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RicodJour wrote:
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TWS wrote:

Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?

Thanks in advance,
TWS

I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape
and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not
too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and
machinery besides planes.

I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post,
the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke
about a frog on an airplane.

Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to
the person who comes up with the best punch line.

The strange thing about stanley plane frogs is they began life with no
tail, and later grew one. Shouldn't we be calling them polly-wogs?

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