“Refrain from licking the toad...”
Yup, this is what a powerful government tells you.
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This is SO true, on many levels.
Back in the day, if we caught a toad, it soon became the payload for an Estes Rocket launch. The only problem was, if you didn’t have any fireproof wadding, the nosecone ejection burn welded the toad to the plastic parachute.