Snog a frog

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A wizard shows you a box of frogs and tells you that one is really a prince (or princess, if you prefer) awaiting the kiss that will restore them to their true form. For the sake of argument you believe them. But how many frogs will you kiss to save the prince?

[Poll #978543]

Comments

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

Hmm, if the frogs don't know they are really humans then I see no harm in them remaining frogs. If they are aware of their humanity then I should be able to make a sign they'll understand.

So I'll separate out the humans as frogs from the plain frogs and avoid any unnecessary batrachian snogging.

[armb.livejournal.com]

> if the frogs don't know they are really humans then I see no harm in them remaining frogs

So it's okay to turn people into frogs so long as you wipe their mind when you do it? What about the king and queen who (presumably) are missing their child?

As for numbers, are we talking a quick peck on the cheek or a full blown snog? If the latter, just how prone to giving huge financial rewards do we expect a restored prince/princess (and/or their relieved parents) to be?

Also: http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1477

[aardvark179.livejournal.com]

Good point about the parents, I was rather thinking about it from the frogs point of view. Averagely content frog vs. incredible social embarrassment inflicted on innocent princess—I mean that story about having been to finishing school in Switzerland probably isn't going to hold up under any real scrutiny, and there's nothing like eating flies for five years for excluding you from the garden party set.

I wouldn't expect the restored frogs to have any money, that will probably have been stolen and thoroughly laundered by whoever turned them into (or paid to have them turned into) the frog in the first place. Kiss them out of kindness, but don't expect to get any pecuniary reward.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

But this is the sort of argument that leads to spending lives in drug hazes. It'd be like waking them up from a coma or something, wouldn't it, which must be good, mustn't it?