A Frog Sitting on a Bench Like a Human
April 25, 2012 5:07 AM Subscribe
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This is definitely best of the webbed feet.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 AM on April 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 AM on April 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
I was glued to that video, much like the frog was to the bench.
posted by Optamystic at 5:14 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by Optamystic at 5:14 AM on April 25, 2012
I was glued to that video, much like the frog was to the bench.
The YouTube description claims "There is no nails, no glue, animal abuse, etc." - - but says nothing about simple dignity nor respect.
posted by fairmettle at 5:17 AM on April 25, 2012
The YouTube description claims "There is no nails, no glue, animal abuse, etc." - - but says nothing about simple dignity nor respect.
posted by fairmettle at 5:17 AM on April 25, 2012
but says nothing about simple dignity nor respect.
That frog had all the gravitas of an old Republican senator from the mid-50s. Do not look down on the frog or your bill will be sidelined in committee for the rest of your term.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:21 AM on April 25, 2012 [10 favorites]
That frog had all the gravitas of an old Republican senator from the mid-50s. Do not look down on the frog or your bill will be sidelined in committee for the rest of your term.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:21 AM on April 25, 2012 [10 favorites]
...but says nothing about simple dignity nor respect.
One wonders how "dignity" or "respect" are violated by videotaping a frog sitting on a bench.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:23 AM on April 25, 2012
One wonders how "dignity" or "respect" are violated by videotaping a frog sitting on a bench.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:23 AM on April 25, 2012
Does what it says.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 5:23 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 5:23 AM on April 25, 2012
I could spend a lifetime pondering the question - is that frog's face conveying utter boredom or sheer terror?
posted by davebush at 5:26 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by davebush at 5:26 AM on April 25, 2012
Meet Yogi Ribbit, your instructor for the day.
posted by jwhite1979 at 5:27 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by jwhite1979 at 5:27 AM on April 25, 2012
So was the frog taking a walk and needed to sit down and rest for a bit? Or was he placed there by a member of a different species with a camera?
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:33 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:33 AM on April 25, 2012
One wonders how "dignity" or "respect" are violated by videotaping a frog sitting on a bench.
You REALLY should know the answer to this, what with living in Japan and all. Just go look at some youtube videos of cats wearing costumes, and then consider that it is merely a matter of degrees; like the grain of sand in the oyster, the great can be born of the insignificant.
Silly costumes are the next obvious step. Now that I think of it...you don't know where to buy any frog-sized bowler hats, do you?
posted by GoingToShopping at 5:35 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
You REALLY should know the answer to this, what with living in Japan and all. Just go look at some youtube videos of cats wearing costumes, and then consider that it is merely a matter of degrees; like the grain of sand in the oyster, the great can be born of the insignificant.
Silly costumes are the next obvious step. Now that I think of it...you don't know where to buy any frog-sized bowler hats, do you?
posted by GoingToShopping at 5:35 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by seanmpuckett at 5:36 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
Marlon: Tonight, on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, our team of scientists will reveal, for the first time, the results of a dangerous mission to the suburbs of Washington D.C. where we've discovered, documented and filmed these reclusive animals in their native habitat. Sunday, at 7pm, on your NBC station.
Marlon: Dealing with bureaucracies in your times of need? That's why you need Mutual of Omaha by your side. Our agents and underwriters know best how to help.
posted by seanmpuckett at 5:36 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
One wonders how "dignity" or "respect" are violated by videotaping a frog sitting on a bench.
Now you are just being an apologist for the paparazzi....
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:37 AM on April 25, 2012
Now you are just being an apologist for the paparazzi....
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:37 AM on April 25, 2012
...you don't know where to buy any frog-sized bowler hats, do you?
I think it's actually a top hat you might be looking for.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:48 AM on April 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
I think it's actually a top hat you might be looking for.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:48 AM on April 25, 2012 [3 favorites]
He's got that 1000-yard-stare...watching the motor-car fade away into the distance.
beep, beep...
posted by jquinby at 5:51 AM on April 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
beep, beep...
posted by jquinby at 5:51 AM on April 25, 2012 [2 favorites]
I think it's actually a top hat you might be looking for.
Shit. I lose.
posted by GoingToShopping at 6:05 AM on April 25, 2012
Shit. I lose.
posted by GoingToShopping at 6:05 AM on April 25, 2012
It occurs to me that the uploader should've sampled and looped the first line of Aqualung, over and over, as the soundtrack for the clip:
"sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench ..."
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:14 AM on April 25, 2012 [5 favorites]
"sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench - sitting on a park bench ..."
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:14 AM on April 25, 2012 [5 favorites]
It's one of my favorite '... like a human' videos. Second only to goat screams like a man.
posted by codacorolla at 6:17 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by codacorolla at 6:17 AM on April 25, 2012
oh great now I'll have that song stuck in my head all day
"...I don't know the words except for park bench"
posted by ook at 6:19 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
"...I don't know the words except for park bench"
posted by ook at 6:19 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
"Check please..."
posted by ReeMonster at 6:49 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by ReeMonster at 6:49 AM on April 25, 2012
Ribbiting.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:57 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 6:57 AM on April 25, 2012 [1 favorite]
I love that the ad displayed with this video was Senior Dating: UK.
Even if you are pensioner you might find your prince if you just kiss a few frogs.
posted by srboisvert at 6:58 AM on April 25, 2012
Even if you are pensioner you might find your prince if you just kiss a few frogs.
posted by srboisvert at 6:58 AM on April 25, 2012
A friend of mine saw this via the 'What's hot on Google+' feed. One comment stuck out:
"Of course you're not compelled to share my views. Im not sure myself. Just observed a weird shape on its back and that staying thus is quite abnormal. And it's a well known fact that some people would do anything to shoot a funny video. Some even let own children get knocked for that.
You can hammer a nail into the bench, pierce superficially the frog's skin and slide the nail under the skin; then some glue to fix the butt (notice the wet area next to the butt) and the frog wont die or move. Can't say it was done so, just considere it could have been done so. Or maybe now frogs can be taught to sit properly like humans.
I rather believe the former than the latter, but again, you're free to believe the opposite."
posted by Vhanudux at 7:02 AM on April 25, 2012
"Of course you're not compelled to share my views. Im not sure myself. Just observed a weird shape on its back and that staying thus is quite abnormal. And it's a well known fact that some people would do anything to shoot a funny video. Some even let own children get knocked for that.
You can hammer a nail into the bench, pierce superficially the frog's skin and slide the nail under the skin; then some glue to fix the butt (notice the wet area next to the butt) and the frog wont die or move. Can't say it was done so, just considere it could have been done so. Or maybe now frogs can be taught to sit properly like humans.
I rather believe the former than the latter, but again, you're free to believe the opposite."
posted by Vhanudux at 7:02 AM on April 25, 2012
Vhanudux, damn, that might be what the uploader did. If so, I'd feel pretty lousy for posting this to Mefi. Should there come proof that that's what happened, I'd certainly ask the mods to pull this FPP.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:14 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:14 AM on April 25, 2012
I think it's naturally sitting that way. It's not the first image of a frog in such a pose - e.g. this.
posted by edd at 7:16 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by edd at 7:16 AM on April 25, 2012
You know what? At the 0:36 point of this clip, it definitely looks like there's something weird with this frog's back. Like, say, a nail, as mentioned in the comment that Vhanudux pasted. I'm going to ask the mods to delete this FPP.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:18 AM on April 25, 2012
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:18 AM on April 25, 2012
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