# A rat. A giant F'ing rat. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417 "2007-12-18T02:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/61 "2007-12-21T02:23:51Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] And don’t forget: The Dead Fish Guesthouse in Siem Reap, Cambodia, proudly proclaims on its [website](http://talesofasia.com/cambodia-deadfish.htm) and a sign on premises: “We don’t serve dog, cat, rat or worm!” [/QUOTE] Hey, we got a [Dead Fish](http://www.thedeadfish.com/) joint in my neck of the woods. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/62 "2007-12-21T02:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Hey, we got a [Dead Fish](http://www.thedeadfish.com/) joint in my neck of the woods. [/QUOTE] An international franchise! Do they serve dog, cat rat or worm? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/63 "2007-12-21T02:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] An international franchise! Do they serve dog, cat rat or worm? [/QUOTE] Haven’t been there in years, but they do serve damn good dead stuff. Crab in garlic sauce, for one. Now is the season too. And rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/64 "2007-12-21T02:43:12Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] “We don’t serve dog, cat, rat or worm!” [/QUOTE] Racist bastards. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/65 "2007-12-21T02:53:56Z")
Ya know, I’ve read and re-read all these posts looking for an explanation, and I’ve looked very closely at the OP’s link, and I still don’t see how the hell that thing could fly! 😕 It is big, I’ll give you that. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/66 "2007-12-21T03:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] I still don’t see how the hell that thing could fly! [/QUOTE] Yovr asking for this, aren’t yov? It’s A giant fvcking rat. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/67 "2007-12-21T03:10:33Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Yovr asking for this, aren’t yov? It’s A giant fvcking rat. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Just wanted to see one more “v”. Took you a while to see what I was getting at. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/68 "2007-12-21T03:19:38Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Reason: Trying to abuse the privilege so that the admins will end it. [/QUOTE] Yov’re committing thread svicide? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/69 "2007-12-21T07:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Yov’re committing thread svicide? [/QUOTE] Just the “edit” thing, because it makes me lazier. A test; [qvote]carnivorousplant[/qvote] To see if vB code is into it. Nope! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/70 "2007-12-21T13:39:48Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Nope! [/QUOTE] Give it time. Today a covple of threads, tomorrow the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/71 "2007-12-22T02:22:30Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Racist bastards. [/QUOTE] Speciesist bastards? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/72 "2007-12-22T02:31:08Z")
Genusist bastards. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/73 "2007-12-22T02:34:59Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Genusist bastards. [/QUOTE] Genvsist bastards. Get with the program. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417/74 "2007-12-22T02:38:14Z")
I’m not a program, I’m a free man! (They’re in different families anyhoo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rat-a-giant-fing-rat/430417.md?page=3)