Where do all of these creatures come from, and *how* do they get into your house? And why do they keep dying? I'm glad you got to be all cool and do the frog removal for Perry, though.
Do you think dead frogs come back as frog ghosts?
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Brenna - I know! ick. You sound just like Perry. ;)
@Ellie - I dunno. I have to think the frog followed Perry in last night or something. But you know, I would rather find them years dead or freshly dead. I don't want to smell them before I find them. Know what I'm sayin'?
B.T.Carolus
· 1 year ago
Yes. I had an opossum die in my garage undiscovered for a couple days once. That was not a pleasant olfactory experience.
Mike
· 1 year ago
It would not have been strange if the frog was alive, though. They have proven to hold bravely still even when my curious Golden Retriever is exploring them during a walk.
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Ellie - :-s
@Mike - Yeah... they are gross at first but then ... no biggy. I have been around frogs most of my life.
Brenna Kater, the Ocean Skater
· 1 year ago
Yuck!
funkqueeta
· 1 year ago
I HATE frogs... I sometimes wonder why Lucifer didn't take on the form of a frog rather than a serpent.
Randy
· 1 year ago
Well Funky ... there is something about evil frogs in Revelations somewhere.
Ellie
· 1 year ago
Where do all of these creatures come from, and *how* do they get into your house? And why do they keep dying? I'm glad you got to be all cool and do the frog removal for Perry, though. Do you think dead frogs come back as frog ghosts?
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Brenna - I know! ick. You sound just like Perry. ;) @Ellie - I dunno. I have to think the frog followed Perry in last night or something. But you know, I would rather find them years dead or freshly dead. I don't want to smell them before I find them. Know what I'm sayin'?
Ellie
· 1 year ago
Yes. I had an opossum die in my garage undiscovered for a couple days once. That was not a pleasant olfactory experience.
Mike
· 1 year ago
It would not have been strange if the frog was alive, though. They have proven to hold bravely still even when my curious Golden Retriever is exploring them during a walk.
Randy
· 1 year ago
This is so SAD! My condolences on the passing of your potential mosquito catcher and my sympathies concerning the startlement (if it wasn't a word, it is now).
The Younger Daughter is currently going through a phase of catching tadpoles and releasing them at the creek. Several of them are large enough that they'll likely prove to be bullfrogs eventually. Shall we save one for you and Perry? A friendly one?
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Ellie - :-s @Mike - Yeah... they are gross at first but then ... no biggy. I have been around frogs most of my life.
funkqueeta
· 1 year ago
I HATE frogs... I sometimes wonder why Lucifer didn't take on the form of a frog rather than a serpent.
Randy
· 1 year ago
Well Funky ... there is something about evil frogs in Revelations somewhere.
Randy
· 1 year ago
k.... name it Perry and take a picture :).
Fay
· 1 year ago
I think there needs to be some sort of support/recovery group for people who find dead animals in their homes. In the past year alone, I've found countless lizards, a frog and -- the worst of them all -- mice. Seriously, I have a mini-myocardial infarction every time.
Stephen Black
· 1 year ago
Oh my GOSH! That was SO funny! TRULY ROFL! I loved this! Great thespian material... Well written! Still laughing! I guess I am in one of those gitty silly modes this morning! Thanks for the incredibly good laugh!
Randy ROCKS!
Fay
· 1 year ago
I think there needs to be some sort of support/recovery group for people who find dead animals in their homes. In the past year alone, I've found countless lizards, a frog and -- the worst of them all -- mice. Seriously, I have a mini-myocardial infarction every time.
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Fay ... "Hi, My name is Randy and my house murders animals." Eclectically mixed crowd hyped up on caffeine and cigarettes, "Hi, Randy, glad you are here. Keep coming back!"
I hear you on the infarction. <-- that, by the way, is just fun to say.
@Stephen ... OMG(osh) u r 2 much! Glad you liked it and got a kick out of it.
Stephen Black
· 1 year ago
Oh my GOSH! That was SO funny! TRULY ROFL! I loved this! Great thespian material... Well written! Still laughing! I guess I am in one of those gitty silly modes this morning! Thanks for the incredibly good laugh! Randy ROCKS!
Greg Parker
· 1 year ago
Your experiences with animals are too funny! It's amazing how something like frogs, mice, spiders and bats can force a grown man to utter inner hidden sounds that can reduce him to the size of a two year old! I had an experience with a bat, that refused to leave it's secure corner of the chimney. Needless to say when it decided to belt out, it swooped down at me in defiance and I did a jig and yelp I hadn't done since 1st grade!
Randy
· 1 year ago
Bats are awful... ... awfully fun when you add lysol and fire to the mix! ...
or so I would imagine.
A friend of mine in Colorado had a bat on his front porch. He told his wife he wanted to see what Lysol would do to it. She told him, "Honey! NO!" He relayed the story to me and I said, "hmmmm... isn't lysol flammable?"
We both thought that would be cool but his wife won't let him and I think that those bats are protected legally. He had to chase it off with a broom I think.
B.T.Carolus
· 1 year ago
wow, now that we're onto bats: A couple of summers ago I was home alone watching tv in a nearly completely dark house with the front door open. All of a sudden, there was a giant 'moth' flying around, which I quickly figured out was a bat (its silhouette looked like the batman logo). I was worried because the dining room fan was on, so I turned that off, and then I grabbed the phone and called my mom while crouching on the floor. Unfortunately for the bat, it wound up flying into the bathroom, which had it completely disoriented, and it was flying around in circles. What we finally wound up doing was closing the doors to every room in the house, and frightening it out of the bathroom. It wound up finally going out the front door again. But it was pretty scary while it was flying around the house (pretty sure bats carry rabies).
Actually, come to think of it, Randy, I guess I too have lots of animals that have wandered into/around my house. I guess I shouldn't tease you about it so much.
Randy
· 1 year ago
@Fay ... "Hi, My name is Randy and my house murders animals." Eclectically mixed crowd hyped up on caffeine and cigarettes, "Hi, Randy, glad you are here. Keep coming back!" I hear you on the infarction. <-- that, by the way, is just fun to say. @Stephen ... OMG(osh) u r 2 much! Glad you liked it and got a kick out of it.
Greg Parker
· 1 year ago
Your experiences with animals are too funny! It's amazing how something like frogs, mice, spiders and bats can force a grown man to utter inner hidden sounds that can reduce him to the size of a two year old! I had an experience with a bat, that refused to leave it's secure corner of the chimney. Needless to say when it decided to belt out, it swooped down at me in defiance and I did a jig and yelp I hadn't done since 1st grade!
Randy
· 1 year ago
Bats are awful... ... awfully fun when you add lysol and fire to the mix! ... or so I would imagine. A friend of mine in Colorado had a bat on his front porch. He told his wife he wanted to see what Lysol would do to it. She told him, "Honey! NO!" He relayed the story to me and I said, "hmmmm... isn't lysol flammable?" We both thought that would be cool but his wife won't let him and I think that those bats are protected legally. He had to chase it off with a broom I think.
Randy
· 1 year ago
cool. But if they have rabies wouldn't they try to fight back? Aren't they unusually aggressive if they have rabies?
Ellie
· 1 year ago
wow, now that we're onto bats: A couple of summers ago I was home alone watching tv in a nearly completely dark house with the front door open. All of a sudden, there was a giant 'moth' flying around, which I quickly figured out was a bat (its silhouette looked like the batman logo). I was worried because the dining room fan was on, so I turned that off, and then I grabbed the phone and called my mom while crouching on the floor. Unfortunately for the bat, it wound up flying into the bathroom, which had it completely disoriented, and it was flying around in circles. What we finally wound up doing was closing the doors to every room in the house, and frightening it out of the bathroom. It wound up finally going out the front door again. But it was pretty scary while it was flying around the house (pretty sure bats carry rabies). Actually, come to think of it, Randy, I guess I too have lots of animals that have wandered into/around my house. I guess I shouldn't tease you about it so much.
B.T.Carolus
· 1 year ago
Rabies is a really complicated disease, with several stages of progression, and it takes a very long time to go through them all. You can be bitten by an animal that appears perfectly healthy and still be infected with rabies if the animal is carrying the virus but still in the incubation period. This is usually how people in America get rabies (which doesn't happen very often). It's also why, if you get bitten by a wild animal or a dog who you don't know has been vaccinated, you should go to a doctor immediately, even if the animal appears perfectly healthy, so that they can give you a rabies shot if they think it is necessary. I think the most common animals to get rabies from are dogs and cats, bats, raccoons, and skunks (also monkeys, but I have never met a wild monkey), so you should be careful around those animals.
I think that may be a public service announcement...
Randy
· 1 year ago
That was definitely PSA worthy. very informative, thanks!
Randy
· 1 year ago
cool. But if they have rabies wouldn't they try to fight back? Aren't they unusually aggressive if they have rabies?
Ellie
· 1 year ago
Rabies is a really complicated disease, with several stages of progression, and it takes a very long time to go through them all. You can be bitten by an animal that appears perfectly healthy and still be infected with rabies if the animal is carrying the virus but still in the incubation period. This is usually how people in America get rabies (which doesn't happen very often). It's also why, if you get bitten by a wild animal or a dog who you don't know has been vaccinated, you should go to a doctor immediately, even if the animal appears perfectly healthy, so that they can give you a rabies shot if they think it is necessary. I think the most common animals to get rabies from are dogs and cats, bats, raccoons, and skunks (also monkeys, but I have never met a wild monkey), so you should be careful around those animals. I think that may be a public service announcement...
Randy
· 1 year ago
That was definitely PSA worthy. very informative, thanks!
All Comments
Do you think dead frogs come back as frog ghosts?
@Ellie - I dunno. I have to think the frog followed Perry in last night or something. But you know, I would rather find them years dead or freshly dead. I don't want to smell them before I find them. Know what I'm sayin'?
@Mike - Yeah... they are gross at first but then ... no biggy. I have been around frogs most of my life.
Do you think dead frogs come back as frog ghosts?
@Ellie - I dunno. I have to think the frog followed Perry in last night or something. But you know, I would rather find them years dead or freshly dead. I don't want to smell them before I find them. Know what I'm sayin'?
The Younger Daughter is currently going through a phase of catching tadpoles and releasing them at the creek. Several of them are large enough that they'll likely prove to be bullfrogs eventually. Shall we save one for you and Perry? A friendly one?
@Mike - Yeah... they are gross at first but then ... no biggy. I have been around frogs most of my life.
Randy ROCKS!
I hear you on the infarction. <-- that, by the way, is just fun to say.
@Stephen ... OMG(osh) u r 2 much! Glad you liked it and got a kick out of it.
Randy ROCKS!
... awfully fun when you add lysol and fire to the mix! ...
or so I would imagine.
A friend of mine in Colorado had a bat on his front porch. He told his wife he wanted to see what Lysol would do to it. She told him, "Honey! NO!" He relayed the story to me and I said, "hmmmm... isn't lysol flammable?"
We both thought that would be cool but his wife won't let him and I think that those bats are protected legally. He had to chase it off with a broom I think.
Actually, come to think of it, Randy, I guess I too have lots of animals that have wandered into/around my house. I guess I shouldn't tease you about it so much.
I hear you on the infarction. <-- that, by the way, is just fun to say.
@Stephen ... OMG(osh) u r 2 much! Glad you liked it and got a kick out of it.
... awfully fun when you add lysol and fire to the mix! ...
or so I would imagine.
A friend of mine in Colorado had a bat on his front porch. He told his wife he wanted to see what Lysol would do to it. She told him, "Honey! NO!" He relayed the story to me and I said, "hmmmm... isn't lysol flammable?"
We both thought that would be cool but his wife won't let him and I think that those bats are protected legally. He had to chase it off with a broom I think.
Actually, come to think of it, Randy, I guess I too have lots of animals that have wandered into/around my house. I guess I shouldn't tease you about it so much.
I think that may be a public service announcement...
I think that may be a public service announcement...