# Oh, Crunchy Frog.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002 "2001-01-01T17:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/1 "2001-01-01T17:20:23Z")
Dayquil has a new commercial to which I’d like to direct your attention. Mom is sick and gets up to fix breakfast for the kids. She pours a quart of milk into the box of cereal, forgetting the bowls. The name of the cereal? If you look carefully, the name on the cereal box is…Crispy Toads!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/2 "2001-01-01T17:26:51Z")
The bastards! I’m not sure which to be more angry at: Daquil for displaying what is an obvious rip-off of my name, the cereal company for marketing a product with such a name, or the fact that I now know why cousin Fred didn’t make it to the holiday get together this year - he’s now part of a balanced breakfast!!! Of course, as we all know, _I’m_ the only one who stays crunchy in milk. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/3 "2001-01-01T17:31:27Z")
Poor cousin Fred… I think you should sue. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/4 "2001-01-01T17:49:21Z")
You’re damn skippy I’m gonna sue! I’m calling Kermit, who was a friend of my 2nd cousin’s roommate back in college, and see if he can’t hook me up with a decent lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/5 "2001-01-01T17:51:42Z")
😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/6 "2001-01-01T23:04:51Z")
::guilty look:: Um…Crunchy? Yeesh…I know this is gonna sound dumb…but…:o OK here goes! Whenever it’s dark rainy night, there is nothing I love to do better than snuggle up under the covers with a good horror novel, a Rolling Stones album playing, and a big bowl of…\ Crispy Toads!! ☹ I’m sorry. I’m an accessory to the crime, aren’t i? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/7 "2001-01-01T23:10:46Z")
I’m not surprised in the least about cousin Fred getting into trouble like that. We all know that he never toad the line. ::cane yanks Zenster off stage:: ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/8 "2001-01-02T01:35:07Z")
It’s ok, Zoggie. Nothing like a mouthful Crispy Toads. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/9 "2001-01-02T01:55:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > \*\*It’s ok, Zoggie. Nothing like a mouthful Crispy Toads. 🙂 \*\* Or its sequel: Sugary Tadpole Queavers ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/10 "2001-01-02T02:34:50Z")
Of course that cereal box should read “Crunchy, Raw, Unboned Real Dead Toads”. ---
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/11 "2001-01-02T03:48:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*Of course that cereal box should read “Crunchy, Raw, Unboned Real Dead Toads”. \*\* Lightly killed and lovingly frosted with glucose. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/12 "2001-01-02T05:45:37Z")
Jack! You knew about this too?! Why didn’t you guys stop me while I was chewing on Crunchy’s relatives. He is SO gonna kill me. (Hey if someone ate a fellow Zog, I would shoot now and ask questions later.) Ah, not that you should do that, Frog…😛 ---
**Author:** ![wyldelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wyldelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyldelf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/13 "2001-01-02T08:04:53Z")
Think of it as natural selection - everytime they munch on Crispy Toads they are eliminating some of the competition. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/14 "2001-01-02T19:17:21Z")
Very true. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/15 "2001-01-02T19:27:32Z")
hmm… I like maggots and mud better… hehe dodgy ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/16 "2001-01-02T19:30:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wyldelf \* > \*\*Think of it as natural selection - everytime they munch on Crispy Toads they are eliminating some of the competition. > 😉 \*\* \ My own virtual wife (one of them anyway) _condoning_ this behavior?! I’m shocked! _Et tu, **Zoggie** _? These are my relatives! If you’re gonna kill them, at least munch on the ones I don’t like. Cousin Jeb, for example. And **wyldelf** , I like to think, as the only one in my league, I have no competition. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/17 "2001-01-02T19:58:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lowellster \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > > \*\*Of course that cereal box should read “Crunchy, Raw, Unboned Real Dead Toads”. \*\* > > Lightly killed and lovingly frosted with glucose. > \*\* Coming soon with Ram’s Bladder Berries. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/18 "2001-01-02T20:05:40Z")
I didn’t mean to Crunchy. I just got hooked one night, is all, is all. I probably **have** eaten Cousin Jeb. 🙂 Besides, its…surival of the fittest. I saw on the Discovery channel and they would never lie. They said if an amphibian got the chance, he would eat me and everyone I cared about. [Emperor’s new groove voice]Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh![/Emperor’s new groove voice] ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/19 "2001-01-02T21:57:46Z")
It ain’t the real thing without lark’s vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002/20 "2001-01-02T22:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > **…These are my relatives! If you’re gonna kill them, at least munch on the ones I don’t like. Cousin Jeb, for example…** Jeb? Isn’t he one of those _Florida_ cane toads? I thought you had that problem _licked_ **Crunchy**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-crunchy-frog/48002.md?page=2)