# Fuck the evangelical vandal of the Hello How Are You Frog in Austin! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609 "2009-06-22T17:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/21 "2009-06-23T15:01:07Z")
> [@Wheeljack](#): > > That thing looks like a Garg from Commander Keen. THANK you! I was trying to figure out why that weird-looking frog looked familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/22 "2009-06-24T13:08:51Z")
I always thought that thing was ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/23 "2009-06-25T02:54:28Z")
Has the frog been known to sing “Hello, my baby, hello, my sweetness/hello, my ragtime doll!”? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/24 "2009-06-25T04:53:16Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Has the frog been known to sing “Hello, my baby, hello, my sweetness/hello, my ragtime doll!”? But only when no one but you is looking. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/25 "2009-06-25T06:03:23Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > _That’s_ what Austin looks like?! Ha ha, what a dump! I knew the boosters were always a bit _too_ enthusiastic. But seriously . . . what’s up with the weeds growing higher than the newspaper boxes? Even Phoenix takes care of itself better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/26 "2009-06-25T08:41:25Z")
Funny, considering how Daniel Johnston certainly has more experience fighting Satan than whoever put up that cross ever will. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/27 "2009-06-25T21:38:17Z")
[snerk] We’re just happy that something appears to be growing in the heat in the middle of the drought. My office is about 200 yards from the old Sound Exchange/Crave restaurant. I wonder how long it’s been there; I was just there a few days ago and didn’t notice it. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/28 "2009-06-26T16:44:37Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > But seriously . . . what’s up with the weeds growing higher than the newspaper boxes? Even Phoenix takes care of itself better than that. I’ve been told it’s a “Lady Bird thing”; it’s natural, better for the environment when they’re left to grow and not killed with pesticides, and so on. Seriously. In Austin and the surrounding suburbs weeds grow quite high in curbs, medians, tree lawns, and similar areas, and unlike other cities I’ve lived in, they’re almost never trimmed. It really makes the region seem unkempt and dirty. It also makes me shudder at the thought of what Austin women are like … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/29 "2009-06-26T19:21:12Z")
Just went to Crave on the Drag and the duct tape is gone. Shit, I’m sure the tape peeled off from the heat. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/30 "2009-06-26T21:58:26Z")
I miss Austin. Ah well, I should be back by next Spring. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/31 "2009-06-26T22:00:58Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Someone defaced an Austin landmark with a duct-taped cross. The duct-tape crosses are appearing all over The Drag, and sadly the Hello How Are You frog got hit as well. > > [http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6200/austin\_the\_drag\_43.jpg](http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6200/austin_the_drag_43.jpg) Are you serious? You can just take the damn tape off. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/32 "2009-06-26T22:25:25Z")
On the one hand I strongly disapprove of evandalical vangelism on principle. On the other hand, on the scale from “OH MY FSM THEY DESTROYED IT” to “vandalism? What? Where?”… ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/33 "2009-06-29T05:28:57Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > OH MY FSM Huh? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/34 "2009-06-29T06:02:26Z")
Oh my flying spaghetti monster. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/35 "2009-06-29T06:38:56Z")
If only they had duct taped Jesus to the cross instead of nailing him. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/36 "2009-06-29T16:11:16Z")
If I was there and you pointed at that wall and said “Oh no, vandalism!” I’d assume you meant the frog, not the duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/37 "2009-06-29T16:30:21Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > If I was there and you pointed at that wall and said “Oh no, vandalism!” I’d assume you meant the frog, not the duct tape. Ditto, and can I just say that I think Daniel Johnston is WAAAAY overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/38 "2009-06-29T16:51:19Z")
Oh, y’all shoulda seen the shitstorm a few years ago when the restaurant that’s there now opened up. The owner was going to tear down the wall and put in a window. When people got wind of it, the pickets came out. The owner realized that if he didn’t change his plans (and incur significant financial hardship in the process), his restaurant probably wasn’t going to do so well. I am glad to hear that all they did was duct tape it and that no damage was done. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/39 "2009-06-29T17:05:13Z")
Wow. I think I saw the guy do this. I was on the drag and walked past a guy with a roll of duct tape standing by the frog. I didn’t really think anything of it. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609/40 "2009-06-30T09:44:35Z")
So, do you think this was a premeditated thing – “You know, I think I’ll go out today and duct-tape a cross on ol’ Jeremiah!” – or more of a spontaneous confluxion of opportunity, concept, and duct tape – he was just walking down the street, his trusty roll of duct tape at his side, when suddenly, he had an idea? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-evangelical-vandal-of-the-hello-how-are-you-frog-in-austin/500609.md?page=3)