Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for December 21, 2024

Me nither.

Unsurprising that a butt-head has no pluck.

I also have no desire to see what you are using for a nose.

I happen to have recently watched Three Body. And also, Jane Fonda was on the cover of People. These boots were made for slicing into twenty centimeter segments.

Sorry, I was preoccupied with my wife dancing naked this evening.

Aloysius Buttinski was swiftly sued in trying to sell his own zither version of ‘The Harry Lime Theme’ — that he irreverently retitled, ‘The T-rd Man Theme’.

You can’t play the zither with only two men. Where’s the third?

Put that zither down. Now. We don’t want anyone getting hurt.

Give me that old “Garden of Earthly Delights”. It’s good enough for me, even if it’s a bunch of Bosch.

They told me that I didn’t know which way was up.

The truth of it is, they just didn’t know which way was down.

THAT’S what happened to the other halves of the pushmi-pullyu!

Rumor hasn’t got a leg to stand on

Such a waist (sic) of thyme (sic-ker) …!

Clipboard hides the Coach’s next move.

Yo Ho Christmas to you and Zither players everywhere?

Land Lovers and Water Vessel’s through out Earth.

Well that’s a load off my mind.

Really? It looks like your plans have already been up-ended.

Too busy for zithering. Spending twice as much time on the tread mill.

I heard y’all are taking up the zither, though.

…We?!?…

…not They?!?…

…Them?!?…

…Us!?!…

…not that we’re joined at the hip or anything…

…not most of the time…

…aaah…

….but ‘those’ times…

…what Dog has joined…

…let no man put asunder…

…“I AM NO MAN!”….

… sort of like being betrothed …

…under the stars…

…like the Ghost of Christmas past…

…but the Ghost of Christmas Present…

…all swirling together…

…like communion…

…more than symbolic…

…simular to the flag…

…less than a transporter mishap…

…not according to the law…

…not bound my the church…

…not by where we live…

…never apart…

…even if we live in separate rooms…

…houses…

…roads…

…cities…

…counties…

…States…

…countries…

…continents…

…hemispheres…

…

…worlds…

…solar systems…

…galaxies…

…universes…

…dimensions…

…eternities…

…all on a blanket…

…next to a stream …

…in the middle of the 100 acre woods…

…zither…

…not included…

Whether to zither or not, that is the question….but before I decide, can you at least throw something on?

☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

Singing in the shower.

Roll roll roll your boat gently down the bath water, John Wayne Miriam is a dream.

Leg propeller

Happy Festivus to all you Lame-o’s out dere …!

OK, how about the hammer dulcimer? I got one in the attic.

As Curly Joe Howard said, “That’ll loin ya.”

As I admittedly was out to lunge, that caught the thrust of my argument. I may or may not possess rapier wit.

Hither Zither Nyon, special agent.

The Bother of Zithers …!

( O bother (sic) where art thou? )

Zither strings, The more the merrier.

Jack Frost nipping at my bun.

Billy The Kidd, Got Your Old Goat.

Old St. Nicholas, See Ya and Raise You One…

Maybe a comb and a piece of cellophane would work better under the circumstances…

And, clearly, this means no intention of giving up the zither either.

A zither without a plectrum is like a day without sunshine …!