# My what the heck moment this morning

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**Created:** [July 3, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-what-the-heck-moment-this-morning/545440 "2010-07-03T18:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-what-the-heck-moment-this-morning/545440/1 "2010-07-03T18:03:00Z")

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Went out about 7 this morning to plant a few lavender I’d bought. They were in those little nursery pots. 2 inches wide and 3 inches deep.  
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I noticed one of my plants was lying on carport floor. It was almost out of the pot. I filled my water can and gave the plants a drink. I picked up the damaged plant and started pressing the wet dirt around the stem. So it would stand up.

Suddenly the dirt start moving… :eek:

[spoiler]A large toad frog jumped out! Shocked the heck out of me. I don’t know how a frog at least 3 inches wide got in that tiny pot. Or how he kept from turning the pot over as he crawled in.  
Anyway, that’s a first for me. I’ve planted flowers most of my adult life. I’ve seen frogs in my flowerbed but not in the pot.

Bet the frog was surprised to. 😛 He got watered and then squeezed when I started packing the dirt. [/spoiler]

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-what-the-heck-moment-this-morning/545440/2 "2010-07-03T18:53:19Z")

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That must have been an early-morning surprise!  
BTW - it’s just “Toad.” Frogs are different critters.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-what-the-heck-moment-this-morning/545440/3 "2010-07-03T21:23:16Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> That must have been an early-morning surprise!  
> BTW - it’s just “Toad.” Frogs are different critters.

“Toad frog” is a fairly common American idiom when referring to the Anura family. Mostly Southern in origin, I think.