People ask us all the time, 'Do you have frog legs?'
And we always answered, 'No, we just walk that way.'
Well, no more. Not since Gil entered our lives. Gil's the company pet. Wendy got her from from the Grow-a-Frog company. The frog growing kit had been sitting in my garage for about 10 years and it was an easy last-minute idea for our secret santa gift exchange here at Plaxo. I was a little embarrassed, thinking people might not like it, or that maybe the company had gone out of business. But Wendy sent in the paperwork and got herself a mail order frog.
Naming her was a group project. The suggestions? Red. Ole Blue Eyes. Spermatazoa--Zoe for short. And Pierre--you know, because she's French. Wendy suggested Gil and it just fit.
Gil has brought much joy to the Quality Assurance department at Plaxo. We've watched as she's transformed from a small pollywog to a kidney-bean-sized amphibian. Over the days we've watched her grow legs (first back, then front) and lose her tail. Gil's a happy frog. (Why? She eats whatever bugs her.) Gil's always telling us frog jokes like that. Here's our favorite:
A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, 'If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess.' He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.
The frog spoke up again and said, 'If you kiss me and turn me back in to a beautiful princess, I will tell everyone how smart and brave you are and how you are my hero.' The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to his pocket.
The frog spoke up again and said, 'If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for an entire week.' The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to his pocket.
The frog then cried out, 'If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want.' Again the man took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, 'What's the matter? I told you I'm a beautiful princess and that I'll stay with you for a year and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?'
The man said, 'Look, I'm a programmer. I don't have time for a girlfriend. But a talking frog? Now, that's cool!'
I guess you had to be there.
-- Michael Rowley
Creative Director, Plaxo
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I do not have frog legs! But do you know anybody that does have frog legs like swimming or something i used to have a friend that did but she died a couple years ago when she was 13 years old and i didn't even get to see her because she moved before i could say anything.
Stick to making a cool address book. That "joke" really sucked. Tough to even call it a joke.