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(TV) Tom Verlaine's Talking Toad



Not many people know this but when Tom lived in England, he lived in
Chinatown in London. He got very friendly with the owner of a pet shop there
and bought a number of exotic animals which he kept as pets. One day, the
owner phoned him about a couple of new exotic pets he had in. One was a
talking toad and the other was a large black dog that was meant to be a
chameleon, i.e., changed colour. Tom bought both of these with the stern
warning from the pet-shop owner that if the dog started changing colour, he
should phone immediately,

One night when Tom was away on tour, the pet shop owner called to see how
Tom was getting on. His room mate had a long chat with him about how well
the toad was talking but that the dog had resolutely stayed darkest black.
Later on, the room mate was woken by the dog barking away very noisily. He
turned on the light and was amazed to see that the dog had changed from
black to grey. He rang the pet shop owner but he was out so he sent the
following fax to Tom so that Tom could call him in the morning. It said

454-1000 Call Mr. Lee, he'll know the toad has spoken, tell him the dog is
turning grey

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