From Yahoo News:
Flood of frogs shuts down major Greek highway
THESSALONIKI, Greece – Greek officials say a horde of frogs has forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours.
Thessaloniki traffic police chief Giorgos Thanoglou says "millions" of the amphibians covered the tarmac Wednesday near the town of Langadas, some 12 miles east of Thessaloniki.
"There was a carpet of frogs," he said.
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Too. Many. Jokes.
Anyway, for those of you keeping track at home, here's the score so far.
Plague of Frogs?
Exodus 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs;
Exodus 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:
Check.
Plague of Hail?
Exodus 9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
Check.
Water turned to Blood?
Exodus 7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers... and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood;
Check.
Sigh.
Meanwhile, BP has hinted that if "TOP HAT" and "TOP KILL" should both fail, they can can still fall back on what they refer to as an "All-purpose, emergency contingency 'Plan C'" that combines elements of both:
5 comments:
....ahh you cant beat bronze age goat herders for very...very inclusive prose.
Exodus 8:3 "And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:"
...and behind thy water heater, an up in thine crawl space, and next to thine dining room table, and up against thy mantle, and under thine fridge, and up side thy plasma screen.....
yea and verily....
I remember watching Top Cat after school in '67 (?) instead of doing homework. Little did I know it would lead to a plague of frogs.
Holy carp! That hailstorm was unbelievable. Some of those must have been damned near baseball-sized.
Get caught in the out-of-doors by something like that, and you're liable to acquire the nickname "Lumpy" ...
We had an exact hailstorm recently that put holes in windows, holes in shutters, holes in rooftops. Luckily, I live in a brick house.
It was unbelievable. I thought I was in a disaster movie.
oops....dont look now but...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-05-25-grasshoppers_N.htm
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