frog strangler

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 24, 2005, at 9:48 PM, James C Stalker wrote:

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> This had to be a toad strangler.  Frogs live in water.  Toads
> don't.  Actually, I've always heard toad strangler.
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> Jim

I agree, Jim.

-Wilson

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> Mark A. Mandel writes:
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>> From another list that I'm on:
>>>>>>>
>> PS We just went through a frog strangler of a storm, according the US
>> Weather service, it dumped nearly 3 inches of rain in the past two
>> hours! And it's still raining! Yikes, my dirt road will be a disaster!
>>  <<<<<
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>> -- Mark A. Mandel
>> [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
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> James C. Stalker
> Department of English
> Michigan State University
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