The Frog

This (pick favorite nationality) scientist is running an

experiment with a frog. With the frog on the table, the scientist

slaps his palm on the table and yells, "Jump!!"

Needless to say the frogs nearly jumps out of it's skin as

it easily transverses a distance of about ten feet. The scientist

dutifully writes this down, then picks up the frog. He straps the

frog down and proceeds to cut one of the frogs front legs off with

a scalpel.

He then sets the frog down, and slaps the table as he yells

"Jump!!" Again the frog manages a very respectable jump of nearly

8 feet. (Probably for no other reason than to get away from the

crazy scientist). The scientist records the data on his chart and

again retrieves the frog. This time the scientist removes the other

front leg.

He sets the frog down and repeats the process. The frog

finally manages a feeble jump on the second try. The data is written

down and the process repeated until the frog has no legs.

This time the scientist sets the frog down and yells, "JUMP!!"

The frog doesn't move a muscle. "JUMP!!!" he yells, again the frog

is not going anywhere. "JUUUMMMMPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yells as he

himself is jumping up and down and slapping the table. The frog will

not move. The scientist records in his paperwork, "When all of Frogs

legs are removed, it is noted that the Frog goes deaf!"