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December 29, 2005

New Urban Legends from Old!

If you put a frog in a pan of water and turn the heat up very gradually, he has over 200 words for snow.

Posted by Jim Henley @ 12:55 pm, Filed under: Main

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3 Responses to “New Urban Legends from Old!”

  1. Comment by Michigan Frog —
    December 29, 2005 @ 1:32 pm

    Awesome! Reminds me of this one: ”If Mr. T flushes the toilet in the northern hemisphere, the water swirls counter-clockwise. If Mr. T flushes the toilet in the southern hemisphere, the sucka he’s flushing has an Australian accent.”

    From here.

  2. Comment by Teresa Nielsen Hayden —
    December 31, 2005 @ 10:09 am

    Qamutiik: happy as a frog in a pot of water.

    Nivgornerqutigssag: to inadvertently make soup while doing the frog demo.

    Orssunguvoq: small pot, big frog.

    Kangunartuliorpoq: a watched frog never boils.

    Nigsagpatdlagtoqangilaq: the water evaporated while he was catching the frog.

    Aipalingiagpoq: person who does the frog demo more than once.

    Nkagtorpa: parboiled frog with onion dip.

  3. Comment by Teresa Nielsen Hayden —
    December 31, 2005 @ 10:16 am

    (Just ask Andrew Brown.)