice that my PRO account (Easter egg hunt prize, remember?) expires in six days.

Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers-Firesign Theater

Always begin with the circulatory and pulmonary systems.They should slow gently, resulting in a pleasantly blue-tinged presentation.Next should be the kidneys.Once these are properly managed, the rest may be shut down nearly all at once, but reserve the brain for last, if possible.Mortal failure does not have to be undignified if you plan ahead.Infections, cardiac failure and other sudden failures are always accepted, of course, but they lack the grace and finesse of an orderly decommissioning.

“Do not go gentle into that good night….” Dylaan Thomas

Boy, talk about being shaped by your culture, and I don’t mean the kind that grows in a petri dish. Of course, they’re so correctly turned out, it’s been a lifelong indoctrination.

I love you, Ms. T!

Liver first?

Liver first?

There’s a pill for that.

I thought that it was piano failure: she was too tightly strung!

I can’t believe that the rest of the world hasn’t converted to the donut standard yet.What are they, dim?

Is that a Stanley or Black & Decker tape measure?