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Thread #55820   Message #871899
Posted By: Art Thieme
21-Jan-03 - 08:48 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Tall Tales--It was so cold that...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Tall Tales--It was so cold that...
On our farm there was a huge pond that was solid with lily pads. On each pad was a huge bullfrog. It got so cold so quick here in Illinois that the pond froze so quick it caught those frogs blindsided. They got their heads under water but there must've been a couple hundred thousand frogs legs stickin' up out the ice. We took a lawn mower. Harvested those. Sold 'em to a French restaurant. The ones the restaurant couldn't sell got took by a prosthesis company in France. Not sure what they did with 'em...

(art thieme)