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A Very Special Mr. Frog

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Watergirl has been sending demanding and impatient text messages about the absence of Mr. Frog, completely unaware that we respect a man’s privacy on the weekends. So since we gave him a weekend off, a very special portrait of Mr. Frog praying to his almighty:

A Very Special Mr. Frog

Now an easy one:

A Very Special Mr. Frog 1

And now a harder one:

A Very Special Mr. Frog 2

Thus concludes my amphibian duties for the day.

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  4. 4.

    Lapassionara

    Finally, I see a real frog, but only in the first two photos. So I will look again at the third, but if this is an eye test, I am failing.

  12. 12.

    opiejeanne

    @Lapassionara: My eyes are crap right now. I’m having a capsulotomy on Thursday to remove a membrane that grew back after my cataract surgery.

    However, I believe that the third photo is a zoomed in version of the fourth. The frog seems to be in the same position.

  13. 13.

    opiejeanne

    @dexwood: omg, I remember that. I think it was a show I watched with my little boy before we were able to get PBS reliably.

    ETA: It was from my own childhood!

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    @opiejeanne: The fourth?  I only see 3 photos.

    My sister recently had that done on both of her eyes, and she said it’s like a miracle.  She wasn’t even stressed for the second one because she knew how simple the first one was.

  18. 18.

    Spanky

    On that last one, I’m going to guesstimate that you need a 24″ monitor for a positive ID. I have a 24″ monitor and Mr. Frog looks, ehhh, a little muddy.

  22. 22.

    BeautifulPlumage

    I love the first pic, how the angle & shadow make Almighty Frog look down like he’s unsure of this Mr. Frog character.

  23. 23.

    CaseyL

    That frog is going to start putting on airs, getting photographed so much and hearing that an entire blog’s worth of (presumed) adults can’t go a day without him. ?

    @opiejeanne:  Yes, the third photo is a lie.

    And I’m so sorry to hear about your eyes; here’s hoping the surgery goes well!

  28. 28.

    BeautifulPlumage

    These photos your mom takes are just so…calming.  Anyway, it’s my new zen place.

    How about a Mr. Frog calendar? Is there a way to make a purely digital calendar?

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    @CaseyL: Like an idiot, I feel now. :) Once you revealed the third picture’s true nature it was smacking me in the face. Ah well. At least the GI doc today agreed that my course of action (no work until October) is the correct course of action. I might go back a week earlier than scheduled depending on how I’m feeling.

  33. 33.

    Felanius Kootea

    Post for Haiti, please.  I give to Zanmi Lasante / Partners in Health, started by Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, which has been in Haiti for ages, training Haitians to take care of their own medical needs. When I worked at one of the Boston area hospitals, Farmer was legendary for lifting Harvard Medical School equipment for permanent use in Haiti.

  34. 34.

    Cathie from Canada

    Every time I see one of these posts, I start singing frog songs to myself. Tonight, its “Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal! ” (Does anyone else remember Michigan J Frog?)

  35. 35.

    CaseyL

    @Cathie from Canada: I didn’t know that was his name, but I certainly remember the cartoon – one of my faves.

    @Yutsano: Nice to hear you have another month+ to take it easy. But is  your work so stressful that it contributed to the problem?  Maybe you shouldn’t go back at all!

  36. 36.

    Yutsano

    @CaseyL: It was stress and NSAID use, according to the doc today. She also told me to eschew spicy foods. I’m like cut out my heart while you’re at it!

    I’ve stopped NSAIDS and working on some mild pain control until I see the primary doc again in three weeks. There’s definitely an abundance of caution occurring.

  39. 39.

    NotMax

    @>a href=”https://balloon-juice.com/2021/08/16/a-very-special-mr-frog/#comment-8258597″>Cathie from Canada

    Unrepentantly whacked (WaPo link).

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Nothing to do with frogs, but I participate in a small Messenger chat group of five or six former colleagues from the Canadian Consulate General. Was tickled a few minutes ago to see that one of them posted DougJ’s latest “NYTimes Pitchbot” tweet.

    I’ve never mentioned BJ on that site, but when worlds wanna collide they gonna collide.

  48. 48.

    frosty

    @Yutsano: ​
      She also told me to eschew spicy foods. I’m like cut out my heart while you’re at it!

    B-but mac’n’cheese is pretty good, isn’t it? Or are you (shudder) supposed to cut carbs, too?

  49. 49.

    Comrade Colette

    @Yutsano:

    She also told me to eschew spicy foods. I’m like cut out my heart while you’re at it!

    I would 100% get a second, third, and if necessary 17th opinion on this knee-jerk advice. Abundance of caution is of course appropriate until you have a more definitive assessment. Good luck and quick recovery!

  54. 54.

    JPL

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:  Unfortunately there are no weather gods, or else I’d send you some rain.    Today the rain is going to be heavy enough, that your area would probably have some mud slides.

  59. 59.

    oldster

    I like the frog pictures.
    And opiejeanne is right that the second-to-last, easy picture, is a cropped and enlarged section of the final, boss-fight picture.

    Thanks, y’all.

  60. 60.

    bluefoot

    I love the Mr. Frog posts. I’ve started saying “Hey, Froggie baby!” when I find Mr. Frog. (a la Grover from Sesame Street way back in my youth)

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