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Your Daily Mr. Frog

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I was in a mood all day. I had a headache, it rained all day, and everything pissed me off. On the upside, as I noted elsewhere, I did learn how to tell the difference between male and female frogs, and it is not, as I guessed, little green balls, but that male frogs croak. Same with toads. So he is, in fact, Mr. Frog, and not Miss or Mrs. Frog.

Here is Mr. Frog, and my mom was quite excited about this one for whatever reason:

Your Daily Mr. Frog 1

Be good to one another.

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  4. 4.

    Adam L Silverman

    I had to break it to you, but it isn’t so simple to tell the male and female frogs apart…

    Your Daily Mr. Frog 2

  5. 5.

    joel hanes

    It’s kinda the other way around with mallards.

    A mallard giving the long, loud, descending quack-quack-quack-quack-quack flocking call is almost always a hen.
    Drakes mostly mutter sullenly, and do the feeding chatter.

  7. 7.

    Ohio Mom

    Maybe Mom Cole is excited because she has a new, big, appreciative audience for her work. Everybody likes recognition.

    I looked up how long frogs live — the answer apparently is generally, 3-6 years. This new Balloon Juice feature could go on for a while.

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    I can’t wait to look for Mr. Frog in the morning.  I’m too tired right now to look, but now that I finally found Mr. Frog once and therefore know what he looks like, I have high hopes that I will find him again tomorrow.

    I do love the new Daily Mr. Frog series!

  10. 10.

    Chetan Murthy

    Is it too soon for an OT comment? [and yeah, this puzzle seemed … too easy — not complainin’, mind]

  11. 11.

    West of the Cascades

    I see stone Mr. Frog but I think I also see dark green presumably alive Mr. Frog with a little yellow eye.

    Or have I been smoking something ungood tonight?

  19. 19.

    oldster

    Frog spotted. This pic is a rerun.

    (Grumble grumble).

    But these are fun — thanks for doing them.

  22. 22.

    Chetan Murthy

    @Mary G: Israel authorized third shot for >=50yo today.

    It’s comin’ for the USA soon.  I completely understand the “we shouldn’t be hogging these: the rest of the world needs ’em, and it’s in our interest, so that we don’t continue to get new variants”.  But geeez, as somebody who wants to live and not get a breakthrough case, I want a booster.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Jennifer Hudson is a guest on Colbert. He played a clip from the new Aretha Franklin biopic (RESPECT), and I am determined to see it soon. Also, Hudson is wearing a little black hot pants outfit with a TON of bling on collar and cuffs, and she looks amazing.

  33. 33.

    Benw

    So, I’ve realized I’ve barely been listening to albums lately instead of letting my shuffle roll. But I’ve had a couple songs pop up that reminded me of albums I love. So I’m going to start listening to some albums through again. First up tonight: Faith No More’s Angel Dust. It’s such a weird album that it’s hard to believe it was a follow up to a huge album, but it’s also insanely catchy. Every weird bit just works because of the band’s power and skill. It also contains a lot of samples, which was unusual for a record outside of hip hop. But also some insane guitar work.

  36. 36.

    Mary G

    @Chetan Murthy: i feel bad getting a third shot when Africa and So. America are  so far behind, but I’ve decided I’m getting one that a MAGAt in Florida has refused to take.

  37. 37.

    Punchy

    KC metro about to need canoes to get to work tomorrow.   7″ predicted.  I havent seen that much since I showered.

  38. 38.

    gwangung

    @Chetan Murthy: It’s like air bags when the cabin depressurizes in mid flight. Yes, you do want to help the person next to you, but you’re better off taking care of yourself for the most part

     

    @Mary G: And I feel that third shots are in a different category than the complete two shot regimen.

  39. 39.

    Chetan Murthy

    @gwangung: Honestly, I’m not going to try to convince myself that it’s alright.  It’s not, but I’m going to do it anyway, b/c I don’t want long covid, and until I see evidence that breakthrough infections don’t result in long covid with high probability, I’m going to assume that a breakthrough infection *could* hurt my brain.

    That, I could not take.  My brain is *me*.

  41. 41.

    NotMax

    @CaseyL

    What’re all those pellets?

    Time release Repub-Away™ capsules? Petite Circus Peanuts? Factory outlet store Good ‘n’ Plenty? Quaaludes?

    :)

  46. 46.

    Spanky

    Mr. Frog tends to be a creature of habit, especially since it’s been hot. He’ll hang in the places he knows is safe.

  52. 52.

    Ohio Mom

    The fish pellets are in the exact same configuration they were in the previous photo of Mr Frog in that exact same spot.

    That’s why I think it’s a repeat, though I don’t doubt he likes hanging in that spot in the pond. It looks like a nice deep spot where your frog legs can dangle freely.

  53. 53.

    Morzer

    Sometimes you boil the frog and sometimes the frog boils you, as Donald Rumsfeld was trying to say.

  56. 56.

    WaterGirl

    @Mary G: Every shot anywhere is going to help with variants, so I don’t think you should feel bad about this, not even for one instant.

    edit: None of us should. Take the shot if you are offered. Every shot helps.

  58. 58.

    Skepticat

    These are almost as entertaining as the Gergely Dudás – Dudolf pages on FB. At my home in Massachusetts, I had a huge “water feature”; the pond was too far away from the house for my taste, so I had one built right outside the sunroom. It was close to the frog version of Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” and I loved and miss it.

  60. 60.

    StringOnAStick

    Are the pellets mosquito control bits?  I use the crumbles to get rid of fungus gnats in my house plants, and I’ve seen them formed into donut shaped to float in a pond, secured with string.

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