dave hard Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 As in "mad as a box of frogs" I am lucky enough to possess a pond and healthy frog population in my garden, and so wondered if it would be possible to test the accuracy of this expression The outstanding issues are: what size box do I need 🤔 how many frogs 🤔 what age/size of frogs 🤔 duration of the test 🤔 Obviously I will need a control group to do a before and after comparison. Where can I keep this group as a box is out of the question. What does a frog corral look like All this needs to be done in the most humane way. What is the frog equivalent of the word humane 🤔 I know that the shedders will have a selection of useful ideas and comments 😬 (Ifelt that this was an easier experiemnt to carry out than one involving fish on a bicycle) Caterham 21 VHPD - one of the few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 go to b&q (or equiv) get some screening get some 25mm x 5mm wood build box put frogs in after marking them to remember their names don't feed them anything yucky. then cook them, frog legs are lovely in a beer battered covering 😬 😬 😬 Steve B Faster than the Speed of Dark Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 That reminds me, I've often wondered how you batter something with beer - wouldn't it just splosh about Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 take flour and mix spices in, then use beer that has sat open and lost it's head (1-2 hours) and mix to a fairly thick liqour. dip suitable stuff to be fried in water, then flour, then mixture. works great. large prawns done this way are BTW ab fab ❗ Steve B Faster than the Speed of Dark Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Edited by - Steve-B on 20 Aug 2003 14:47:44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave hard Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Steve, if I was to eat the frogs (which I won't) I would prefer to leave them free range rather than battery I always preferred them with garlic butter personally Caterham 21 VHPD - one of the few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 If you take a load of frogs from their nice cosy pond and put them in a box it stands to reason they'd be mad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 but what about frogs that have been raised in captivity - they'd probably be pretty chilled. particularly if the box had a jacuzzi fitted. Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 or dave took them to Amsterdam for the weekend 😬 😬 😬 Steve B Faster than the Speed of Dark Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Thinking further on this experiment... have you got any newts in your pond? I've been wondering just how pissed they get compared to other amphibians (you could use your frogs as a control group - though it may be hard to tell whether the frogs are sober, if they are completely mad...) M 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevSull Too Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Maybe we should try this with a box of Toads 😬You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 And while you're about it I'd be interested to know what happens if you Take a bull into a china shop Put a cat (or indeed a Cat) among the pigeons Stir up a hornet's nest M (no flies on me...) 😬 Edited by - MisterToad on 20 Aug 2003 15:30:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Oi Kev, less of that ❗ I'll happily participate in the newt experiment though. Mine's a pint of Brakspear's Best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Crudders Posted August 20, 2003 Area Representative Share Posted August 20, 2003 You're all being silly . . . as a box of kites Where do these strange metaphors come from? Personally I've never felt akin to a newt or a rat's bottom while under the influence of alcohol Richard []=*(#7#)*=[] b-r-a-a-a-a-r-p! Visit the North Kent Area here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 speaking of which, I can envisage extricating myself from someone else's face, but how exactly do I get off my own? and is there anything that troopers didn't do to excess? Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 and how thick does something have to be to classify as thick? Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Dave I believe your experiment has all the attributes required to qualify for a National Lottery grant. I challenge you to make an application, just to see what reaction you get ... Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave hard Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 oooh a challenge right, how do I go about appying for a grant then Caterham 21 VHPD - one of the few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 NaPP Compare thick things to thieves, if it's about the same, it's got to be pretty thick. And long things to a piece of string . I'm off to the river with my friction-measuring apparatus to see if there really is anything as slippery as an eel. Back in a mo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a Postman Pat Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 hmmmm - so two short planks would need to be pretty thick planks, assuming the average build of thief these days. Pat and his not quite black and white cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buda Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 mmmm frogs eh.. we had a frog once, it was about 5 years ago or so I suppose, anyway it lived in our small garden, in the pebble pool thing, we called him Albert. About a month after we'd noticed Albert we found him, dead, in the bushes, poor thing. Now in those days my wife wasn't working and we had two small children, 4 and 5 years old and obviously money was, to say the least, tight. Toys wern't something we bought often and the lad, the younger, was getting fed up of the hand me down barbies with their breasts filed off, their hair cut short and a bit of mascara as camolflauge applied to their faces, masquerading as action men. As his birthday was looming It was decided to make some further use of Albert, on the eve of his birthday I krept down to the fridge and took the still, cold body of Albert out of his cryogenic tomb (tupperware) and slipped down to the shed, with judicious use of my cordless drill I drilled 2 2mm holes down behind the head about 4mm apart, into these I inserted the stripped ends of the telephone cable I had been keeping for a rainy day, I then wired these into an old doorbell push I had picked up at the landfill whilst foreging for food, the other end of the 2m long cable was connected to a normal domestic plug (13amp fuse). He was happy for hours, playing with Albert, all he needed to do was plug him in and press the button, he jumped, boy did he jump all over the place, it was amazing, and when Albert jumped his mouth would open, his tongue would come out, and sometimes, if you aimed him well enough, you could get him to stick to the windows and stuff.... things were fine for about a week, till his head came off... how we laughed as the little green head flew accross the kitchen..... the lad cryed of course, it wasn't the same after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Buda you are truely disturbed ❗ Viv Wishing i had my own seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Normuss Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Buda - you need to see someone Seek forgiveness, not permission. Is it easy to rob a bank and get away with it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 You mean special little helpers? Viv Wishing i had my own seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 If so they got so scared they ran away Viv Wishing i had my own seven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buda Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 You're very cruel all of you, I'm just misunderstood, I tried to be liked in techtalk, but they didn't appreciate me, then I tried to make freinds with the gogs upstairs but they didn't understand, so I thought I'd see if I could make freinds in the bugs section, but miss mav was a 'gog' on me, now I thought you lot were different, but your not are you, your meen and crewl and you're going to tell arn't you?, I'm not going back, not ever, not to THAT place, the one with the lemons, never never never.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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