Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for July 10, 2022

Oi! No body-shaming in this classroom!

B.M. Bailey and Irish Coffees for mid-morning work-related accident.

Oh by golly, the second yard line and bull dozer bob runs it in.

“I will work harder”

—Boxer

My mother told me there’d be days like this….

Scattershot schoolyard taunting: light on word count, heavy on opprobrium. These kids will grow up embittered and unpopular.

good one!

Don’t run. Go punch him in the gut. Or come back with a smart retort.

When I was in grade school it was “Slim, regular, or husky.”

Somebody loves his cheesy bread a bit too much and now resembles a bowling ball. Maybe he should try one of those apples he brings to the teacher each day. Bowling for apples. Don’t let him catch you in an alley, or he will mow you down, with no room to spare. He grew up to be a kingpin. Now he thinks heavyset means someone outfitted with cement shoes.

In my school days, the term was “husky.”

Well … this sure ain’t

“Me and Julio down by the Schoolyard” ….

https://youtu.be/JVdlpZ4M-Hw

The kid doesn’t look all that “husky”! Maybe he’s the Pet of the Heavyset Teacher. I’ve known a few of the latter sort….