For several years now, I’ve shared my office at work with a full-sized Kermit the Frog. I’d gotten him during the period when Sony had the license on the Muppet characters. He’s spent this time sitting on a chair in one corner, smiling cheerfully at the folks who’d come it. It was fun to have him there.
But now, since I’m wrapping up my employment there, I realized he was going to have to come home (actually, he’s never been to the apartment) sometime. He’s a bit bulky. So last night I decided the time had come.
He has posable hands (flippers?), so I wrapped his arms around my neck, hooked his hands together, and carried him piggy back from the office to the parking structure. It amused me. Shortly after stepping out of the building, I passed one woman, who got a smile on her face as she realized it was Kermit peeking over my shoulder. A few yards later, a guy coming out of one of the sound stages, looked up as I went by, and said “You’ve got something on your back!” Heh.
When I got to my car, I planted my shoulder bag on the passenger seat, and Kermit sat on top of that. His head was just visible above the bottom of the passenger window. As I drove out of the parking structure, I saw at least one person register the large frog sitting beside me, and she smiled.
I’m not sure if drivers on my way home noticed him, though. Not that it matters. But now he is at home, and I can see he’s quite content about it.
