Sunday, August 17, 2008

What's in a Name?

I've been thinking it's time to give our frog a name. It doesn't feel right just calling this interesting creature "the frog" when we can do better. The problem here is I don't know if our frog is a girl or boy. Now I've pondered this for some time. A name is very important. Once given a name the frogs personality will be forever changed... at least in our eyes.

Think about it. If I named the frog "Greenie" as soon as you hear the name you get an image in your mind what the green guy looks like. Now if I named it "Jaws" you would get a picture in your mind right away but it would be different than the "Greenie" image. So this is an important exercise.

I'm thinking the name should be asexual. That is to say, a name that might fit a male as well as a female.

I've decided to name him or her as the case may be, Joe E. Brown. Joe for short of course. Joe E. Brown was a comedian of long ago. He was born in 1892. Joined the circus at the tender age of 10. Got into vaudeville and then started making movies in the late 1920's for Warner Brothers. I remember him from when I was a kid. He had the biggest mouth of anyone I've ever seen, even to this day. Of course the mouth is why I'm burdening the frog, Joe, with Joe E. Browns moniker.

A big mouth is what Joe needs in order to take down one of those mourning doves. I'll tell you about Joe's valiant effort to get the dove in my next post.

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