This week's question: The Sonoran desert toad, whose secretions have psychedelic properties when dried and smoked, is being hunted to near-extinction by trappers who sell the amphibians' slime to thrill-seekers and self-described shamans. In seven or fewer words, come up with a PSA message urging Americans not to experiment with this high-inducing toad goo.
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THE WINNER: "Don't get hopped up"
Donald Flinn, Wrentham, Mass.
SECOND PLACE: "Please don’t take Mr. Toad's Wild Ride"
Shannon Pace, Chapel Hill, N.C.
THIRD PLACE: "When you smoke, they croak"
Mike Graves, Emporia, Kan.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Frogeddaboudit"
Greg Martin, Nashville
"Licking him won't bring you a prince."
Guy Rusiski, Pittsburgh
"Lick it? Ticket!"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
"Slime doesn't pay"
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Wash.
"Hit the road, Toad."
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Don’t smoke the croak."
Ed Levin, Chapel Hill, N.C.
"Please don’t toke the toad."
Karen Shepherd, Social Circle, Ga.
"Don’t even goo there."
Andrea Carla Michaels, San Francisco
"Just say no to methamphibians."
Charles Kikel, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
"Choose to refuse the ooze."
Thomas Reinhart, Tampa
"We toad you not to!"
Gary Ehrhardt, Longmont, Colo.
"May increase appetite for flies."
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio