# "I had to throw it back because it was starting to stink"\<--from what?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363 "2011-06-05T03:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363/1 "2011-06-05T03:09:23Z")

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My wife and I have been quoting this line for at least a decade, and this evening we realized we no longer remember what the quotation is from!

We don’t know what the “it” referring to is (presumably a fish or something else from the ocean?).

We’re almost certain the line was originally spoken in a stereotyped mexican accent, (but not completely certain), and we’re almost certain that it was a cartoon–I think a fairly contemporary (for a decade ago) cartoon.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363/2 "2011-06-05T17:08:51Z")

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We’ve now remembered that the line begins with the speaker saying: “I once made a hat out of a stick and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” We don’t remember what goes in the blank. The speaker then continues, “But I had to throw it back because it was starting to stink” or something like that.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363/3 "2011-06-05T17:53:39Z")

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A lobster and a stick. I think it’s from an SNL sketch with Tim Meadows (Capt. Jim?) and Adam Sandler where they are stranded on a desert isle. I’m pretty sure the line was Sandler’s done in his patented simpleton voice.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363/4 "2011-06-05T17:58:26Z")

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I Googled it and Sandler’s character was named Pedro so he was probably trying for a Mexican accent.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-to-throw-it-back-because-it-was-starting-to-stink-from-what/584363/5 "2011-06-06T00:24:14Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> I Googled it and Sandler’s character was named Pedro so he was probably trying for a Mexican accent.

Which sounds a lot like his little kid voice.