# Holy carp! The end is near. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639 "2003-03-15T19:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/21 "2003-03-16T05:26:41Z")
You would be wise to trout, wolfman. I maintain this was an act of the devilfish. Cod may swim in mysterious ways, but the devilfish tries to lure us into seine ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/22 "2003-03-16T06:04:59Z")
Isn’t the talking fish supposed to grant the fisherman and his wife three wishes if the fisherman agrees to throw him back? ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/23 "2003-03-16T06:12:11Z")
Have ebay auctions on Speaking Carp Bits shown up yet? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/24 "2003-03-16T10:24:30Z")
Maybe it was really a [Pokemon](http://www.pojo.com/pokedex/pokemon/129.html)… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/25 "2003-03-16T10:30:45Z")
Oh for Cod’s hake. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/26 "2003-03-16T10:41:50Z")
I don’t believe it, it’s codswallop. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/27 "2003-03-16T11:16:32Z")
This wouldn’t be Salmon Rusty and his Titanic Verses would it? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/28 "2003-03-16T11:16:41Z")
Sounds a bit fishy to me. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/29 "2003-03-16T11:18:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* > > “…a carp like that, you don’t eat all at once!” \*\* Wonderful! YAY! In the midst of panic induced insomnia you made me laugh aloud. The punch line (sort of) to my FAVORITE JOKE EVER. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/30 "2003-03-16T12:53:16Z")
You guys are doing this on porpoise. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/31 "2003-03-16T13:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Wonderful! YAY! In the midst of panic induced insomnia you made me laugh aloud. The punch line (sort of) to my FAVORITE JOKE EVER. \*\* Don’t be a tease, share the joke! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/32 "2003-03-16T13:26:25Z")
Guy walks into a bar with a three two legged, one eared, tail-less pig. He sets the pig on a barstool and the barkeep says “if you don’t mind me asking, what’s up with that there pig?” Farmer says - “this here pig? Why, this pig rescued my entire family by detected carbon monoxide in our home andwaking us up. He also fetched my youngest daughter from a burning building when she was just a tot. And this pig? This pig helped deliver my wife’s third child when she was caught alone in a snowstorm.” “Sure,” said the barkeep, “but what about his legs? And his ear?” and the farmer says: “hell! A pig like that you don’t eat all at once!” ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/33 "2003-03-16T16:26:37Z")
You should put a warning in the thread title. Worse than spoilers, worse than TMI, this is TMG – too many groaners. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Vega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Lord\_Vega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Vega)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/34 "2003-03-16T17:31:25Z")
I wait with baited breath for the next one. ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/35 "2003-03-17T01:48:21Z")
I just caught a whiff of that baited breath. It smelt pretty bad, yo! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/36 "2003-03-17T01:53:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*It’s a beautiful sunny day, the snow is melting, the Giants are about to play a spring training game, and possessed fish are telling us to repent in Hebrew on the front page of the New York Times. This day rules. > > Good shabbas! \*\* Best…sig line…ever! Unless you e-mail me, **Kyla** , I’m using this sucka! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/37 "2003-03-17T01:57:03Z")
Let me guess: it said “dog donkey shovel” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/38 "2003-03-17T02:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*Best…sig line…ever! > > Unless you e-mail me, **Kyla** , I’m using this sucka! \*\* I’ve been sigged! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639/39 "2003-03-17T14:38:28Z")
Wow. The last fish story that amazing was the one from Florida, where the local fish had learned to coil up discarded pieces of wire. In Tarpon Springs, of course.:eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-carp-the-end-is-near/161639.md?page=1)