{"id":1730,"date":"2009-04-27T08:47:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2009-06-10T11:32:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T15:32:01","slug":"rope-the-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"Rope the Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the frog formerly known as &#8220;Frank&#8221;. At least that was his name last weekend, when we were up north, visiting. &#8220;Frank&#8221; was in the Easter basket we gave Mark &amp; Anna, and as soon as Mark took him out of the basket, he told us that the frog&#8217;s name was &#8220;Frank&#8221;. At some point during the week though, the frog&#8217;s name got changed to &#8220;Rope&#8221;. &#8220;Rope the Frog&#8221; to be exact. [the abrupt changing of toy&#8217;s name is not an uncommon event in Mark&#8217;s world &#8211; I hope he gets over it by the time he&#8217;s an adult with kids of his own &#8211; could get confusing]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" title=\"r1\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r1.jpg\" alt=\"r1\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Anyway &#8211; as you can see, &#8220;Rope the Frog&#8221; is a fine companion, chummy and a good listener, for those times when one needs that in a friend.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1733\" title=\"r2\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r2.jpg\" alt=\"r2\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r2-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>But Rope the Frog has a little <strong>problem<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWhen Mark got up from his nap the other day, he told us about it.<br \/>\nMark: Rope is kind of bad.<br \/>\nNearby Adult: Really? Why do you say that?<br \/>\nMark: He likes potty talk.<br \/>\nNearby Adult: Your frog likes potty talk?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1736\" title=\"r3\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r3.jpg\" alt=\"r3\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r3-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Mark: Yes. He says <strong><em>fart<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nNearby Adult: Does he now?<br \/>\nMark: Yes. I told him not to say it but he does it anyway.<br \/>\nNearby Adult: Hmmmmmmm.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" title=\"r4\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r4.jpg\" alt=\"r4\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/r4-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>You would certainly never know it too look at him &#8211; he seems so polite.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1741\" title=\"ra\" src=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ra.jpg\" alt=\"ra\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ra.jpg 600w, http:\/\/dlynz.com\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ra-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the frog formerly known as &#8220;Frank&#8221;. 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