3 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Don't project yourself onto others.

You do all the time as your above post proves!

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Don't project yourself onto others.

You’ve managed the rare feat of a site reputation score that goes further negative with every post, an astounding mathematical achievement that consistently proves you’d be better off saying nothing at all.

I haven't actually done this 'experiment' myself but there is lots reports that the frog wont jump out of the pot....over all I think its probably true but maybe its just another conspiracy theory ?

2 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

You’ve managed the rare feat of a site reputation score that goes further negative with every post, an astounding mathematical achievement that consistently proves you’d be better off saying nothing at all.

And it has done it under so many AN ID's that I have lost count, I think it has had at least nine!

The last one was @Harrisfan and they collectively go back many years.

Ah the peace and serenity. Two childish trolls on ignore

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10 minutes ago, johng said:

I haven't actually done this 'experiment' myself but there is lots reports that the frog wont jump out of the pot....over all I think its probably true but maybe its just another conspiracy theory ?

Not many people catch their own frogs so it is hard to conduct an experiment.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Ah the peace and serenity. Two childish trolls on ignore

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If you are trying(?) to ignore me then when go and search and post meaningless stats about your ignorant searches?

41 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

Says the kindergarten level troll.

Would it be eligible/acceptable to enter kindegarten without a permanent Nanny to change its Nappy/Diaper!?

you guys sound like a bunch of anti frogites !!

38 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

And it has done it under so many AN ID's that I have lost count, I think it has had at least nine!

The last one was @Harrisfan and they collectively go back many years.

Khaosokman followed Harrisfan, also way in the negative. Same rapid fire googled answer style. Often frenetic. Hard to miss his posts no matter what the incarnation.

5 hours ago, connda said:

We've all heard that if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and slowly boil the water, the frog will not attempt to escape and will boil to death. Of course, it has to be true, right?

True or False? Why?

I tried it. I put a lid on the pot. I can confirm that the frog did not escape. Not sure whether it attempted to though.....

3 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

Of course.

The best way to test this hypothesis is to put frogs in a pot.

Add cold water.

Close the lid.

Turn up the heat to boiling.

But, why would anyone do such a thing?

I don't like boiled frog.

Years ago, I had frogs legs at a buffet in Collegeville, PA.

I think they were broiled.

All you could eat for a reasonable price.

Where they came from, I have no idea.

For some reason, I do not find frogs legs appealing:

I am a leg man, I guess, but I prefer the legs of Asian women, compared to any other organism's.

That looks like the bottom half of the of a member of the chippendales.

2 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

And it has done it under so many AN ID's that I have lost count, I think it has had at least nine!

The last one was @Harrisfan and they collectively go back many years.

After years of dedicated research, I’ve compiled the definitive guide to frogs, the most misunderstood creature in the animal kingdom.

First rule: Dolf your assumptions at the door. You think you know frogs. You do not know frogs.

Second rule: Never claim a frog won’t jump out of hot water unless you’ve actually tried it. I once bet a bloke named Bignok fifty baht on this very experiment and we don’t talk about what happened next.

Now, the tree frogs up around Uttradit province are something else entirely, luminous green, completely unbothered by everything, deeply enlightened animals.

My friend Susanlea once rescued a frog from a pot of tom yum before the chef noticed, an incident witnessed by the legendary Harrisfan of the Chiang Mai Amphibian Appreciation Society.

The rice paddies around Maesariang near the Myanmar border are apparently prime habitat, according to Khaosokman, who I suspect has never been within 200km of the area but posts with great authority regardless.

One Sparktrader I know insists frogs are the ultimate barometer of environmental health. More frogs, better ecosystem. He’s not wrong.

And the boiling frog myth? False, obviously. Even Rockyroad knows that one.

Just now, Alpha84 said:

And the boiling frog myth? False, obviously. Even Rockyroad knows that one.

What a great post apart from the last line!

Rockyroad does NOT know that one as it knows nothing about anything it comments on.

PS; I can say this in private now as it claims says it has me on ignore. 🤣

18 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

What a great post apart from the last line!

Rockyroad does NOT know that one as it knows nothing about anything it comments on.

PS; I can say this in private now as it claims says it has me on ignore. 🤣

He jumps onto my first post in this topic out of nowhere to troll me, even though it had nothing to do with him, then turns around and says I’m on his ignore list. If that isn’t the definition of completely losing the plot, I’m not sure what is.

20 hours ago, johng said:

The slow boiling of the frogs is also used when talking about the slow ...

reference the recent Covidiocy.

Ah Yes, all those idiots who refused the COVID-19 vaccines! If you want a laugh, Google 'antivaxers who died of COVID' ...

18 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Not many people catch their own frogs so it is hard to conduct an experiment.

In Thailand, many people in every village go frog, and cricket hunting, at night, my girlfriends and her family included. her brother also is a daily rat chaser. Anything that moves here is fair game, and the Thai's know it.

I recall my Issan (soon to be) mother-in-law leaning across to me as I sat on the ground and struggled to eat the thighs of a large frog and whispered "the crunchy head is the best bit...". Such a wicked woman - bless her! The crunchy head was not tasty!!

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

In Thailand, many people in every village go frog, and cricket hunting, at night, my girlfriends and her family included. her brother also is a daily rat chaser. Anything that moves here is fair game, and the Thai's know it.

You went to every village and counted them? Hard to do

4 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You went to every village and counted them? Hard to do

Yes, I've been to 2,347 villages and talked to the frog hunters personally.

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Yes, I've been to 2,347 villages and talked to the frog hunters personally.

I'm sure you did.

1 minute ago, Rockyroad said:

I'm sure you did.

Yes, they asked where you were. They said Rockyroad has only been to 100 cities so should get out more.

Yes, that's true - IMO. It's also true for people being boiled to death. It's just a story used to verify the point that if things that affect your senses change slowly, you, and all living beings with senses, won't notice the change.

On 4/22/2026 at 2:07 PM, connda said:

We've all heard that if you put a frog in a pot of cool water and slowly boil the water, the frog will not attempt to escape and will boil to death. Of course, it has to be true, right?

True or False? Why?

Sorry to spoil the fun but it's not true. The “boiling frog” story is a myth.

If you put a frog into gradually heated water, it does not just sit there until it dies. Real frogs have functioning thermoregulation and survival instincts:

• As the water warms to uncomfortable levels, they become agitated and try to escape.

• Given the ability to move, they will jump out well before lethal temperatures are reached.

The origin of the myth is a mix of misinterpreted (and often ethically dubious) 19th-century experiments and later exaggeration. In some cases, frogs didn’t escape—but that was typically because they were impaired (e.g., had their brains damaged) or physically prevented from leaving. Under normal conditions, a healthy frog won’t passively cook.

On 4/23/2026 at 1:11 PM, simon43 said:

Ah Yes, all those idiots who refused the COVID-19 vaccines! If you want a laugh, Google 'antivaxers who died of COVID' ...

If you want a bigger 'laugh' Google for those who are vaccine injured with no support or died suddenly and the huge rise of aggressive cancer in young people ,the return of cancer in those who thought they had beaten it..truly hysterical..not !

How about the very recent Elon Musk 'revelation' ?

24 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

Given the ability to move, they will jump out well before lethal temperatures are reached.

Have you tried that experiment yourself ? I haven't..just seems a bit cruel to me.

On 4/22/2026 at 4:37 PM, blaze master said:

Shoot i don't need cold water to make it look little.

18 minutes ago, howlee101 said:

We ran out of hot water this morning....I swear.

I am not proud of this but when I was a kid I tested this out personally on a few frogs..

And the boing frog saying is absolutely true...

Frogs dont seem to notice a slow rise in temperature and they will not try to escape as the water heats up....

3 hours ago, johng said:

Have you tried that experiment yourself ? I haven't..just seems a bit cruel to me.

Certainly not. I discovered the answer (academically) many years ago.