# How hard can I hit some-one in the face with a trout without killing them?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127 "2007-03-16T01:51:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127/101 "2007-03-23T19:14:53Z")

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The Humuhumnukunukuapua’a translates to (roughly) “fish with a nose like a pig.”

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127/102 "2007-03-23T19:23:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Autolycus]  
I got your back 😉 Behold, [The Pigfish!](http://www.fishing-boating.com/baitprofiles/pigfish.htm)

Btw, I’m having you for lunch!  
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You’re having me for lunch?

I’m tough and gristly y’know 😃  
I never even knew a pigfish existed, the dope is a wonderful place, innit?

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127/103 "2007-03-23T19:25:08Z")

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[QUOTE=chowder]  
You’re having me for lunch?

I’m tough and gristly y’know 😃  
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Hmmm… more like chunky and creamy if you ask me 😛

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127/104 "2007-03-23T20:56:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Wile E]  
Are you flirting with me?  
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Heavens, no. Just demonstrating that a person cannot live on trout alone. Sometimes, being smacked in the face with a salmon makes for a nice change of scenery. And they’re delicious on a bagel.

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-can-i-hit-some-one-in-the-face-with-a-trout-without-killing-them/396127/105 "2007-03-24T18:13:32Z")

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\<----laughing. Pigfish?

Agreed. Only on the Dope.

That is one ugly fish.

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