Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 17, 2023

For a moment I thought you said tele-pathetically.

I’m busy now but just leave a teletext.

Uh huh, uh huh, … well, I understand where you’re coming from, but that would never be on MY bucket list.

I’ll put you on hold, enjoy the music.

I’m all, uh, ears?

Guts in the middle, drop out when the rope tightens around the neck

Just cut a path under the belly to prep the victim…

That’s the best way to give someone a piece of your mind!

Wow, the whole nine yards,

The whole nine innings. Wow

Ok, Penelope, you know that I already know what you’re going to say because I drank my psychic tea this morning.

I don’t mind.

I tell people things telepathically all the time. But then, they always say I’m resorting to the “rubber/glue” argument, if I reiterate aloud. I’ve got to stop using voicemail when nobody is home.

Cheap, as communications go.

you can tell me anything…

Because, giving you ‘that look’ didn’t get through.

That is one fat Kingfisher.

…but it’s complicated.

Please do! The aliens have been doing it for years. Seems they follow me around so they know when I’m not wearing my tin foil hat.

… I don’t believe in telepathy…

…didn’t stop me from trying it the last three weeks, though…

…while meditating…

…sending out my hellos…

…don’t think it worked, though…

…‘cuz I did all the talking…

…pushing my agenda…

…not listening for replies…

…though I know it doesn’t even work that way…

…except…

…this comic magically appears just while I’m practicing it…

…uhnm…

…more cow bell, please…

Gasp! Is that so? Tell me more? Really? NO kidding? I don’t believe it! I’ll be sure to pass that thought on…..

You know what? I agree! It’s IS a good thing the Leaning Tower of Pisa isn’t among a a crowd of modern skyscrapers, whether you’re a kingfisher or not.

“My butt itches.”

The Blog put me in mind of a quote by Umberto Eco I saw a few days ago; he observed that (anti)social media has given a platform for all the world’s imbeciles. It used to be that something idiotic said in a bar didn’t hurt the community. But now… Eco called it “the invasion of the idiots.” Singling out Frog Applause to say it is annoying is a perfect example. People now spend a lot of time and energy searching for stuff to express annoyance over. Clearly a perverse, neurotic behavior.

got it

nice eyes!

Well, I for one, am shocked!

I’m glad you didn’t say it out loud so that everyone could hear.

The telepathic telegraph does have its advantages.

One reason why a blackbird sings in the dead of night …!

Did you get my telepathic message that I love this? Seriously, you have to do a gallery show.

I was just delighted by something, and felt I had to share it, and this is my favorite place to share. Mae West said, “I speak two languages: Body and English.”

The bird might easily pick up the message- many birds are known to have a sixth sense which detects the magnetic field of the earth.

I am ready to receive the message.

Hat and peplum. I think the hat conceals a transmitter.

Re: Today’s entry in The FLOG:

My Favorite Part™ was “then you start to construct meaning from it.”

A really fun game to play is the telepathetic game. First you tell someone a one sentence story telepathetically, and then that person sends the sentence telepathetically to the next person, and so on and so forth, until it gets to the last person. Then the last person relays the story outloud to everyone at the same time. Oh, what laughter and fun ensues!

Here is your story:

Peas kick hair, Yorick’s Llama thinks comedy about you, don’t chew! Don’t chew!

Call me on the TELEphone!

Okay. Shoot, Lady; brain-beam me your best shot! I am lowering my Probe Barriers just for you. The message had better be worth the neuronic massage….

Open channel ‘D’.

… you didn’t know what you were looking for until you heard the voices in your head…