Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt

Frog Applause

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  1. beviek

    beviek said, 8 months ago

    Excuse me while I leave to shave my eyebrows off.

  2. Flight Suit

    Flight Suit said, 8 months ago

    What are we calling “old”?

  3. Randy_B

    Randy_B said, 8 months ago

    @Flight Suit

    Anyone gifted with more life experience than an infant?

  4. Sisyphos

    Sisyphos said, 8 months ago

    I’m an “old people,” I think, by most standards, but I don’t have any of your creepy mites. You’re just trying to deflect unfavorable attention from yourself unto a helpless minority. Shame!

  5. bluskies

    bluskies said, 8 months ago

    @Sisyphos

    Are you sure? Have you checked? Never feel the urge to scratch that eyebrow from time to time? Only two things bother me about their existence among the billions of alien organisms in my body; the fact that they are enjoying a better sex life than I do, and that they’re doing it on my face. They could be a bit more discrete about it.

  6. Dogsniff

    Dogsniff said, 8 months ago

    Can you fathom the mental anguish being suffered by the 2-4% of Demodex mite-free old people?

  7. beviek

    beviek said, 8 months ago

    Re: blog……….

    Yikes, those chairs are just creepy!

  8. JohnnyDiego

    JohnnyDiego said, 8 months ago

    My building does not allow cats. That’s why I have demodex mites.

    They are so cuddly.

  9. BillThompson

    BillThompson said, 8 months ago

    The Belgian soldier in the “Found Photos” is wearing what is called the Yser uniform, so the photo most likely dates from 1915-1916. The Germans occupied about 99% of Belgium during the war, but the Belgian army remained intact and fighting, and gradually switched over to British-supplied equipment as the war went on. There are no insignia on the man’s uniform; most soldiers would have had a division or regiment number on their forage cap. I’m guessing that this man had just finished basic training and was not yet assigned to a unit. The Germans occupied Bruge, so most likely he was a refugee before he joined the army—about one-fifth of all Belgians fled into France or Holand when the Germans invaded.

  10. Ice Hole

    Ice Hole said, 8 months ago

    An Eyebrow, for an Eyebrow

  11. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton said, 8 months ago

    Them old people are looking mitey fine.

  12. jeffc42

    jeffc42 said, 8 months ago

    Woo Hoo! I can read Frog Applause again! Being without power sucks. Typhoon Jelawat packed a bigger punch than any of the other typhoons this season. My town was among the last to get power back (after 2 days). I was very lucky, though, only losing power. My house had no problems, and my car didn’t get sent rolling around, or have anything thrown into it. (Great videos on Facebook on AFN Okinawa.) And at least I still had water, unlike a lot of people.

  13. 3hourtour

    3hourtour said, 8 months ago

    ..nothing like good old rerun fun…

  14. BillThompson

    BillThompson said, 8 months ago

    The masked man in the Sartre section is a US Navy aviator wearing a cold weather mask. I can’t find anything specific on this type of mask, but it would have been us similar types were used for low-altitude flying (below 10,000 feet, where oxygen was unnecessary) in freezing conditions. An air gunner in the Aleutians might have worn it.

  15. stripseeker

    stripseeker said, 8 months ago

    Re: Blog (Helmut Palla)

    Care needs be taken with the family jewels when seating oneself.
    Seating should only be undertaken while cold sober.
    Horns need be coated with Vaseline in case of bad aim, loaded or sober.

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