Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 05, 2021

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You can have my attention when I’m finished with it.

Perfect makeup, expertly coiffed hair, and scratch off eyes. Jack-Pot or Booby Prize? Definitely no Betty Davis eyes.

That Aqua Net swirl surrounding the ear looks poised for something; circling the gossip drain.

Hah! My attention is over-rated.

…I still have my 4th grade year book where I did this to my archenemy Mike Arbaugh…

…I still have my senior year book…

…but not my senior prom picture that I hid amongst the pages…

..for some reason my wife threw that out…

…now, my junior year book I am almost totally absent…

…I am only mentioned once in the whole book…

…as a junior not pictured…

…I’ve tried my best to be invisible…

…I’ve found that the best way is to be so obvious that no one sees you…

…you hide in plan sight…

…manners, like thank you, and, how is your day? without much further comment make you blend in better than camouflage…

…why, I was gone off on vacation for two weeks, and no one even knew I was gone…

…in fact…

…I haven’t written on here in three weeks…

…{or have I? }…

That lady is creepy.

You may have some of my attention when I can find a lender, as I am running a deficit.

Pay attention to Big Sister, or you will certainly come to the attention of Big Sister.

Since we’re on the subject: https://rohandrape.net/ut/rttcc-text/Weil1952d.pdf

Enemy or Entropy?

It seems to me that many, many people want our attention, and don’t really deserve it. Where were their parents while they were growing up?

Okay, I ran out of my “witty” pills the other morning.

they still make halftones?

Getting ready for a senior pic for the yearbook! Only the editor hated your guts and published this instead of the one you picked out. That got EVERYONES attention!

You’re almost up to scratch: see no evil, speak no evil; just scratch the ears, and you’ll hear no evil.

Jeepers, Creepers where’d you get those Pxxpers …

And those Txxth …? (gave her cat one too many baths)

You are welcome

…what’s the matter with y’all…

…haven’t ya ever seen a losing Froglandia lottery ticket before?….

…if there are money signs in both eyes, you win the amount of money in the mouth…

…geez-o-pete…

Just checked … Freddy is STILL steady …!

I remember when I learned how go smear half tone pix with an eraser. It was even better than mustaches and horns.

Somehow this picture reminds me of how I react when I see someone wearing a face mask close to their own skin color. I have to fight off the feeling that something is wrong with their face.

Game Shows of the 60’s and 70’s were the best.

Whatever possessed you to desire my attention? Now spin that head right around and barf your pea soup in the other direction.

For some reason this makes me think of the “kazoo kid” trap video — https://youtu.be/g-sgw9bPV4A?t=23

I’m sorry. Please repeat your message. Please repeat your message. Your visual transmission keeps breaking up, and I cannot understand you. You will have to look sharper if you want to hold my attention….

Prosochi, parakalo!