ALL THE REST —  May 23
  

Amphibians and FROGS

Frogs and people

It seems that we humans have been intrigued by frogs for a very long time. Frogs have long been the focus of superstitions and religions in many areas of the world. In ancient Egypt the frog was a symbol of female fertility. Egyptian women wore gold amulets with the image of frogs to attract favors of fruitfulness. Four of the great Egyptian gods that were responsible for the creation of the world bore the heads of frogs. In the Temple of Thebes, embalmed frogs were laid to rest beside human mummies. The plague of frogs that God brought against Egypt was an embarrassment to the Egyptian people and their gods.

Many cultures associate frogs with weather. In Sanskrit, the word for 'frog' also means 'cloud.' In this culture frogs were said to personify thunder in the sky. Native Americans and Australian aborigines regarded the croaking of frogs as a portent of rain.

In Japan the frog is a sign of good luck. Bullfrogs are the descendants of a mighty forebear who could suck all the mosquitoes out of a room in a single breath. Other frog legends of the Orient suggest that a warty toad is actually an ugly old man or wise guru. The Chinese regard the toad as one of the five poisons or negative forces of yin. They see a toad in the moon instead of a man. When the moon toad attempts to swallow the moon itself, the result is an eclipse.

Sources for the Amphibian - Frog series include:

Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians - Editors: Dr. Harold G. Cogger, Dr. Richard G,.Zweifel, Academid Press
Frogs - Text: David Badger, Photography: JohnNetherton; Voyageur Press
Groliers Encyclopedia
Microsoft(R) Encarta(R)
Encyclopedia Britanica

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

Things Learned From KIDS:

The Home Physics Laboratory

Frogs can survive the washing machine but don't do well in the dryer. Frog bits will never come out of dried clothes. Throw them away before they stink up the whole house.

Ditto snakes.

Mascara on cat whiskers makes really cool wavey lines on anything onto which he tries to rub it off. They do not come off of paint.

Boys can jump off a two story high roof and break nothing but mom will be on tranquilizers for at least a week.

If you stick a lighter into the sprinkler head in the bathroom, the sprinklers will go off in the entire loft. It takes 5 minutes to raise the level of water to the point where the downstairs neighbor is also getting flooded.

Long-haired dogs hate Epilady.

David in Sunnyvale, California VIA – H u m o u r N e t

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And God Created

It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Seal Scrolls.

And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me."

And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me.

Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.

And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."

And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."

And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.

After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."

And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam.

And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility.

And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved.

And Cat did not care one way or the other. 

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More Hymns,
the way we'd sing them if we were honest:

• I Surrender Some
  
  

• There Shall Be Sprinkles of Blessings
  
  

• Fill My Spoon, Lord
  
  

• Oh, How I Like Jesus
  
  

• He's Quite a Bit to Me
  
  

• I Love to Talk About Telling the Story
  
  

• Take My Life and Let Me Be
  
  

• It is My Secret What God Can Do
  
  

• There is Scattered Cloudiness in My Soul Today
  
  

• Onward, Christian Reserves
  
  

• Where He Leads Me, I Will Consider Following
  
  

• Just As I Pretend to Be
  
  

• When the Saints Go Sneaking In
  

Source:"ECULAUGH"

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TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

Never smack a man who's chewin' tobacco.

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Phillip Bower