:shocked: Why Signal The Frog?! :shocked:

[Wendigo7]

Now I mean no disrespect to Signal the Frog, and I don't mean step on any toes (or webbed feet), But why a Frog?

 

I mean is a frog a great tracker?

 

Is it the frogs have a great natural ability to sense direction?

 

Or are they sure footed and steady going?

 

When I think of a frog, I think of slimy, wet, slick, jumpy, and quick. Now accept for maybe quick, as a new geocacher, the other description don't describe me or my other geocaching friends.

 

Now I'm not suggesting we replace good old signal, but why not give him a partner or sidekick?

 

Like maybe a wolf, a bloodhound, an eagle, an owl, or even a big radar eared bat?

 

Something that represents more of what we do and how we do it.

 

I realize this will probably never "fly", but I thought it might be cool to see some proposed ideas from some others out there. So let's see and hear some other ideas.

 

Respond to this topic with your art ideas for a Signal side-kick...

 

(Cheer up Signal, you may gain a new friend.)

 

 

Wendigo7

[+Lil Devil]

http://www.geocaching.com/signal/

[+Mopar]

http://www.geocaching.com/signal/

Yea, yea, yea. That's the story Jeremy WANTS us to believe.

 

The REAL story can be found here.

[+BlueDeuce]

When I think of a frog, I think of slimy, wet, slick, jumpy, and quick. Now accept for maybe quick, as a new geocacher, the other description don't describe me or my other geocaching friends.

Wanna bet? Try picking a few less cityfied caches and you will be posting suggestions about local diners that allow mud-covered cachers.

[+GIDEON-X]

and they taste like "Chicken"..............................

[+Moose Mob]

<snip>

When I think of a frog, I think of slimy, wet, slick, jumpy, and quick.<snip>

I think I dated the person you are confusing Signal with.

Edited November 11, 2005 by Moose Mob

[+dkwolf]

http://www.geocaching.com/signal/

Yea, yea, yea. That's the story Jeremy WANTS us to believe.

 

The REAL story can be found here.

Okay, so I really need to read TC more often...that was great!

[+DavidMac]

Signal has an antenna on his head.

(emphasis mine)

 

And the whole time, I thought Signal was a female!

[salmoned]

... and what happens every time you near a difficult cache way out in the boondocks? It croaks!

[+Colorado Cacher]

Leave the frog alone and the people that love the frog will leave you alone. Kapeesh?

[+sept1c_tank]

And the whole time, I thought Signal was a female!

Signal is a girl.

It's well documented.

Besides, when's the last time

you saw a boy frog posed like this:

[+Mearth]

I'm all for Signal. I would also enjoy a supporting cast. Maybe a group of geocaching wunderfauna who Signal can call on for specific superpowers needed for different caches/weather/terrain/CITO needs. Or maybe a character batch would be more fun...the Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam type of guest stars? Hmmmm.

[Directional]

lol. Oh dear lord. I dunno if I could take a full cast of characters.

 

Well, I would just like to thank all of you for this thread. I remain enlightened. I have to admit, before simply thought, "Eh, whatever... it's a freakin' frog with an antennae. Whatever floats their boat." But now that I've read the official signal page, I think she's cool.

 

I love the drawing with signal walking with an orange scarf on. It's great from a design standpoint: Simple and full of joy.

[+The Leprechauns]

Sometimes Signal gets special urges. Feelings that make him want to search in alternative directions. Fuzzy, furry feelings.

 

Sometimes Signal uses a Magellan.

[+dkwolf]

Sometimes Signal gets special urges. Feelings that make him want to search in alternative directions. Fuzzy, furry feelings.

 

Sometimes Signal uses a Magellan.

when you have a pulled muscle in your back, laughing really hurts.....

 

dang you.

[+sept1c_tank]

Sometimes Signal gets special urges.  Feelings that make him want...

It's a little girl frog...

Not a him.

Look at her.

OK, there may be some little boy frogs who carry purses,

but look at the perfect posture;

do you know any boy frogs that sit up straight,

with their knees together?

 

 

[+DavidMac]

....OK, there may be some little boy frogs who carry purses....

It's European!!!

Edited November 11, 2005 by DavidMac

[Team Firebird]

Signal needs a pet.

[+BlueDeuce]

Signal needs a pet.

like a cute little lady bug?

 

Signal needs kids! you know, a couple hundred tadpoles.

Edited November 11, 2005 by BlueDeuce

[+HugoBear]

How about a blue 'devil-duck'...

[+Wander Lost]

Signal needs kids! you know, a couple hundred tadpoles.

Like this:

 

 

I like signal myself, frogs are cool!!

[+mtn-man]

Signal's dad when a date comes to pick her up...

Don't you hate it when your folks embarrass you?

 

[+Jhwk]

I think the bottom line is the last paragraph...

 

Frogs are cool.

 

Happy Veterans Day! From one old vet to all the others out there. Thank you.

[+BlueDeuce]

How about a blue 'devil-duck'...

Nah, the blue devil duckie would be the bad cacher who always tries to get Signal to cheat the system, place caches in dangerous locations, log his own cache, real naughty stuff like that.

 

Kind of a Goofus and Gallant thing. (hmmm, people sometimes do call me Drufus)

 

Drufus and Signal.

Edited November 11, 2005 by BlueDeuce

[Jeremy]

Signal does have an annoying sidekick, Static. Static is a fly that runs around going Zzt! in the office. It is particularly annoying around the time we release a new site enhancement.

 

Signal is a dude, dude.

[+sept1c_tank]

...Signal is a dude, dude. 

OK. Prove it!

[+Clothahump]

http://www.geocaching.com/signal/

Yea, yea, yea. That's the story Jeremy WANTS us to believe.

 

The REAL story can be found here.

SPLORT!!!!

 

Now I gotta clean Diet Coke off my keyboard!

[koz]

And the whole time, I thought Signal was a female!

Signal is a girl.

It's well documented.

Besides, when's the last time

you saw a boy frog posed like this:

...could be gay....

[+OzGuff]

And the whole time, I thought Signal was a female!

Signal is a girl.

It's well documented.

Besides, when's the last time

you saw a boy frog posed like this:

...could be gay....

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

[+zoltig]

Has anybody licked Signal to see if they get a "buzz"?

Edited November 12, 2005 by zoltig

[TCE]

I think a "Signal the Frog" comic strip would be cool!

[+El Diablo]

 

Signal is a dude, dude.

Now that just breaks my heart.

 

El Diablo

[+Lizooki]

I just read the REAL truth behind Signal.

 

You people reallllllly be sick!

 

I like ya'll!

 

Matt

[+Sevateem]

Frogs are amphibian. And amphibian's can change sex if need be. So depending on the time of month (or what ever) , Signal is what ever sex It needs to be. Watch "Jurassic Park" to get the real facts.

[+Team Red Oak]

I always thought signal looked like a boy. But I stopped playing with frogs a long time ago. Everytime I pick one up it seems to pee on my hand. Who needs froggy pee!

[Dupiedoo]

If you like signal the frog, or frogs in general, go to the travel bug forum and check out "Frogs being T-O-A-D (back to the beginning)" You might enjoy this. There is also a second one called "Frogs being t-o-a-d (How it was done)"

[+Airmapper]

I found signals stat bar, guess what, no finds, no hides.

[+The Leprechauns]

I found signals stat bar, guess what, no finds, no hides.

The tough-as-nails Washington cache reviewer determined that Signal's "maintainable distance" for a cache placement was a hop, a skip and a jump. When a cache one mile from his lily pad was archived on this basis, Signal lost interest in hiding and finding caches, preferring instead to focus on his mascot and CITO roles, and spending his lucrative merchandise royalty checks on tins of imported gourmet flies.

[PCFrog]

What's wrong with a Frog?

[+Airmapper]

which is why Signal has an antenna on his head. Yeah, he's a bit of a cyborg but he doesn't mind.

 

Signals a Borg!!! (He also not a boy or girl but an IT. )

 

You will be assimilated, resistance is futile!! Why do ya think we're all addicted to Geocaching.

[Dupiedoo]

Hey! Guess Who I am??

Edited November 22, 2005 by Dupiedoo

[+Coffea robusta]

Hey a comic strip would be awesome. "The Adventures of Signal and Static!"

 

Ummmm......well I may be an idiot but I just realized that these little green smilies....

 

are frogs with an antenna on top. Doh! And this whole time I thought they were turtles.

 

Edited spelling.

Edited November 23, 2005 by Coffea robusta

[Clan Riffster]

Why Signal The Frog?

Cuz Signal the Llama was already taken?