Well, we’ve had a lot of suggestions on naming the Frog. And we need to make some progress here, people.
So, I went through and picked out twenty names that either got a lot of support, or just struck me as damn funny.
We’ll whittle these down to 10, and then we’ll have a poll.
Defend your choices.
Names are below the fold (in no particular order):
1. Clarence Frogman Henry
2. Turdblossom
3. Phib
4. Gregor Samsa
5. I.M. Dunfore
6. Jeremiah
7. Prescott
8. Ribbits
9. Kenny Boy
10. Blog Frog
11. Henri Le Frog
12. Rovitt
13. Boomer
14. Phrog
15. Karl
16. Mr. Pickle
17. Jean-Frog Van Damme
18. Freedom Frog
19. Boofrog
20. Darwin
Share some mojo.
Optimistic, happy KB says: “Jeremiah”
Cynical KB says: “I.M. Dunfore”
But since we want the Boo to stand premier among blogs, I.M. Dunfore might throw some bad karma your way.
Darwin’s good. Boomer is good. Heck, I’d be happy with whichever.
Except Phrog. I knew a dog named Phrogg once. Too much congnitive dissonance.
Gee, since I complained about not having a spellcheck on Kos, one would think I’d use the one here.
Cognitive dissonance.
Can I still claim newbie ignorance?
welcome to the site. It’s green…like a frog.
Glad to be here. Thanks for having me š I followed your kos sig and I have to say,
MOST EXCELLENT WORK.
BUt now it’s getting down to the wire and no one wants my proposed name…
I’m torn between Freedom Frog and BooFrog.
I was a big fan of it. That’s why I put it on the list. Frogs eat bugs. Name him after a bug-man, because he is a frog-man. We love the frog even though he represents evil…I get so confused.
That’s why Gregor was good.
And we HAD a dog named Phrog. Are you that guy I saw that day?
Per Frog:
Prescott cracks me up, but may be too “inside baseball”
I like Rovitt 2nd best
Turdblossom’s good too.
There – 2 cents plus change.
Well, I’m not a guy, so probably not š
No defense offered. It strikes me as the best. He looks like a Boomer. Or was that a defense.
The name is Boomer, Frog Boomer. I’ll have a martini, shaken, not stirred.
No. Boomer is a generational thang. I’m a Boomer. Ya know, the crowd of us who are supposedly responsbile for the Current Crisis in Social Security(TM)even tho we’ve been paying ahead since 1983 just especially to cover our own demographic-bulge selves.
How about a compromise? Boofrog. If you say it out loud it’s like someone with a speech impediment who can’t say L’s. Emphasis on *Boo*frog. ‘Cause that’s what it is — Booman’s frog. Boofrog.
Boomer(boo’mer)n. 1. a person or thing that booms
2. a person who settles in areas or
towns that are booming
Sounds pretty good to me.
Boofrog…new favorite.
A tip o’ the bald spot to a fellow boomer.
It’s optimistic, pessimistic, earnest, snarky, and alliterative all in the same two words!
Give it up for Freedom Frog!!
That one’s good, and I’m torn now between the alliterative in-your-face Freedom Frog, and the rhyming, more general Blog Frog. I guess I’m just a sucker for literary devices. But I think you convinced me.. Freedom Frog fits the personality of this site very well
PS – why doesn’t the spellcheck recognize the word blog?
PPS – It doesn’t recognize the word “spellcheck” either!
gets my vote. I’m taking the looooooonnnnnngggg view.
Congratulations on your wonderful site.
BooMan23 was my first hotlisted diarist at dKos!
Yes. It fits with the concept of frog-marching. Boo. Boo. And it fits even better with “Boo, Bush, Boo.”
We cannot and must not give short shrift to the ancient art of boo-ing.
Mine too.
I wish I was around earlier. The first time I seen the eyes and tie I immediately thought Rodney – No respect I tell ya.
I am in the Boofrog camp. Freedom Frog is tempting, but the freedom jokes are wearing thinner with time.
If I had gotten in on the nominations, I would have suggested Prince.
I like Jean-Frog van damme, because it conjures up kickboxing and being ready to fight and all that (although the frog itself more resembles Don Knotts, I’m afraid).
‘Cuz we wanna see Mr. Rove FROG-MARCHED to court!
I didn’t get my userid in time to suggest my own personal choice: Froggy McFrogfrog.
I’m with you. Rovitt is the name.
Could also go with Turdblossom (Toadblossom?).
that’s my vote right there.
Toadblossom! It’s perfect!
Well, I’m glad you liked the suggestion, but – but where are my votes?
Get your red-hot votes here!
A rash of fours for Toadblossom. He must say “rovitt”, right?
Toadblossom? Toadblossom!
Simple!
Eloquent!
Punny!
So what’s not to like …
Toadblossom is perfect. This ties in references to evil Karl plus Dubya’s penchant for giving out noxious nicknames which leads to Kenny Boy, etc. Toadblossom is shorthand for the Bush Regimes’s Criminal Corp.
If I could figure out how to get the rating thing to work, Toadblossom would get a 4 from me.
but if you want him to imply frog-marching, then:
March (the Phrog)?
Jeremiah T. Boofrog (T stands for The)?
Freakin’ Freedom Frog? Are those drops of sweat (or tears of fear) above his eyes?
I like Darwin, but I don’t think I like the idea of Darwin being marched away in shackles..
stands for Wuzza
I like that.
Too many good ones to choose from! I was originally for Karl, but Toadblossom, Freedom Frog, Jeremy Irons–it’s all good.
I should have pointed it.
Gregor Samsa is, IIRC, the man in Kafka’s Metamorphosis who wakes up one day as a bug.
I always preferred Penal Colony myself.
I suddenly recall reading that one on some high school trip. It’s brutal.
Also, you should name the frog.. Frog Blitzer.
Metamorphosis is probably the only English Lit book I hated!
It should be “Karl.” It just makes sense to call the frog Karl, since that’s where the whole I dea for a handcuffed frog came from in the first place!
The frog is handcuffed. The frog is the one being frog-marched out of DC. Man, I need more rest. My poor little sac of grey matter is fried.
Okay. Then I would vote for Rovitt or Karl, since he needs to be frog-marched out. Then again, I’d like to see a more all-inclusive name. AFAIC, Joe Lieberman and others should be frog-marched out as well. Thinking out loud here…
I agree with the sentiment above about Boomer denoting those of us in that age category, so I wouldn’t vote for that one. (Yes, I’m old).
Hmmm…more thinking required…
How about Benedict? As in Benedict Arnold? As in traitor? Is it too late to add to the list?
A first, Phib.
And a last. Rovitt.
The first does double duty. Anphibious, and sounds like liar.
Rovitt. The sound that hateful asshole will make as he is being marched out of Washington in shackles.
Phib Rovitt. Nickname, PR.
Hard to beat that. At least top ten.
Phib Rovitt – “PR”
Boofrog
Kenny Boy
I still like Halle B. Frog
What sort of adventures do we have in mind for the frog, Boo Man?
graphic artists and sick fucks.
The ponds the limit.
maybe his name should be Scum
They can live for up to two weeks without a cerebrum in a fridge.
I know because…uh, well I just do.
The song is cool and all, but it turns out Frogman is a pal of Rush. Limbaugh apparently has a segment on his show where he “covers” homeless issues and he uses this song as an intro. Good job Rush, make fun of the homeless.
Anyway, the song led to renewed interest in Frogman’s career. I also found out Frogman needed an operation some years ago and Rush reportedly put up the cash for it. I couldn’t find anything describing Frogman’s political beliefs but I found enough to make me uncomfortable promoting Clarence as the frog name. My own knowledge of the song came from my fondness for the music of The Band. They covered the song years ago.
but we’re dealing with some cognitive dissonance here. On the one hand the frog is cute, and our mascot. But on the other, he is clearly a treacherous traitor fully deserving of his fate.
So we could go either way here.
I struggled with that. How ’bout we keep him in, but now everyone is forewarned that there is this Rush connection?
1st choice: Rovitt
2nd choice: Boomer
but secretly, in my own mind, he’ll always be “I. M. Dunfore” to me.
The names are all great, and I think Jean-Frog Van Damme is tough to beat for cool.
But wouldn’t it be appropriate to name the site mascot after the grandaddy of AllThatMustBeFrogmarched?
None of the names associated with Bushco or Rove. It’s bad enough to read about them all the time. When they are gone — please whatever god you choose, soon! — I don’t want to be reminded of them ever again. Unless it’s the annual news story saying that they are still in prison, like Charles Manson.
Jeremiah, for the happy song and the biblical allusion.
Blog Frog is good, too.
And Boofrog — although I’d spell it Boo Frog, two words.
Being an oldie here my choices are
1 – Jeremiah ‘cuz the song still makes me want to get up and dance!
2 – Freedom Frog – it just sounds good and we get to take the word freedom back!
that only sang when no one was looking? I feel that way about this site – no one comments while I’m here but turn my back for an hour or so and there’s stuff to read.
“Hello my honey, hello my darling, hello my ragtime gal…”
or maybe you remember the Loony Toons frog. Need to remember to finish that first cup of coffee before posting.
I think, as the best cartoon ever.
I’m a big fan. That frog’s name was Michigan J. Frog, BTW.
for pete’s sake.
but did anyone suggest Phileas Frogg? Phil for short.
Great Leap Forward ?
First off I like the sound of Boofrog, Freedom Frog, Jean Frog Van Damne and Darwin. Can’t narrow it down any more than that right now.
As for backwards well thats because while I know most people see the frog in handcuffs and as the criminal when I saw him my first thought was that he represented us. Either the american people being frog marched out of many of our freedoms by bush/co or he represented us,the more liberal lefty bloggers under attack by rightwingers and republicans.
In other words to me he’s not the bad guy. Which is also why I still really like the name Darwin as first name anyway. Meaning the name Darwin just pisses off the whacko’s and also Darwin could mean the evolution of blogs/ your site/evolution of country and so on.