Tadpoles!

I want a flow chart of this thread.

You really think I have dangerous tadpoles that need to be killed? But they're so cute.

PHeller wrote: I want a flow chart of this thread.

JoeyM wrote: Works well, I have some benzocaine at my desk at work for that purpose. It a minute to work, though, before they loose consciousness.

Um. You wouldn't happen to work for the gubmint, would ya?

wbjones wrote: can you imagine how HUNGRY the first person was that decided oysters would be good to eat ?

He probably thought, "Wow - I've just found a stash of meat that can't run away from me! This is awesome!"

Let me clear some things up here. Most of the weird things we eat or do is following other animals.

The milk from a cow thing... obviously, someone knew what boobies are for.

Oysters... I bet some bird or other animal was digging them up and breaking them open.

Tadpoles and frog licking was obviously...

Uh...

I got nothin.

In reply to wvumtnbkr:

Neither does Johnrw's wife on the tadpoles aspect

Tadpoles? Are you sure they're tadpoles?

And for those of you playing at home, I just e-mailed an associate professor at the University of Florida's Dept. of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. (Don't tell him that I'm a Bulldog, okay?)

I still don't have my video. Do I need to fedex my GoPro to make this happen? It's a Hero3 Black if that helps....

wvumtnbkr wrote: Let me clear some things up here. Most of the weird things we eat or do is following other animals. Oysters... I bet some bird or other animal was digging them up and breaking them open.

yeah I know … just that it makes for a good laugh … man probably saw an otter eating clams and oysters

iadr wrote: Or lobster. As they say in Newfoundland, "De first bigh t'eat one dose mustabeen some Jeezus hungry, bigh"

The fact that I had no trouble reading and understanding thatsentence bothers me. Been in Canada too long

the only part I can't interperate is "bigh"

Flow Chart:

David S. Wallens has tadpoles -> EastCoastMojo's neighbors have tadpoles -> David S. Wallens shares a discription and picture of the subjects as well as his dog -

Lesley suggests the use of the tadpoles as a hallucinogenic -> NOHOME shares in his survivalist skills

Foxtrapper accuses David S. Wallens of multiple felonies -> captdownshift elaborates -> fpxtrapper suggests not eating tadpoles ->David S. Wallens doesn't want to kill the cute tadpoles

mndsm enters Wallens into legally binding contract in which he (wallens) must eat tadpoles -> Mojo arranges agreements with toads -> JohnRW1621 maintains similar agreements with his wife -> ultraclyde offers his condolences

JoeyM his a homicidal maniac who doesn't like frogs -> nocones shares tadpole torture methods

Nick_Comstock inquires upon Joey's whereabouts

Are we up to speed yet?

You're out of order- I entered the contract well before any of the other stuff happened. That was literally the first thing posted.

I just need to post something on the off chance that the flow chart gets updated.

I say this thread is discriminatory. Poles have been the but of jokes for years and this one is no better than the rest. I love a dog dish full of larval amphibians as much as the next guy, but can we please just refer to them as pollywogs?

It's a subjective flow chart, not a chronological flow chart.

Damn. I didn't make the flow chart.

Should we F2T or LSX the tadpoles? Does Hinson make a bolt in kit?

N Sperlo wrote: Flow Chart: David S. Wallens has tadpoles -> EastCoastMojo's neighbors have tadpoles -> David S. Wallens shares a discription and picture of the subjects as well as his dog - Lesley suggests the use of the tadpoles as a hallucinogenic -> NOHOME shares in his survivalist skills Foxtrapper accuses David S. Wallens of multiple felonies -> captdownshift elaborates -> fpxtrapper suggests not eating tadpoles ->David S. Wallens doesn't want to kill the cute tadpoles mndsm enters Wallens into legally binding contract in which he (wallens) must eat tadpoles -> Mojo arranges agreements with toads -> JohnRW1621 maintains similar agreements with his wife -> ultraclyde offers his condolences JoeyM his a homicidal maniac who doesn't like frogs -> nocones shares tadpole torture methods Nick_Comstock inquires upon Joey's whereabouts *Are we up to speed yet?*

Awesome.

And now I know why I prefer discussion forums to real life, conversations aren't nearly this interesting/crazy.

N Sperlo wrote: JoeyM his a homicidal maniac who doesn't like frogs -> nocones shares tadpole torture methods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxy9hr5xVdU

spitfirebill wrote:

Lesley wrote: Unless they're cane toads, then it's party time. http://animals.howstuffworks.com/amphibians/hallucinogenic-frog1.htm

Who in the hell ever figured that one out?

Prolly a drunk Australian.

tl;dr but here's the thing about tadpoles...

Mrs. BDT acquired this plastic garden pond thing - you know what I mean. She was lobbying for permanent installation and I was resisting, meanwhile it filled with rainwater and begat tadpoles, much as David has described.

Well she gets all protective of the precious tadpoles and starts adding water as evaporation takes its toll and contemplating feeding strategies. This goes on for maybe two weeks.

Until one day we go outside and discover a large (6'+) and very happy snake sitting in the plastic garden pond and slurping up tadpoles like he was at the breakfast buffet at Shoney's.

We've got nothing against snakes, but suffice to say that the garden pond is gone and tadpoles are no longer welcome visitors at casa de bludroptop as a consequence of that incident.

YMMV

In reply to bludroptop:

Better a 6'+ long snake than this guy showing up. He would love to slurp up a bowl of pollywogs.

T.J. wrote: I say this thread is discriminatory. Poles have been the but of jokes for years and this one is no better than the rest.

It's only a tad offensive.

Sad news from the tadpole doctor at UF: He's pretty sure that we have the invasive Cuban frogs and suggests that we dispose of them.

Joey, thanks for the tip. I had no idea we were under attack, but I do my best to keep kosher. Lately we have been battling some invasive vines, and it's not my favorite part of homeownership.