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Picture of the Week – Crazy Human Frog

Crazy Frog, Ottawa, October 2011

Just glance at the picture. Sure, nothing special, just a regular road in suburbia. Cars, lights, advertising on the side… and a frog dancing and waving on the traffic island.

A what?

Yes, a frog.

Oh, don’t you have men dressed as frogs dancing in the middle of traffic in your country? Aw, that sucks, sorry about that. You must live in a boring place.

I spotted this dancing frog on Merivale Road last Saturday. Apparently, he—not being sexist here but I have the feeling it was a he—was advertising the Halloween costumes stores nearby. It doesn’t explain how and why it symbolizes Halloween though.

On a side note, this is apparently a common way of getting people’s attention in Ottawa. A few months ago, a giant turtle was promoting a hotel on Carling Road…

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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.

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