# Hook, Line, and Sinker

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 30, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912 "2000-05-30T18:13:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912/1 "2000-05-30T18:13:05Z")

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Over the weekend a fishing trip had a less than desireable downturn when I had the misfortune to hook myself in the leg.

For those of you that ever suffer this kind of accident, I want to state that the “push down on the hook, wrap a piece of fishing line around it, and yank” method works. Just like they show on TV.

And I only required two shots of Jack Daniels afterwards.

😉  
SouthernStyle

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### Author: ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912/2 "2000-05-30T18:23:43Z")

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> Just like they show on TV.

Uhh, not on _my_ TV. 🙂

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### Author: ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912/3 "2000-05-30T19:07:31Z")

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> > Just like they show on TV.
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> Uhh, not on _my_ TV. 🙂  
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Well start watching TNN then, dammit!

😃

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### Author: ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912/4 "2000-05-30T21:32:43Z")

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> Just like they show on TV.

Fishing for shut-ins. Now that’s dull.

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### Author: ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hook-line-and-sinker/20912/5 "2000-05-30T22:48:58Z")

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We’ve all done that before. It happens. Glad to know how to undo it though. I have had some painful experiences not doing it right.