Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 10, 2022

But are these fingers loaded with maximum cootie calibers?

The Shadow knows.

Me! Me! Pick me.

So I played along. “How come you were invisible at all?” That should wind him up and get this show moving. Adults love exposition. Especially so when they believe they are being clever. Never tire of talking about things nobody wants to hear about. “Oh, yeah,” he started his spiel, “that was my X-Menerator. See that array of antennae? Well, it’s the center of a very special field effect that neutralizes local reality, and replaces it with an imaginary one. It doesn’t just work for X-Men, of course. That’s just what I call it. Just now, I was using it to replicate Sue Storm, Charles Xavier, and Plastic Man. Originally, I could only do ONE character, and only for a few seconds, and only INSIDE the array. But I’ve refined it now. I can replicate THREE imaginary abilities, and wander outside the array for about ten minutes before it wears off. I just popped over to my office at the Bath Mat Factory. I was going to do some clever pranks. I hadn’t realized how clumsy I would be without being able to see myself. And then there is the stretchy thing. I knocked over a beaker of experimental dye formula for the new Hot Salsa bath mat collection. You need a really vibrant red color for those. And it can’t overshadow the greens that represent other ingredients. Anyway, I tracked it all over the place as I was heading back.” Whoa. A gusher. This was going to be a long, windy ride.

If you’re a capitalist, I vote you dominate, devalue, and control the working class!

Wait, you already are doing that. Never mind.

What is a FAVORITES LIST? How does one create one? Is it for PREMIUM MEMBERS only? Asking for a friend.

In other news today:

The offices at The Bathmat Factory were raided.

Jimmy Buffett and the maker of Cheese Burger In Paradise.

Anyone whom you think cannot fight back.

You can start with your shadow.

I have a better idea! Join a political party and you can be the “watch dog” ! All day and night, you can chase, bark, growl, stalk, bite and attack anyone who you think is a threat…….and you get a free spike collar to boot!

Now do Bewitch, Bother and Bewilder!

Those are the hands of either an ex-wife or an ex-employer. Two or three came to mind.

Pick a group, any group. Cancel ’em like a week-old check!

Luv the cowbell advertising ad. You can never have enough cowbell!

Count me out.

And they all go hand in hand

Hand in hand through their parklife

Know what I mean?

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur

Of what is known as (parklife!)

And morning soup can be avoided

If you take a route straight through what is known as (parklife!)

John’s got brewers droop he gets intimidated by the dirty pigeons

They love a bit of it (parklife)

Who’s that gut lord marching?

You should cut down on your pork life mate

Get some exercise!

I get up when I want except on Wednesdays

When I get rudely awakened by the dustmen (parklife!)

I put my trousers on, have a cup of tea

And I think about leaving the house (parklife!)

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too

It gives me a sense of enormous well-being (parklife!)

And then I’m happy for the rest of the day

Safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit

Of my heart devoted to it

It’s got nothing to do with Vorsprung durch Technik you know

And it’s not about you joggers who go round and round and round

(Parklife!)

All the people

So many people

And they all go hand in hand

Hand in hand through their parklife

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Parklife – Blur

The answer to today’s ombromanie question :

It all depends upon the Shadowgrapher …!

Every day brings new choices, new challenges. Life is grand.

Is that a puppy or a kitty, and does it like to cuddle, once it’s done peeing everywhere?

Guess which president made removal of classified documents a felony? :)

“♬ Me and my shadow…♬”

Let me know when you get it worked out.

I’ll be napping.

You have to dominate them. If you don’t dominate, you’re wasting your time. Most of you are weak.

And speaking of devalue, always grab ‘em by the p—-y; if you’re famous they let you get away with it! That’s control.

Woof.

Said the butterfly to the frog. Then the butterfly is kissing the frog and waiting for a giant prince and equally giant fortune

New meat pi on the block.

Let me guess. No one!

While you were busy casting doggy-shadows on the wall, the World moved on and is now well past you. Ya wanna dominate? Ya gotta keep up!