Ye History of Ye Throwing of Ye Olde Pun-Frog

[eredien]

Wow. It's really scary what one finds on the internet. I just found the origin of the Bryn Mawr tradition of lobbing frogs at people who make bad jokes, and it's even older (and odder) than I would have thought at first glance.

And it's in the wierdest place. The FAQ for the newsgroup of author David Weber, who I had never heard of before this.

Go to section 14, 'Frogs and Buzzards and Tortoises, Oh My!'

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[trifles.livejournal.com]

And for weird future reference...

David Weber writes the Honor Harrington series (Baen Books) -- very popular militaristic space opera. He's also done other stuff, and worked with other people (like Eric Flint, on the alternate history/time-travel stories 1632 and 1633).

Sorry. Will go hide now...

Hello.

[eredien]

Hi. Thanks for the information. I figured out Baen published his stuff from the FAQ, but didn't quite know what it was that they were publishing.

I've seen you on my friends list and wondered who, exactly, you were....so it's nice to see you make an appearance.