# I call bullshit on this website...I hope? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400 "2009-02-11T18:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/21 "2009-02-11T22:00:38Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > [QUOTE=Kal] > Also, maybe to take the piss out of PETA’s Sea Kittens campaign. That’s fantastic, I hadn’t heard of it. But surely it’s beyond parody: “Fish - the kittens of the sea. Join the campaign to save our fishy friends by rebranding them as ‘Sea Kittens’. Nobody wants to eat a ‘Sea Kitten’.” Outstanding. [/QUOTE] I [posted a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501471) about this a while back. A lot of the responses were rather amusing. > [@PETA says : Don't call them fish ! Call them sea kittens !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/29): > > Wait until people start calling fish sea kittens. They’ll get used to eating sea kittens and start on regular kittens. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/22 "2009-02-11T22:17:02Z")
I did find it a bit disturbing when the bait bucket was opened and I saw two kittens which were identical to the latest additions to my household… ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/23 "2009-02-11T22:42:51Z")
I’m a fisherman and I don’t think i’ve ever used a cat for bait. Not my style I guess. As for the validity of the website, I think I read an article about a person getting arrested once for fishing with a cat but I doubt it’s really happened outside of that one time. Oh and no cite. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/24 "2009-02-11T23:32:23Z")
> [@Dead\_Badger](#): > > “Fish - the kittens of the sea. Join the campaign to save our fishy friends by rebranding them as ‘Sea Kittens’. Nobody wants to eat a ‘Sea Kitten’.” I would totally eat a sea kitten. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/25 "2009-02-11T23:44:37Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I’m a fisherman and I don’t think i’ve ever used a cat for bait. Not my style I guess. > > As for the validity of the website, I think I read an article about a person getting arrested once for fishing with a cat but I doubt it’s really happened outside of that one time. > > Oh and no cite. Maybe he was catfishing? Ahhhh I got nothing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/26 "2009-02-11T23:54:29Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I would totally eat a sea kitten. I would too, I love me some wet pussy. Ok, that was crude and I apologize, just the perfect setup. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/27 "2009-02-12T02:03:32Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I would too, I love me some wet pussy. > > Ok, that was crude and I apologize, just the perfect setup. Admit it… it was just too easy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/28 "2009-02-12T03:56:29Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Oh God, that PETA [Sea Kittens](http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/index.asp) site is hilarious. If I didn’t know better I’d swear it was a put on. > > See in particular the [Sea Kitten Stories.](http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/book.asp) Absolutely priceless! Sally Sea Kitten, driven bitter and insane and swearing revenge against the Land Kittens for living such comfortable lives. 😃 The best part though is [making your very own Sea Kitten!!!](http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/game.asp) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/29 "2009-02-12T04:09:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > The best part though is [making your very own Sea Kitten!!!](http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/game.asp) We shouldn’t be carping on this so much, I think that site will be floundering soon. It all just seems too fishy to be reel. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/30 "2009-02-13T07:18:19Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I would too, I love me some wet pussy. > > Ok, that was crude and I apologize, just the perfect setup. Speaking of wet pussy… Maybe one has to be a Marylander to fully appreciate this… The day after his wife disappeared in a boating accident, an Ocean City man answered his door to find two grim-faced Maryland State Troopers. “We’re sorry Mr. Rice, but we have some information about your wife,” said one trooper. “Tell me! Did you find her?” Rice shouted. “We have some bad news, some good news, and some really great news. Which do you want to hear first?” Fearing the worst, an ashen Rice said, “Give me the bad news first.” The trooper said, “I’m sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife’s body in the Assawoman Bay (a real place) near the Rte 90 Bridge.” “Oh my God!” exclaimed Rice. Swallowing hard, he asked, “What’s the good news?” The trooper continued. “When we pulled her up she had 12 huge blue crabs and 6 good-size blue crabs on her.” Stunned, Mr. Rice demanded, "If that’s the good news, what’s the great news? The trooper said, “We’re going to pull her up again tomorrow.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/31 "2009-02-13T07:40:10Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > There are two times when a hook is shown being stuck in a kitten’s kneck and neither did the cat struggle or vocalize. That part is at least fake. A real kitten would be fighting and cussing up a storm. Not only that, but when they show the kitten paddling around, the hook isn’t visible and there really aren’t waves in the water. The shot is taken at a steep downward angle but we don’t see the side of the boat, nor do we see the boat rocking with waves. This was filmed in someone’s backyard pool. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/32 "2009-02-13T09:34:07Z")
Total hoax. Everyone knows you use puppies for that. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/33 "2009-02-13T10:23:54Z")
I was hoping this was real. I have a big yard. I could starting raising baitcats for extra money. I’d probably qualify for the farmland discount on my property taxes. Oh well, back the drawing board. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/34 "2009-02-13T14:17:09Z")
Too funny and very well played. I hope he sells a million t-shirts to people dumb enough to believe this. (and thanks for choosing Venezuela for that) ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/35 "2009-02-13T18:03:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I was hoping this was real. I have a big yard. I could starting raising baitcats for extra money. I’d probably qualify for the farmland discount on my property taxes. Oh well, back the drawing board. Hmmmm. You may be onto something. For a few years, I’ve kept chickens. maybe I should set up a kiddy pool and a video camera, and make a movie about Chicken Of The Sea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/36 "2009-02-13T18:05:48Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Hmmmm. You may be onto something. For a few years, I’ve kept chickens. maybe I should set up a kiddy pool and a video camera, and make a movie about Chicken Of The Sea. 😃 And if you set up the water temperature carefully and add the right ingredients, you can have a delicious soup afterwards! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/37 "2009-02-13T20:29:07Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > And if you set up the water temperature carefully and add the right ingredients, you can have a delicious soup afterwards! I dunno, past a certain age, they don’t seem to taste quite so good. I’m down to one chicken and she’s pretty old now - downright ancient in “chicken years”. Is there a chicken equivalent to old mutton? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/38 "2009-02-13T22:34:06Z")
> [@clayton\_e](#): > > I loved the whole _Bonsai Kittens_ scare. > > Every single person who badly wrote a super long 30 line “paragraph” rant about it was immediately deleted off my myspace or blocked from my e-mail. There must’ve been three or four and none were exactly close friends of mine anyway. > > A good litmus test… Yes! Absolutely. The one about the dangers of [Dihydrogen Monoxide](http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html) is good for that purpose too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/39 "2009-02-13T22:52:06Z")
If you’re relieved that this is fake, DO NOT assume the same thing about any kitten stomping video or pictures you might see a link to. I yelled at the person who showed me that and refused to speak to him for days. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400/40 "2009-02-13T23:24:59Z")
There truly are some depraved people sharing this spaceship with us! I don’t know whether to be ☹ or :mad: Fuck it, I’ll be both. :(:mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-this-website-i-hope/485400.md?page=3)