# Does anyone hate skates as much as me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304 "2017-08-11T00:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/21 "2017-08-12T00:54:55Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > ♫ Why do skates suddenly appear, every time, you are near? > Just like me, they want to be, eating your toes! ♫ You should speak to your physician, or a person of the cloth. Now. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/22 "2017-08-12T01:06:14Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Well you’re in _their_ ocean, so show some respect. Is a bay rightly considered the ocean? I mean can’t there be some neutral common ground with me and the skates and stingrays where we can all coexist peacefully without any one getting stepped on or brushed up against inappropriately? _I_ was holding up my end of the bargain; shuffling, nothing but shuffling - not a single moment of foot leaving the sand. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/23 "2017-08-12T02:26:38Z")
Where are you (OP) that these things are common? I think it’d be cool if we had them around here. Ref folks saying a meal of skate was nasty. I’m a bit confused. I understand lots of fish flesh sold as scallops is really cookie-cuttered chunks taken out of various species of ray. But apparently not from skates which taste nasty? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/24 "2017-08-12T11:47:10Z")
Perhaps someone is selling imitation [scallops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scallop), like imitation crab. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/25 "2017-08-12T12:29:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Where are you (OP) that these things are common? I think it’d be cool if we had them around here. > > Ref folks saying a meal of skate was nasty. I’m a bit confused. I understand lots of fish flesh sold as scallops is really cookie-cuttered chunks taken out of various species of ray. But apparently not from skates which taste nasty? Kent Island Maryland, part of the Chesapeake. Lots of wildlife, herons, Osprey - I never saw a bald eagle close up until I went there. I wish those birds ate skates. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/26 "2017-08-12T12:36:19Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Kent Island Maryland, part of the Chesapeake. Lots of wildlife, herons, Osprey - I never saw a bald eagle close up until I went there. > > I wish those birds ate skates. Invest in an imitation scallop business. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/27 "2017-08-12T14:43:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > By the way is it too soon for Croc Hunter jokes? It’s never too soon, but there is a wrong audience. F’rinstance, I didn’t know that a friend had become friends with him and his wife on a cruise. Ooops! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/28 "2017-08-13T17:37:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > This. Thanks for clarifying! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/29 "2017-08-13T18:13:08Z")
**Mr. Nylock** , I like you just fine. It’s skates that I hate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304/30 "2017-08-13T22:11:10Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Kent Island Maryland, part of the Chesapeake. Lots of wildlife, herons, Osprey - I never saw a bald eagle close up until I went there. > > I wish those birds ate skates. Damn that’s some pretty country and waterways. I’ve always wanted to spend some time wandering around the upper Chesapeake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304.md?page=1)