# A talking fish? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222 "2000-09-14T18:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/1 "2000-09-14T18:52:32Z")
Okay we’ve all seen the fish that sings when you go near it. Now I just saw a toilet(!) that does the same and says some rude things too. If you were an inventor, what would You use, besides a fish or toilet, if you thought people would buy it? What would you have it say or sing? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/2 "2000-09-14T20:53:35Z")
I would have a fish in a toilet, that didn’t speak until someone sat down. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/3 "2000-09-15T00:02:24Z")
- - - The fish around these parts only sing when you press the button on them, praise God almighty. - You have my sympathies. - MC ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/4 "2000-09-15T01:19:27Z")
I’d make a mirror that compliments you every time you look in it: “Hey, are you losing weight? Have a sandwich!” “Wow, that shade of lipstick is gorgeous” “That color is really you” Stuff like that. What do you think? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/5 "2000-09-15T01:43:32Z")
I’ll take a dozen, Zette! ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/6 "2000-09-15T02:03:52Z")
how about a mirror that can warn me when I’m about to cut myself shaving? ---
**Author:** ![CandyMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@CandyMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandyMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/7 "2000-09-15T13:02:55Z")
A refrigerator (sp?) door that commented on your wieght as you opened the door… CandyMan ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/8 "2000-09-15T14:00:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CandyMan \* > \*\* > A refrigerator (sp?) door that commented on your wieght as you opened the door… > > CandyMan \*\* They had something similar, it was a pig that oinked when you opened the door. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/9 "2000-09-15T14:42:52Z")
How about a television that said You don’t really want to watch this crap, do ya? ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-talking-fish/33222/10 "2000-09-15T15:39:50Z")
How about a computer that says, “Call Tech. Services, they love to hear from idiots like you.”