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Jim Lawton
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:27 pm
Post subject: lost frog |
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I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be people here
who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
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Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
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Jim Lawton
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:33 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:27:35 GMT, Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo>
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| Quote: | I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be people here
who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
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http://lostfrog.org
sorry
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Jim
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:38 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
| Quote: | I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be people here
who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
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Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
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David
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Jim Lawton
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:40 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:38:16 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be people here
who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
Yup - what follows cut? Oh yes, paste! |
I nearly got there before you, but here it is again :-
http://lostfrog.org
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Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth |
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Weatherlawyer
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:15 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Is there a relationship with the number of posts you took to set the
ball rolling, your address and the mindset of someone who would write
that little excursion? |
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Will
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:17 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Weatherlawyer wrote:
| Quote: | Is there a relationship with the number of posts you took to set the
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Is there a relationship BETWEEN, not WITH, surely.
| Quote: | ball rolling, your address and the mindset of someone who would write
that little excursion?
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Do you mean the mindset of the person who put up the website about the
lost frog? I assume it's BritArt or whatever it's called these days,
or the Emperor's new tailor Banksy.
Will. |
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Laura F. Spira
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:17 pm
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Jim Lawton wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:38:16 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be people here
who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
Yup - what follows cut? Oh yes, paste!
I nearly got there before you, but here it is again :-
http://lostfrog.org
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Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are 119 in
total if you're wondering.)
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Laura
(emulate St. George for email) |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:06 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Jim Lawton wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:27:35 GMT, Jim Lawton
usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> wrote:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will
be people here who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to
mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
http://lostfrog.org
sorry
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*I* not got you frog... |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:16 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Laura F. Spira wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Lawton wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:38:16 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
wrote:
Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there
will be people here who haven't seen this exotic use of
language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it
to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
Yup - what follows cut? Oh yes, paste!
I nearly got there before you, but here it is again :-
http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are 119
in total if you're wondering.)
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Your kidding! I've only got to #19 (but I'm LOL - well sniggering OL -
at the Green Ribbon Round the ol' Oak Tree).
Thank God, tonight's diversion activity found. Now I can be confident
I won't finish the twenty minutes work I have to do writing a test
papaer till after midnight (it's now 5.10pm).
DC |
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Laura F. Spira
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:29 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Django Cat wrote:
| Quote: | Laura F. Spira wrote:
Jim Lawton wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:38:16 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com
wrote:
Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there
will be people here who haven't seen this exotic use of
language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it
to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
Yup - what follows cut? Oh yes, paste!
I nearly got there before you, but here it is again :-
http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are 119
in total if you're wondering.)
Your kidding!
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Oy!
I've only got to #19 (but I'm LOL - well sniggering OL -
| Quote: | at the Green Ribbon Round the ol' Oak Tree).
Thank God, tonight's diversion activity found. Now I can be confident
I won't finish the twenty minutes work I have to do writing a test
papaer till after midnight (it's now 5.10pm).
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Well, you could always write the test paper now and reward yourself with
the frogs afterwards. That will give you the warm glow of a task
accomplished as well as a giggle.
116 is rather good, too.
It's *almost* as good a diversion as Pete's Pond
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html
(which is offline at the moment, unfortunately, but the highlights are
worth watching)
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Laura
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Maria Conlon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:01 am
Post subject: Re: lost frog |
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Jim Lawton wrote:
| Quote: | Jim Lawton wrote:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there will be
people here who haven't seen this exotic use of language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that brought it to
mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
http://lostfrog.org
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If you'll tell me how to send you an email with an attachment (I'm not
sure if "info" stays in your address or not), I have a good picture for
you.
Maria Conlon
maria.c-b@sbcglobal.net |
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Fred
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:30 am
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"Will" <billrigby@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131535021.591984.152400@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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Weatherlawyer wrote:
Is there a relationship with the number of posts you took to set the
Is there a relationship BETWEEN, not WITH, surely.
Huh?.
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:47 am
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Laura F. Spira wrote:
| Quote: | Django Cat wrote:
Laura F. Spira wrote:
Jim Lawton wrote:
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:38:16 GMT, the Omrud
usenet.omrud@gmail.com
wrote:
Jim Lawton <usenet1@jimlawton.TAKEOUTinfo> spake thusly:
I know it's not Friday, but it suddenly struck me that there
will be people here who haven't seen this exotic use of
language.
Maybe it was the idea of worshipping amphibians that
brought it to mind.
Click on the page to move on to the next page.
Do a few to get the idea.
--
Jim
the Yorkshire polymoth
Either there's something missing or my grasp of Yorkshire has
temporarily left me.
Yup - what follows cut? Oh yes, paste!
I nearly got there before you, but here it is again :-
http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are
119 in total if you're wondering.)
Your kidding!
Oy!
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Ouch. And me writing a grammar paper.
| Quote: | I've only got to #19 (but I'm LOL - well sniggering OL -
at the Green Ribbon Round the ol' Oak Tree).
Thank God, tonight's diversion activity found. Now I can be
confident I won't finish the twenty minutes work I have to do
writing a test papaer till after midnight (it's now 5.10pm).
Well, you could always write the test paper now and reward yourself
with the frogs afterwards. That will give you the warm glow of a task
accomplished as well as a giggle.
116 is rather good, too.
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That's nice. Travelled through Green Frog last week.
I've submitted my own contributions
http://www.bankgatetutors.co.uk/hopkin-ai.JPG
and
http://www.bankgatetutors.co.uk/hopkin-ai2.JPG
wonder if they'll use them?
Offline at the moment, but I'll get back to it.
DC |
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Mark Brader
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:07 am
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| Quote: | http://lostfrog.org
Excellent! Thanks, Jim. I especially liked number 78. (There are 119
in total if you're wondering.)
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120 actually. (index, 2, 3, ..., 119, end).
| Quote: | 116 is rather good, too.
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I liked that one, naturally.
It's an interesting piece of art, I must say. Notice how the first digit
of the phone number comes and goes, and how the bit after 15th Avenue the
address is unclear in the first image and then changes between null, South,
and #9. (Of cities whose grid systems I'm familiar with, I think the only
one that could have that address with South in it is Seattle.)
So let's see, in the spirit of =SDC=, how many of the images contain
identifiable elements? Here's a start:
3. CNN (US cable news channel) anchor
5. Parmalat half-and-half (Canadian milk/cream product)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark, the opening scene
9. Osama Bin Laden
10. Local newspaper from Florida
11. European-style road sign
12. Freeway with left-hand traffic. British?
13. Times Square or thereabouts, New York
14. Tony Blair
19. Casale Jewelers, 306 Court St., Brooklyn (part of New York);
reference to song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"
28. The novel "Lolita"
29. North American style road sign, but in the US or Canada the stripes
on the pavement wouldn't all be white, unless it's an old photo.
"PS" looks like a car country sticker, but there's no such code,
unless it's been assigned in the last few years.
31. US military recruiting poster
32. English soccer fans, I suppose
34. The "face" on Mars
36. Drudge Report
38. Too damn many red states
44. Milk advertisement
45. Can of Spam
46. Wheel of Fortune (US game show)
47. Mount Rushmore (US monument)
50. New York subway station
51. Canadian police notice - I think I've seen that style here in Toronto
52. "for Dummies" book series
53. Apollo XI plaque
55. "Peanuts" (US comic strip)
62. Michael Jackson & son
63. Movie poster, "First Men in the Moon"
68. "Monopoly" (US board game)
70. "Nancy" (US comic strip) in Swedish translation
73. Detroit Pistons (US basketball team) souvenir stand
74. eBay selling toast with religious image on it
75. Book "Who Moved My Cheese?"
76. G.W. Bush
80. Galvani's experiments
81. Some Apollo lunar photo
82. Vodka advertisement
84. "Adventure" (early computer game)
87. 404
89. A very peculiar use of the word "concludes"
92. "Boggle" (word game)
95. Plaque on space probe Pioneer F
96. "Beware of Dog" notice
97. New York subway train, 3 line
99. Freeway interchange, near Denver if the highway numberrs are genuine
100. Snopes web site
101. "Weekly World News" (US supermarket tabloid)
102. Steve Irwin
103. Jerry Springer show (US trash talk show)
104. Gandalf
105. "The Fog" movie poster
106. Harry Truman and the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman"
107. Crop circles
111. Notepad window (Micros--t product)
113. 45 rpm record
116. Section of London Underground map bounded by Embankment, Leicester
Square, Bank, and London Bridge
117. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
118. "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" or related game
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Toronto | view of the ... people who will look at my code next.
msb@vex.net | If I am wrong... so much the better!" -- Henry Spencer
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:23 pm
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Mark Brader filted:
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So let's see, in the spirit of =SDC=, how many of the images contain
identifiable elements? Here's a start:
84. "Adventure" (early computer game)
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I believe it's actually "Zork"..."Adventure" (aka "Colossal Cave") didn't have a
mailbox with your instructions inside....r |
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