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Just a Quick FYI

by John Cole|  October 14, 20211:13 pm| 60 Comments

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I have amassed over 100 frog pictures and am saving them for winter when we need something to look forward to, so Find Mr. Frog will resume in a month or so.

This is a full service blog.

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  1. 1.

    Baud

    October 14, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    Call me when you have over 100 frogs.

  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    October 14, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    Ribbit [frog for “secundo”]

  3. 3.

    Immanentize

    October 14, 2021 at 1:17 pm

    You will make the long winter months slightly less dreary. Thank you.

  4. 4.

    misterpuff

    October 14, 2021 at 1:20 pm

    Froggy Went A-Courting…

    And Cole leaves us wanting more.

  5. 5.

    Betty

    October 14, 2021 at 1:21 pm

    Something to look forward to. ?

  6. 6.

    BGinCHI

    October 14, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    “amassed”

  7. 7.

    scav

    October 14, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    A Strategic Accumulated Frog Emergency Reserve! I feel safer already.

  8. 8.

    eclare

    October 14, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    Yay!  Looking forward to it.

  9. 9.

    Old School

    October 14, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    Are you expecting a long winter this year?

  10. 10.

    ant

    October 14, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    Dude!

     

    You are weird

  11. 11.

    Anonymous At Work

    October 14, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    So long as it isn’t a picture of your deep fryer, since you wouldn’t have enough to share with everyone.

  12. 12.

    Craigie

    October 14, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    So now we are looking forward to winter?

  13. 13.

    SFBayAreaGal

    October 14, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    @scav:  ISWYDT. I saw what you did there.

  14. 14.

    SFBayAreaGal

    October 14, 2021 at 1:40 pm

    I am looking forward to this full service blog.

    Ribbit ???

  15. 15.

    Immanentize

    October 14, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    @Baud: Talk to Moses.

  16. 16.

    Ruckus

    October 14, 2021 at 1:48 pm

    @ant:

    You are just figuring this out?

    Had you asked he could have told you that long ago. Well actually he has numerous times.

  17. 17.

    Miss Bianca

    October 14, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    Is it weird that I’ve been wondering what happened to Mr Frog? Or, at least his pictures?

  18. 18.

    Tony Gerace

    October 14, 2021 at 1:52 pm

    Great!  You’re proactively alleviating the frog picture supply chain bottleneck

  19. 19.

    Chbnna

    October 14, 2021 at 1:56 pm

    I have to say, i’m a long time lurker and I love this latest addition to the fun and games around here. Can’t wait!

  20. 20.

    SpaceUnit

    October 14, 2021 at 2:01 pm

    I stood at the abyss, looking down, nothing to live for . . . ready to leap.

    And then suddenly this.

  21. 21.

    Yarrow

    October 14, 2021 at 2:04 pm

    Since this is John’s thread, this seems relevant:

    BREAKING: Chairman @BennieGThompson announces the Select Committee will move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt. Read the full statement: t.co/NzwmvR09pa
    — January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 14, 2021

  22. 22.

    Ken

    October 14, 2021 at 2:05 pm

    @Immanentize: Trivia: In the Exodus story, the Hebrew has “frogs” except in one verse (8:2 in Jewish texts, 8:6 in Christian). That one reads “And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frog came up and covered the land of Egypt.”

    There is a certain amount of rabbinical commentary on this….

  23. 23.

    Ohio Mom

    October 14, 2021 at 2:05 pm

    I was bummed when the Mr. Frog series disappeared practically before it started but thought it would have been rude to complain. No more suffering in silence, Mr. Frog is coming back!! Woot! Woot!

    Please send our thanks to Mom Cole for making this bit of joy possible.

  24. 24.

    Comrade Colette

    October 14, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    Off-season frogs! It’ll be like 100 nights of Hanukkah.

    We are going to the Giants playoff game tonight. Can’t hardly wait. Beat the Dodgers!

  25. 25.

    NotMax

    October 14, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    The 100+ Frogs of Bartholomew Cubbins’ Country Cousin.

    Rarest of the famous Teddy G’s works?

    :)

  26. 26.

    SFBayAreaGal

    October 14, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    @Comrade Colette: Have fun. I will be at home with my sisters watching the game

    BEAT LA!!!

  27. 27.

    Just One More Canuck

    October 14, 2021 at 2:12 pm

    (545) Frog Hello, My Baby – YouTube

  28. 28.

    Gravenstone

    October 14, 2021 at 2:15 pm

    @Baud: I had one on my living room window the other night after a rain. I did not catch him to add to Cole’s collection.

  29. 29.

    dexwood

    October 14, 2021 at 2:16 pm

    Hope none of these frogs have a magic twanger to be plucked.

  30. 30.

    Gravenstone

    October 14, 2021 at 2:16 pm

    @Yarrow: That’s one …

  31. 31.

    J R in WV

    October 14, 2021 at 2:16 pm

    Thanks for thinking of us, Cole. So glad we will have frog pix all winter.

    We have a tiny (8’x12′) frog pond right outside our front door. There are several frogs who hang out around the little pond, and they all go “Ribbit! splash!!” when we pass the pond coming or going.

    And there were a hunert-thousant tadpoles all spring and summer — was glorious to have them flashing around. I need to go into the pond to get the leaves out… so much to do, so little time!

  32. 32.

    Gravenstone

    October 14, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    @Ken: But it was a very large frog. One of most unusual size and girth.

  33. 33.

    H.E.Wolf

    October 14, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    Thank you! As a dedicated hoptoad collector (and releaser) in my childhood, I am looking forward to the glorious Winter of Mr. Frog.

  34. 34.

    laura

    October 14, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    @Comrade Colette: Rally Towel time. Beat LA⚾️?

  35. 35.

    lowtechcyclist

    October 14, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    @Ken:

    Trivia: In the Exodus story, the Hebrew has “frogs” except in one verse (8:2 in Jewish texts, 8:6 in Christian). That one reads “And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frog came up and covered the land of Egypt.”

    There is a certain amount of rabbinical commentary on this….

    I bet there is!  Take three rabbis, and you can get at least four opinions.

    So I pulled out my Bible, and I confess I’d forgotten the part where, after Moses stretches out his hand and brings the plague of frogs on Egypt, Pharoah’s magicians do the same, conjuring up more frogs, rather than trying to dispel them.  If they were on Pharoah’s side, they sure were doing a bad job of it.

  36. 36.

    zhena gogolia

    October 14, 2021 at 2:32 pm

    @dexwood: Okay, I guess you’re not one of the young ‘uns.

  37. 37.

    lollipopguild

    October 14, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    WE should ask-nay demand! that President-in-exile Trump(TM) should write an executive order(with his best sharpie) ordering John to show us his frog pics NOW!

  38. 38.

    Josie

    October 14, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    @ant: ​
     Yes, but the fact that so many of us are looking forward with such excitement to more pictures of Mr. Frog proves that John has found his tribe. I know I feel better already.

  39. 39.

    prostratedragon

    October 14, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Looking forward to it! Thanks in advance.

  40. 40.

    Almost Retired

    October 14, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    Why all the Dodger hate on this thread?  I would totally be up there if I could to cheer on the Dodgers, although – by force of habit –  all the Dodgers fans will leave after the 7th inning regardless of the score to avoid traffic.

  41. 41.

    NotMax

    October 14, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    @Almost Retired

    Hey, dat Brooklyn traffic is moiduh.

    :)

  42. 42.

    CaseyL

    October 14, 2021 at 2:49 pm

    I look forward to FrogQuest!

    Will you continue to have fake frogs, to keep us on our toes?

    Maybe the frogs will bring their friends?

    Thanks, John :)

  43. 43.

    Tony Jay

    October 14, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    I have amassed over 100 frog pictures and am saving them for winter when we need something to look forward to, so Find Mr. Frog will resume in a month or so

    “Now, students. With reference to the comment above, can any of you point to the word that, if replaced, could turn this comment into grounds for a charge of sexual harassment?

    And a bonus point if you can replace it with a word that turns the above comment into a now infamous Twitter exchange between a former President and a former First Daughter.”

  44. 44.

    dexwood

    October 14, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    @zhena gogolia:  Definitely not. 70 seemed ancient to me once, seems ok to me now.

  45. 45.

    misterpuff

    October 14, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    @Gravenstone: A veritable Goliath of frogs

  46. 46.

    trollhattan

    October 14, 2021 at 2:52 pm

    @lowtechcyclist: ​
    “Hot (technically room temperature) biblical frog-on-frog action, exclusively here on Balloon Juice!”

  47. 47.

    prostratedragon

    October 14, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    @Almost Retired:  Well, as my Yankees (forbidding glare) are not around,  I’ll root for the  Dodgers,  but whatever happens,  it’s sure to be memorable as those teams are this year.

  48. 48.

    Jeffro

    October 14, 2021 at 2:58 pm

    OT but Gym Jordan is tweeting that Christmas presents were never late under president* trumpov, and Lauren Boebert is tweeting that the Norweigan bow-and-arrrows attack proves we don’t need gun control.

    These people are so, sooooo monumentally d-u-m dumb.

  49. 49.

    zhena gogolia

    October 14, 2021 at 3:01 pm

    @Jeffro: If Robin Hood had had an AK-47 . . .

  50. 50.

    Jeffro

    October 14, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    @zhena gogolia: they’re just babbling nonsense at this point…easily disprovable nonsense…disconnected nonsense…

    “My cereal is soggy: Biden’s fault!”

    “The existence of pine trees disproves climate change!”

    “whoop a be do boop boop ZOMP!”

    Please, Uncle Joe, come out publicly in favor of breathing oxygen, and soon.

  51. 51.

    zhena gogolia

    October 14, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    @Jeffro: My trainer was saying this morning that she’s already bought all her supplies for Thanksgiving except the turkey and potatoes. So the propaganda is having an effect.

  52. 52.

    Gravenstone

    October 14, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    @prostratedragon: Yankees … Dodgers

    Your tastes are – questionable.

  53. 53.

    NotMax

    October 14, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    @zhena gogolia

    “This bag of mini marshmallows, put to use only for Thanksgiving, has been reverently handed down from generation to generation.”

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    October 14, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    John Cole, were you spying on me as I contemplated removing the Mr. Frog category for lack of use?

  55. 55.

    evodevo

    October 14, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    @dexwood: ​
      Yeah…what I wouldn’t give to be 70 again lol

  56. 56.

    bluefoot

    October 14, 2021 at 3:52 pm

    Yay!! I have been missing the Mr. Frog posts. I appreciate the moment of zen they brought me.

  57. 57.

    Irishweaver

    October 14, 2021 at 4:00 pm

    @Betty: Indeed.  Be still my heart for frogs!

  58. 58.

    Ken

    October 14, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    @NotMax: We could have a discussion of “foods you buy exactly once a year because great-aunt Sally’s Thanksgiving side dish uses them.”  I will nominate Durkee French-Fried Onions.

    On second thought, I’ll save the nomination in case a front-pager actually decides to make that post. Let this thread be for celebrating the Return of the Frog Over-and-Under the Water.

  59. 59.

    trollhattan

    October 14, 2021 at 4:20 pm

    @Ken: My answer will always be corned beef. (Nothing to do with aunt Sally, though.)

  60. 60.

    J.

    October 14, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    Requisite frog joke: reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/1t2ca9/the_golf_course_frog/

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