Toadgate!!! For Pat and Traveler!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Just tonight, I was minding my own business posting photos in the Photography Group and it happened again.  Not too long ago I posted a photo of what I thought was an owl, only to have Sheila (and Finnley) send me a message that I had misidentified my bird and it was, in fact, an Osprey.  Just because I am not a Raptureologist, like Sheila, does not give her the right to make me look stupid and I may or may not have shown her another bird to identify.  Well, I thought this whole matter was behind me and after the thoughtful discussion I wrote about people and their feelings, I had hoped this would not happen again.  I was wrong.

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/i-am-mad-as-h-e-double-hoc...

Like I said, I posted a picture of a frog we have living in our fish pond and identified him as a frog and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Pat (and Traveler) spoke up and said my frog was a toad. 

Now listen, Pat, I have kissed many a frog in my life and I know a frog when I see one.

Far be it from me to cause trouble on DoodleKisses, but I cannot stand by and have my name besmirched again and have people starting to think they can just chime in and say I don’t know my amphibians and birds.  I even know what ambidextrous means because I used to play volleyball and every time I hit the ball with my left hand (I am right handed) and my setter would tell me I did a good job, I would always say, “thanks, I am amphibious,” just to get a reaction.  However, this is neither here nor there, because I have facts to back up my claim that my toad is indeed a frog.

 

First of all, I came across the difference between toads and frogs and found that frogs have tiny teeth on both upper and lower jaws, while toads lack any teeth. 

I have a strong, almost pathological, desire to be right, but when I asked the frog to say, “aah,” so I could look in his mouth and put this matter to rest, all he said was, “ribbit,” and he kept his lips together.  So, I kept digging for answers.  I found out that toads are plumper than frogs, so I dug out my Weight Watcher’s scale and told him to hop on and all he said was, “croak, lady.” 

What to do, what to do?  Next, I found out that toads live mostly on land, but frogs go back and forth between land and water and I can vouch for the fact that my frog is always leaping into the water when I pull out my camera and yell for him to say cheese. I figured this wouldn’t be enough for you, so I kept searching and finally, I got the proof I needed.  Frogs have webbed feet and a toad’s foot has separated toes. BINGO!! Please see Exribbit A and the white circle next to the webbed feet.  

I rest my case.  Toadgate is officially closed and Pat’s toad is now my frog again.  Pat, a nice gift certificate to Amazon.com would go a long way in easing the pain you have caused me.

[Pat and Traveler]

Thanks.  :)  I did say I was pretty sure on the frog/toad issue...so I guess I can say I'm a little bit sorry....lol

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Well, instead of a $100 gift card, I will accept a $50 gift card because you are a little bit sorry :)

[Pat and Traveler]

Whew.....guess I got off easy!  lol

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Pat, I told you what happens :) LOL

[Pat and Traveler]

Jeeeez.....in addition to everything else, I guess I have to apologize to Ohio for slandering their official state frog by calling it a toad!  (Really??!!)

Frogs are supposed to have narrow waists and bodies, along with smooth, slimy skin. 

I hope I can just eat crow, and not (bleeech) frog legs.  lol   

[Sheila & Finnley]

Oh please, no apologies. I'm supposed to have a narrow waist and body with smooth (skip the slimy) skin !! What happened there ? lol

Plus don't eat the crow, stick with those frog legs, they really do taste like chicken !!

[Pat and Traveler]

Well, I've heard that frog legs are delicious, but it's one of those foods I've just never been able to even think about eating!

[Sheila & Finnley]

I tried frog legs once. I was at a buffet where they were being served with a variety of other "real" foods. I figured it would probably be my one and only time to jump right in and do it because they were free. So I did and yup...tastes like chicken !

[Lucy & AnnaBelle's Mom]

As a "youngster" on the farm we used to go frog giggin and cook em up (the legs) and eat em.  I remember them being tasty, but you probably wouldn't catch me eating any now!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Gross....me, neither!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I have never eaten frog legs either. No plans to change that.

[Lynda Kamrath]

Actually, they are pretty good.  We used to go "froggin" at night and pith the frogs and throw them in the boat.  My friend would slice all the legs off and we would fry them up for breakfast.  After a night of froggin, they were pretty good.  But that was a different lifetime.  Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.  But I have eaten all kinds of things that I wouldn't eat now.