# Frog Photobombs Nasa Moon Probe Launch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812 "2013-09-14T00:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/21 "2013-09-14T06:11:01Z")
That’s Superfrog. He’s flying away after preventing his arch-nemesis Lex Lizard from sabotaging the launch. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/22 "2013-09-14T13:23:06Z")
Rocketfrog: band name! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/23 "2013-09-15T13:18:36Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Sir, the Moon probe is picking up something odd from the exterior sensors…” > “Put it on audio.” > “Hello, my honey, hello, my baby, hello, my ragtime galllll…” For the win. I would’ve gone with a quasi-Far Side reference: Yeeeeeeeeee-ha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/24 "2013-09-15T13:35:38Z")
… Finding it sad that people don’t feel sorry for the poor bugger, who was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/25 "2013-09-15T13:45:42Z")
Is that what they call a “hop into space”? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/26 "2013-09-15T13:50:29Z")
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride continues to be a Florida tourist favorite. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/27 "2013-09-15T13:52:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Yes, most likely he croaked. No, he’s just pinin’ for the fjords! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/28 "2013-09-15T14:42:41Z")
_I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Spread my wings and fly away I believe I can so–_ Our little froggy friend is no more But he believed he could fly And for a moment he touched the sky ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/29 "2013-09-15T15:20:06Z")
The perils of [long-distance relationships](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Pigs_in_Space)… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/30 "2013-09-15T15:36:41Z")
There is a lot of jealousy in the toad community over this. In a related story, the Calaveras Competition Committee is expected to issue a ruling on the legality of the jump assist method. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/31 "2013-09-15T15:42:32Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > … Finding it sad that people don’t feel sorry for the poor bugger, who was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. ☹ Sad? I’m envious. I’d love to go into space, and if the only way is on the outside of a rocket, that’s good enough. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/32 "2013-09-15T15:47:03Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > For the win. > I would’ve gone with a quasi-Far Side reference: Yeeeeeeeeee-ha!!! There is [this one.](http://www.cardcow.com/images/set504/card00063_fr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/33 "2013-09-15T15:50:54Z")
My reference to that pic in post #5 above was far too subtle, I should have included a link. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/34 "2013-09-15T16:11:30Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I would’ve gone with a quasi-Far Side reference: Yeeeeeeeeee-ha!!! > [@runner pat](#): > > There is [this one.](http://www.cardcow.com/images/set504/card00063_fr.jpg) Or [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPKXAToDr-M) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/35 "2013-09-15T16:25:33Z")
Oops, Mr. Toad took his wild ride in Virginia (Wallops Island), not Florida. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/36 "2013-09-15T16:35:17Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > … Finding it sad that people don’t feel sorry for the poor bugger, who was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. ☹ He’s gone where no frog has gone before. He’s entered the Undiscovered Country. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/37 "2013-09-16T02:05:59Z")
Hmm, I wonder if PETA will have anything to say about this. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/38 "2013-09-16T02:08:41Z")
_Ground control to Major Frog…_ ---
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/39 "2013-09-16T02:30:52Z")
About the bat on Discovery: “The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery’s climb into orbit.” Does anyone else get the feeling that they’re lying? It just sounded like the same… tone(?) my mom used when I dropped my hamster when I was 8, and he died 2 days later: “Do you think dropping him is what killed him?” “Oh, no sweetie. I think it was just his time.”:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frog-photobombs-nasa-moon-probe-launch/668812/40 "2013-09-16T12:09:50Z")
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