# Hippos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696 "2008-11-07T19:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/61 "2008-11-10T04:07:15Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Huzzah! With this new information, I’d like to increase my order to one of every color. Thank you. > > _goes to prepare bathtub for frog frolicing_ For some reason I am hearing a song in my head that goes “Hello, my baby! Hello, my honey! Hello, my ragtime gal!”. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/62 "2008-11-10T04:38:11Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > I wonder if I can train them to perform like the waiters in ‘Mary Poppins.’ Those penguins were lousy waiters. They never did bring the food. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/63 "2008-11-10T04:45:00Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Huzzah! With this new information, I’d like to increase my order to one of every color. Thank you. > > _goes to prepare bathtub for frog frolicing_ Crap. Do you know how many colors we have in “frog”, woman? In order to complete your order, we’l dunk a toad into a bucket of paint. You won’t know the difference. It’ll even be a cute toad. Not a horny one. Really. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/64 "2008-11-10T04:47:06Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Oo! Oo! I didn’t want a stoat until you mentioned it, and now it’s all I can think of. Can’t I pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease with sugar on top have a stoat? > > Please? Sorry, we’re all out of stoats with sugar on top. We have some with chocolate sprinkles… will that do? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/65 "2008-11-10T09:18:55Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Sorry, we’re all out of stoats with sugar on top. We have some with chocolate sprinkles… will that do? Such a question – seriously, is there _anything_ in life that isn’t improved with chocolate sprinkles? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/66 "2008-11-10T10:01:23Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Such a question – seriously, is there _anything_ in life that isn’t improved with chocolate sprinkles? Mouse poop. Trust me on this. Oh, and did somebody say [stoat?](http://www.flickr.com/photos/essexjan/229190203/) Myself, I would like a half sized rhinoceros. That would make my garden absolutely perfect, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/67 "2008-11-10T14:34:17Z")
A half-sized rhinoceros? Well, the freight is going to cost you…_sticking out tongue to the side, tapping away at oversized calculator_…and the handling is going to be…_tapping away furiously again_…and the FIT (that’s food in-transit) is going to set you back another oh…_taps away some more_… …What’s your budget look like for one half-sized rhino? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/68 "2008-11-10T23:46:48Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Only four feet? Oh dear. We’re going to have delivery problems. I, in good conscience, cannot send you a giraffe in a four-foot box. Please re-read previous post. It’s a \*fourfooted \*box, suitable for a quadruped such as a giraffe. Thank you for your sympathy, shantih. I didn’t really know him very well, but Blackjack was the first giraffe who ever took a carrot from me. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/69 "2008-11-11T02:08:04Z")
Well, since everybody is asking, can somebody come take a cat away from me? I’d really rather have something that doesn’t bounce on the bed at night. Maybe a Fennec Fox? ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/70 "2008-11-11T02:14:38Z")
Oh, poo - missed the edit window. Scratch the Fox - (I’m sure she’ll appreciate it) I want an Octopus! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/71 "2008-11-11T04:40:58Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Please re-read previous post. It’s a \*fourfooted \*box, suitable for a quadruped such as a giraffe. > > Thank you for your sympathy, shantih. I didn’t really know him very well, but Blackjack was the first giraffe who ever took a carrot from me. Oh…well..what about the neck? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/72 "2008-11-11T19:32:35Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Oh…well..what about the neck? from previous post, with emphasis added: > [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > A **four-footed** , **long necked box** , tape, and some branches to munch on are winging their happy way to Least Original User Name Ever, General delivery Detroit, MI 48204. Please check the post office on you way home from work on Monday. It’s Tuesday. Did you check the post office yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/73 "2008-11-11T19:46:03Z")
Is anybody else having Frog à la Peche for dinner? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/74 "2008-11-11T21:06:04Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > from previous post, with emphasis added: > It’s Tuesday. Did you check the post office yesterday? I did. One of the legs was cut off and replaced with a golf club. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/75 "2008-11-11T21:15:18Z")
I’ll take one otter (sea or river, whatever’s in stock), please. And a flock of meercats. or is it a herd? StG ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/76 "2008-11-11T22:17:00Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I did. One of the legs was cut off and replaced with a golf club. Whaaaa! Now you’re just making excuses! _sniffle_. I’ll never get a giraffe. You’re like one of those moms who always says “we’ll see” when she means NO! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696/77 "2008-11-11T23:22:24Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > A half-sized rhinoceros? Well, the freight is going to cost you.._sticking out tongue to the side, tapping away at oversized calculator_…and the handling is going to be…_tapping away furiously again_…and the FIT (that’s food in-transit) is going to set you back another oh…_taps away some more_… > …What’s your budget look like for one half-sized rhino? After much prospecting within the couch cushions, I have discovered a buck seventy four–will I get some change back from that? > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Is anybody else having Frog à la Peche for dinner? I thought about it, but decided on the Peche à la Frog instead–it makes me less gassy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippos/471696.md?page=3)