This day has been set aside to commemorate Mark Twain’s short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. So, I found the short story and I read it. A little bit odd, but pretty entertaining. I mean, you gotta feel pretty good about a story that includes a reverend, a dog fight won by a two legged dog, the dog he killed named Andrew Jackson, and a frog jumping contest won by the frog that didn’t get stuffed full of quail shot. Not a bad story at all.
I also decided that I should celebrate in at least one other way. The name of the holiday is fairly ambiguous and therefore allows for the day to be celebrated by frogs that are jumping or by people who jump over frogs. It’s a very similar situation to the phrase “one eyed one horn flying purple people eaters.” I mean, is the song about a monocle-wearing unicorn monster with wings of a purplish hue that eats people? Or is the song about a monster that eats flying purple people with a cyclops beneath their horn? Anyhow, since I don’t have a frog to make jump, I decided to jump over a frog.
And that’s how I celebrated Frog Jumping Day.
Looks like you were filled with quail shot…