# 84 years of Fish. A Record? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727 "2005-11-06T02:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/21 "2005-11-07T01:30:59Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I was only trying to be funny…I know, I know. A MOD being funny… 🙂 I got it, sam. Doesn’t help much, does it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/22 "2005-11-07T04:31:51Z")
Well, I don’t want to brag, but I’ve had 33 years of Fish, and so far it’s been pretty good. Wait, which Fish are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/23 "2005-11-07T12:41:02Z")
I thought the OP was about hand-me-down names. Y’know, the Sr. Jr. and whatnot. What family has the longest run of Charles Snottington XXI ? Personally, a friend of a friend, if their next child is a boy, will be Paul (Lastname) the V. That is the highest personal roman numeral person I will know of. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/24 "2005-11-07T14:35:40Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I thought the OP was about hand-me-down names. Y’know, the Sr. Jr. and whatnot. > > What family has the longest run of Charles Snottington XXI ? > Personally, a friend of a friend, if their next child is a boy, will be Paul (Lastname) the V. That is the highest personal roman numeral person I will know of. Well, if we can count papal names, the highest is somewhere around the upper teens, IIRC. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/25 "2005-11-07T19:43:46Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > The Adams had a pretty good run > [@Little Nemo](#): > > The Fishs are not alone either Just in case anyone is unsure, **Adams_es_** and **Fish_es_** are the correct plurals. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/26 "2005-11-07T21:36:10Z")
Well, a classmate of mine had a son a few years ago, and gave him a “the Fifth” name. He calls the kid by his middle name. The rest of us call him “Mk. 5” or “Version 5.0”. And popes beat the high teens… It wasn’t all that long ago (four popes ago, I believe) that the Pope was John XXIII. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727/27 "2005-11-08T16:10:55Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I was only trying to be funny…I know, I know. A MOD being funny… 🙂 How dare you! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-years-of-fish-a-record/329727.md?page=1)