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Sausages, frogs, bras and kindness
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^ | 6-13-13 | Jim Stingl

Posted on 06/14/2013 8:48:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

The research for today's catch-all column required a number of phone calls and emails. So I assume the National Security Agency already knows what the article will say.

For the rest of you non-snoops, read on.

Frog has legs: What's with Cedarburg and people's inability there to keep their hands off oversized mascots? First, the Famous Racing Italian Sausage was abducted and forced to go on a pub crawl. Now, we find out that someone swiped itsa frog (that is its apostrophe-challenged and lower-case name, itsa frog) from the bench in front of Partnership Bank.

Before you send out an amphibious search team, you should know that itsa was found glued to the roof of Cedarburg High School over the weekend. No word yet if the frog-nappers are in hot water.

The copper frog is a popular photo op like the bronze Fonz, and something of a mascot for the bank. An insurance adjuster is assessing the damage to the sculpture, said the bank's marketing officer, Jeanne Mueller.

"We will be having someone restore his bottom end — his butt bolt was ripped out along with a patch of copper skin. He will be returned to his pad, also known as his bench," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at jsonline.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: cedarburg; frog; mascots; sausages
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Damages to itsa Frog's underside. itsa didn't like being glued to the roof of the high school.

itsa Frog in happier days.

1 posted on 06/14/2013 8:48:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

I am happy to report that itsa has been returned to his bench, as of this afternoon. And there was somebody sitting beside him too.

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


2 posted on 06/14/2013 8:50:46 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

It’s not easy being green.


3 posted on 06/14/2013 8:52:38 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: 21twelve

Last Sunday his empty bench was surrounded by crime scene tape.


4 posted on 06/14/2013 8:54:28 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: 21twelve

Was there a “God hates Frogs” note left at the scene?

Could be a hate crime.


5 posted on 06/14/2013 9:07:51 PM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Pictures in thread.

"We will be having someone restore his bottom end — his butt bolt was ripped out..."

6 posted on 06/15/2013 9:34:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: TArcher

7 posted on 06/15/2013 9:35:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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