Subject: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 23 May 12 - 09:17 PM Well, about ten days ago the P-Vine and I were getting ready to enjoy some time by the pool and I opened up an umbrella over the glider and a tree frog fell out on the P-Vine... He'd been up under the umbrella... So here it is about ten days later and he is still living in the umbrella and then when we open it at night he drops down and hangs out with us on this little table... I donno what to do??? I like him okay but I'm afraid he's gonna starve to death hanging with us... What do do??? B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 23 May 12 - 09:28 PM He must be getting flies in the umbrella eh? If not, serve him a few Mai Flais. You know, the drinks with the little umbrellas... if he is of age, of course. If he tries to sell you insurance in a Brit accent, there's always frog legs for an appetizer. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 23 May 12 - 09:44 PM He ain't got an ID, gn-ze... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bill D Date: 23 May 12 - 10:12 PM Tree frog? Put him **in a tree**...... |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: frogprince Date: 23 May 12 - 10:30 PM Must say, my eyebrows went up when I saw the thread title... |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Rapparee Date: 23 May 12 - 10:31 PM And be careful or you'll get warts. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 23 May 12 - 10:35 PM Warts, shmartz... I done held the little guy an' I ain't got no warts so... ...either he's time released or... ...fuck if I know... He's a frog, not a toad??? B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: GUEST Date: 23 May 12 - 10:39 PM kiss it - see what happens |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: catspaw49 Date: 23 May 12 - 10:47 PM That's what I said to her the other night.......... Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 23 May 12 - 10:48 PM Oh... I thought this was going to be a thread about Francois Hollande. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: frogprince Date: 23 May 12 - 10:50 PM Does he look like this except smaller? Judy spotted this one for me last summer, and he sat there and posed nice. The picture is way over life size. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Little Hawk Date: 23 May 12 - 11:33 PM They're incredibly cute little things. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Mrrzy Date: 24 May 12 - 12:23 AM heh heh heh I have memories of a little green vibrating ring thing with that nickname heh heh heh |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Rusty Dobro Date: 24 May 12 - 05:35 AM Here in Suffolk we have a number of unpleasant answers to this question, all based on the resentment we still feel following his pusillanimous retreat from the battle of Sole Bay in 1672 when the Dutch fleet appeared over the horizon. Turned a well-planned potential victory into a muddled and inconclusive scuffle. Luckily we don't hold a grudge.... |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Will Fly Date: 24 May 12 - 05:55 AM Is that your sole reason for posting? |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Allan C. Date: 24 May 12 - 06:22 AM They make good bass bait. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 May 12 - 07:48 AM Benbow |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 24 May 12 - 08:22 AM The pic that frogprince posted ain't my little buddy... Mine is all gray... No green... Other wise, he looks the same... I think I'll let him hang out a few more days and then relocate him to the woods... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: ranger1 Date: 24 May 12 - 08:26 AM Bobert, is this him? |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: frogprince Date: 24 May 12 - 01:42 PM Ranger 1, don't try to fool us. That one is a carving or something. You can tell because he has a phillips head screw for an eyeball. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 24 May 12 - 02:30 PM That's him, all right, ranger1... Cute, ain't he??? B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: GUEST Date: 24 May 12 - 07:26 PM A philips frog? Nah. His eyes look like that on accounta he was breathin the "air" around Bobert. Ya heard a pissed as a newt? Well, he's stoned as a frog. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 24 May 12 - 07:48 PM That was me... tossed my cookie. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bat Goddess Date: 24 May 12 - 08:06 PM Ayuh, that's what we get, gray tree frogs. Cute little buggers. Sometimes they end up in the house when I bring hanging plants inside in the fall. LOUD little suckers, too. I try to keep them outside... Linn |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 24 May 12 - 08:20 PM Yeah, Linn... We ain't gonna adopt him and give him his own bedroom... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: ChanteyLass Date: 24 May 12 - 08:36 PM When I lived in a house with a pool, often one or more would sit on the slide. They would stay for days or weeks. And then one day I would look for them and they had moved on. I hope that if your frog needs more food, it will do that, too, or you can move him. I would leave him alone because he seems happy and seems to make you happy, too. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 24 May 12 - 09:16 PM Well, I was feeling kinda selfish... I mean, what if he starved... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: ranger1 Date: 24 May 12 - 09:31 PM He's probably getting plenty of mosquitoes where he's at, maybe he's doing you and the P-vine a favor. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Jeri Date: 24 May 12 - 09:49 PM If he doesn't get enough to eat, he'll move. I had a spider when I was in S Korea. It built a web in my living room, out of the way, and he was really big enough so I didn't want to squish him. I left him alone and he ate bugs that came in and got stuck in his web. I think I would have much rather had a frog. They don't make as much of a mess. The gray tree frogs here sing to me, but they're happy to stay outside. I did have one on my screen door handle once, but he was just hangin' out there for a while. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 24 May 12 - 09:50 PM Well, I didn't want to get into this but... ...he has left a frog poo on the table between the two glider chairs... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: GUEST Date: 24 May 12 - 09:51 PM so that confirms he must be eating ok then |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 24 May 12 - 11:20 PM write a somg about the frog. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: olddude Date: 24 May 12 - 11:23 PM I dunno, a F-in crow ate my frog Bobster |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: dick greenhaus Date: 25 May 12 - 01:18 AM Pepper-spray him....he's just occupying your umbrella. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: David C. Carter Date: 25 May 12 - 02:57 AM I'm tempted to write a song for Bobert entitled- The Froggie Froggie Do. or...The Froggie Froggie Poo. Yours Lucy Lastic |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Gurney Date: 25 May 12 - 03:17 AM Tie a bit of meat on a thread, and hang it near him. After about a week, he'll get all the flies he wants! |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: David C. Carter Date: 25 May 12 - 03:21 AM Gurney...Do you mean tie a piece of meat near Bobert,or....... I'll get me coat |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 25 May 12 - 03:45 AM Perhaps he's got some explicit dvd's of lady frogs behaving roisterously. I remember hearing somewhere about frog's porn. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: David C. Carter Date: 25 May 12 - 06:02 AM Er.....dunno what happened there! Maybe the idea of frog's porn and Bobert got to me! I need to get a grip on myself! Yours Seymore With Glasses |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 25 May 12 - 10:11 AM Well, from what I've read Froggie is out of the woods supposedly lookin' for some action, if ya get my drift... Maybe he didn't read what I read 'cause he ain't doing squat to attract any mates... Unless, of course, pooin' on outdoor furniture is part of their mating ritual... Hmmmmmm??? Might have a little Wes Ginny in him then... lol... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: ChanteyLass Date: 25 May 12 - 03:32 PM Just let Nature take its course. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: GUEST Date: 25 May 12 - 03:45 PM lifespan is about 6 or 7 years |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 25 May 12 - 04:48 PM Baby wipes are on sale at one of our local stores. Even got yer aloe for froggie's sensitive skin. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bill D Date: 25 May 12 - 05:00 PM ♫"Froggie went a courtin' and he did hide...um-hummm Froggie went a courtin' and he did hide...mmmmm Right in Bobert's umbrella inside. Mmm-hmmm. Made sittin' at the table not so nice...um-hmmmm Made sittin' at the table not so nice...mmmmm You never know what's in yer rice...Mmm-hmmmm"♫ it's a start |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Gurney Date: 25 May 12 - 05:46 PM We don't get those sort of frogs here, but some years ago, a single male green frog found our goldfish pond. He called and called until he attracted six other males and a bevy of females, and they filled the pond with tadpoles. The adults shot through, and the tadpoles grew to the stage when they started to grow legs. We felt quite paternal, or in one case maternal. Then the goldfish realised that tadpoles were edible. One day, all gone. We learned: Frogs scream when the cat catches them, loudly enough to startle the cat into letting go (once) and loudly enough to wake people up. Frogs can only do about six jumps without taking a rest. The local frog sounds like a two-stroke motor. Middle-sized goldfish can wipe out a whole generation of frogs. No wonder they are getting scsrce. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 25 May 12 - 06:18 PM Not that I am suggesting, but... I ran a job on the airport in Churchill Falls, Labrador back in 83. Stayed at the hotel. Had a couple of Newfs workin for me. I used to order the frogs legs (yes, in Labrador in 83) as an appetizer for supper. One of them would look away and the other left the table... he went to the washroom and nearly threw up the first time I did it. Surprised me for a man who would eat rabbit and squirrel! |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: frogprince Date: 25 May 12 - 07:09 PM gnu, do you know what size these fellers are? Making a frog-leg meal with them might not be quite like the legends of the old Romans eating humming bird tongues, but... |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 25 May 12 - 07:17 PM Like the song, Bill... Froggie has returned to the woods... Sniff... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bill D Date: 25 May 12 - 07:21 PM I hope he finds a girl friend there..... next year, 27 frogs at yer table. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 25 May 12 - 08:08 PM Thou shalt not eat hummingbirds nor any part thereof for they are The King Of All Birds. Thus God spake. Frogs... whatever. Have at it. Even if ya gotta use some kinda fancy Yuppie sauce. God prefers a simple garlic and butter fry, or so I hear from Pete. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Bobert Date: 25 May 12 - 08:22 PM Well, if we have 27 then it does kinda sound like God tellin' us to fire up the grill... B~ |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: ChanteyLass Date: 26 May 12 - 02:51 AM Nature took its course. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: GUEST,olddude Date: 26 May 12 - 08:54 PM If he starts to sing rainbow connection and looks for ms piggie I would get his froggie autograph |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 26 May 12 - 09:28 PM It ain't easy bein green. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Charley Noble Date: 27 May 12 - 08:17 PM We've got them in our trees this year as well, here in Midcoast Maine, but never before. However, tonight after a hot day we're not hearing them at all. Maybe they had a party and are hungover. Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: gnu Date: 27 May 12 - 08:29 PM Ya know that old saying, "Raining frogs."? I saw that one night in Ontario. We were driving home to Trentom from Sterling and it was raining hard. Frogs were hitting the winshield and Dad had to slow down to see and because the amount of frogs on the road made the driving slippery. THOUSANDS of frogs. Not much of a story, but there it is. |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 27 May 12 - 08:37 PM yes its strange how they get up there |
Subject: RE: BS: What to do with Froggie??? From: open mike Date: 28 May 12 - 12:31 PM Many tree frogs can change their color for better camouflage. For instance, the gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) can change its color from green to gray. |