# Froggy death postures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847 "2002-06-19T12:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LabRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@LabRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LabRat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/41 "2002-07-05T15:38:32Z")
If you’d like, I’ll take your frog to the Madame Tussaud’s here in Vegas and snap a picture of him being held by Nicholas Cage. Your co-worker will wonder about 'till her dying day. Let me know if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/42 "2002-07-10T17:58:38Z")
You could always find another frog and place them in a “compromising position.” Then, a few weeks later, add some tadpoles to the water. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/43 "2002-07-10T21:13:38Z")
Am I the _only_ one that is reminded of Linda Smith’s _A Brief History of Timewasting_? > [@](#): > > Oh look! My lily-pond! It’s surrounded by the tortured bodies of murdered frogs, their splay-fingered hands palm-up as if to say, “Look- I have no weapon, please don’t hurt me!” Who could have done this? I’ll say it again: I don’t half fancy [Linda Smith](http://search.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/lindasmith.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/44 "2002-07-22T21:27:37Z")
It may be premature to declare it over, but Froggy’s been face first into the wall on the floor next the water cooler for a week now, and the water company’s logo is a good 50º off center. Everyone is here from my company - egad, maybe I’ve been dueling with someone from the drilling company. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/45 "2002-07-23T21:18:16Z")
Sheesh! As soon as I say something, the mysterious hand goes and resurrects him. He was looking a little smug when I walked in the kitchen a moment ago, but not so any more. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/46 "2002-07-23T21:36:23Z")
Maybe, just maybe… no, it’s too horrifying to contemplate, but… Have you ever considered the possibility, no, it couldn’t happen… But still… Perhaps… … your opponent reads the SDMB? :shudder: Steven ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/47 "2002-07-23T21:44:33Z")
That’s more than a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/48 "2002-09-25T14:23:31Z")
What is the Current Status of Project Froggie? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/49 "2002-09-25T14:46:17Z")
My opponent threw in the towel shortly after I realized I had some partisan support, and froggy remained for weeks in a nose down crash position. Until…, just a week ago he was enthroned amongst the napkins. I suppose his mewling fan imagined that as some sort of safe retirement. I’d paid this development little heed, as I’d been busy. But thanks to your diligence, froggy’s been taken off his high horse and has just now encountered the top of the water cooler in a maneuver that would be best described as a discombobulating collision. And he looks it. Fresh action! ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/50 "2002-09-25T16:17:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\* Make sure you use a new one, just so that when said party pooper explodes in fury, you can hand over good ol’ Mr. Froggie and tell him “GOTCHA!!!” \*\* Better yet, say “Gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/51 "2002-12-17T13:04:22Z")
It’s been a tough campaign. While I realize I’ve been negligent about maintaining the narrative, the action has continued. While we slogged our way through the Solomons, across Burma, and up the Marianas, froggy took many a dive as I gradually slimmed down my list of potential adversaries. Suddenly last week…breakthrough!!! It was just a chance passing of the kitchen at the right moment, but a sidelong glance caught the foe at work. So, it was not, as I’d suspected, our landman who shops window treatments at lunch, or one of the secretaries. Nor even an engineer. WTF? It’s the geologist two doors down from me! My fellow artiste! Hell, I like the guy; and geologists are hardly known for their tidy offices. But there he was, arranging froggy to his best advantage. The challenge, by now, was easily accepted, and, with fresh intelligence at hand, it seemed time to launch the froggy death posture with the mostest - i.e., tim e to work the sand out of froggy’s fingers and hand so he could be arranged to display a contempuous hand signal. Which he did, most contemptuously, with one leg bent behind his back. Today,…VICTORY!! I spotted my newly identified co-combatant in the kitchen, alone, and he walked up to the water cooler and said, “Hell, _somebody_ keeps on killin’ this damn frog!” Afterwhich, he picked up froggy and smashed him head down into the cooler top, resulting in one of the best froggy death postures yet. So, what’s next? The copier girl? Nah, she’s too nice. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/52 "2002-12-17T16:15:27Z")
You know, I just got a sand froggy from my Secret Santa, and we have one of those water coolers… hmmmmmmm. Actually, I’m serious thinking of stealing one of my coworkers little objects and sending it on a Doper world tour. My office would think it was a SCREAM. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/53 "2003-08-21T11:06:20Z")
Saw this thread mentioned on the pranks page, and thought I’d resurrect it to tell you about a frog that did go on vacation - I present [Kaeru](http://www.kawauso.net/index.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/54 "2003-08-21T12:44:02Z")
Damn, I wish I had been here for the original incarnation or this thread. I would have suggested replacing the frog with a Prince Charming doll, with a sign asking for the cubicle location of his Maiden Fair. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/55 "2003-08-21T13:13:47Z")
Two frogs humping would be good too. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/56 "2003-08-21T13:19:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Two frogs humping would be good too. \*\* The humping frogs are headed to [**Ralph** ’s pool party.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206109) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/57 "2003-08-22T03:21:24Z")
Since it bobbed to the surface, I’ll note that my opponent quickly overcame his frustration and once again began treating froggy like royalty. This forced me to redouble my efforts, and froggy has died a thousand deaths in the last year. Just yesterday he assumed one of his best yet, appearing splattered up against one of the water bottles in waiting. I’m considering getting a little piece of rounded red cloth to attach to him as a dead frog’s tongue lolling out. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/58 "2003-08-22T03:30:00Z")
Slight hijack – my mother told me she once stepped on a frog, barefoot. Shish. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/59 "2003-08-22T03:31:16Z")
Eh, that would be “squish” ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847/60 "2003-08-25T05:30:58Z")
I’m reading this within sight of my frog, Hope. Hope is very mad at all of you. Hope said to tell you “pttht!!” (At least that’s what it sounded like.) Hope is usually a very nice frog but you made him angry. Now I have to deal with a pissed off frog. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/froggy-death-postures/114847.md?page=2)