# Fish Trucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 30, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-trucks/63835 "2001-04-30T13:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![douglas\_r\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@douglas\_r\_smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglas_r_smith)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-trucks/63835/1 "2001-04-30T13:11:14Z")
Why is it that you always see delivery trucks labeled “Fish” but never see trucks labeled ‘beef’, ‘pork’ or ‘chicken’. What s so damn special about fish deliveries? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-trucks/63835/2 "2001-04-30T14:56:40Z")
I see trucks labeled “Meats” all the time. That would be the equivalent of seeing trucks labeled “Fish”. If you are looking for trucks labeled “Chicken”, then you probably should be looking for trucks labeled “Trout”. In this area, I see “Magglio’s Meats”, “Leone’s Meats”, “Boarshead’s Meats”, as well as trucks just named, “Primos Meats and Cheeses”, or “Tony’s Sausages”. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-trucks/63835/3 "2001-04-30T17:05:16Z")
A previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60587) which links to an even earlier thread, which may have your answer. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-trucks/63835/4 "2001-04-30T19:21:04Z")
It’s so that while they are loading, fiddlers stepping to the road know where to write “everything’s been returned that was owed” while one’s conscience explodes.