# Accosted at the Aquarium... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497 "2004-06-09T18:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/1 "2004-06-09T18:05:43Z")
I took my son to the Aquarium last night, and we were looking at the fishes and whatnot, when this friggin’ guy comes up outta nowhere and starts lecturing us on why dolphins are_mammals_ and not fishes. Jesus! He starts carrying on about mammary glands and says dolphins and whales are covered in _hair_. _ **Hair!!!** _ Like they’re friggin’ Sasquatches or something. And little Billy (my son) says “Daddy, what are _mammary glands_?”. Thanks, captain. Now I gotta explain _that_ to my 10-year-old. WTF? I don’t think he even worked there. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/2 "2004-06-09T18:10:53Z")
I think that the guy told the truth. Whether or not you needed or wanted the lecture is the issue. And your 10 yr old should be old enough to understand mammery glands. It seems to me that all you had to say was, “Mammary glands produc milk. Like cows, dogs, and cats the dolphin youg get milk from their mother.” As for the uninvited lecture, I would have been a little pissed too. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/3 "2004-06-09T18:13:03Z")
Annoying strangers are annoying and strange. That said why should a 10 year old not know what a mammary gland is? It is not some great evil. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/4 "2004-06-09T18:16:18Z")
For the rest of the story go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260627) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/5 "2004-06-09T18:20:49Z")
And for an explaination as to why **Lynn** will be beating \*\*Winston’\*\*s ass, go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4423878&postcount=4). ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/6 "2004-06-09T18:30:23Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > And for an explaination as to why **Lynn** will be beating \*\*Winston’\*\*s ass, go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4423878&postcount=4). Don’t forget the second beatdown for [posting parodies without links in the original post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=127729). ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/7 "2004-06-09T18:33:56Z")
For mammary glands, go [here.](http://mammary.nih.gov/) ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/8 "2004-06-09T18:37:12Z")
For a good time, call… oops. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/9 "2004-06-09T18:37:46Z")
For dangers of strangers at museums, go [here](http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/preteen/safety/263.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/10 "2004-06-09T18:46:36Z")
For a guy who spends too much time with dolphins, go [here.](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F15.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/11 "2004-06-09T18:49:09Z")
**Winston** , has Little Billy stopped shoving the peanut butter sammiches up his hairless monkey ass yet? Just wondering. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/12 "2004-06-09T18:50:33Z")
For someone who seems to amuse himself but may need serious psychological help, go [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=4359) ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/13 "2004-06-09T18:59:31Z")
For serious psychological help, go [here.](http://helping.apa.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/14 "2004-06-09T18:59:46Z")
Oh man, you guys just got me in trouble at work. See, we’re not allowed to have fun here, and all my sputtering and snorting from trying not to laugh made everyone think I was having sex . . . ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/15 "2004-06-09T19:04:09Z")
For trouble at work, [go here](http://www.troubleatwork.org.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/16 "2004-06-09T19:08:38Z")
In trouble at work, eh? You need to brown nose the boss. To Do the Brown Nose, go [here.](http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/55126.html) ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accosted-at-the-aquarium/249497/17 "2004-06-09T19:14:45Z")
Go _away_. Lockdown. TVeblen