Dolphins are not fish!
I heard my local TV sportscaster (Minneapolis-St. Paul) refer to the Miami Dolphins by what I assume is an accepted nickname last night as he was recapping Monday night’s Jets-Dolphins game.
I wonder, was he copying Miami football fans when he said “Go Fish”?
Is that really the team’s nickname?
If so, Miami Dolphins fans are stupid and they and my local TV sportscaster need a little re-education. :wally
The chant around here when the Fins come up is “Squish the Fish! Or, for you pedants, Trammel the Mammals!”
Obviously that sportscaster was confused and was thinking of the Dolphin fish. I’m sure that’s a common mistake among football fans, right?
Ya know what really chaps me? The players aren’t even dolphins! They’re people! Canya believe?
Fuck’s sake, yes. It’s a nickname. It started out as a dismissive crack from opposing fans (“They aren’t dolphins, they’re just little fishies!”) and has since been embraced by Miami fans.
It’s a funny. That’s all. I promise, the overwhelming majority of both Dolphins fans and the US population as a whole know that porpoises are not fish. Get over yourself.
Golly, that’s insightful.
I guess you and I have different opinions about the intelligence of Americans in general and in football fans in particular. C’est la vie.
At least as insightful as pointing out that dolphins aren’t fish.
Usually at Pro Player Stadium it’s “Go Phins” for the Dolphins and “Go Fish” for the Marlins.
…now someone’s going to point out the correct plural for “Marlin” is “Marlin”
They do taste like fish though.
You’re being pedantic about a goddamn sports mascot while questioning other peoples intelligence? Have fun with that.
When the Patriots were on their first SuperBowl, we had to beat the Dolphins in Miami first (before losing spectacularly to Da Bears). The slogan in Boston was “Squish the Fish”.
Actually, that usage is completely correct. The plural for members of the Marlin team is “Marlins” not matter what the plural of the word “marlin” is.
Likewise, the plural for members of the Maple Leaf team is “Maple Leafs” even though the plural of “leaf” is “leaves”.
(The plural of marlin is marlin?)
I think they taste like chicken.
Or is that tuna?
Of course, if a sportscaster in Miami said “go Cetaceans,” a thousand hard-of-hearing senior citizens would ask of their S.O.s, “what did he just say, about the Haitians?”