# It's raining fish in San Francisco! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140 "2002-07-03T01:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/1 "2002-07-03T01:53:42Z")
Okay, this has to be one of the most bizarre stories in the horse racing world for the year: [The Daily Racing Form: It’s Raining Fish!](http://www.drf.com/news/article/38571.html) I just love one of the closing quotes, from one of the vet’s buddies: > [@](#): > > “I talked with [trainer] Greg Gilchrist, who fishes, and he said it was probably a bullhead” - a fish similar to a catfish, Dr. Smith said. "He told me I caught more fish in the stable than he did in a boat. Meanwhile, I need to hunt down the DRF editors and blast “It’s Raining Men!” outside their bedroom windows at 2am, as it is torturously stuck in my head now. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/2 "2002-07-03T02:39:30Z")
Raining Fish? Why did i have to be at work today??? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/3 "2002-07-03T11:09:25Z")
Thats almost as bad as British weather egg ---
**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:** [July 3, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/4 "2002-07-03T11:21:05Z")
I remember when we had that sand rainstorm. Apparently it came from the Sahara. Made a bloody mess of the car. Just got a steady horizontal drizzle today. Oh joy! Hope it brightens up for Wimbers this afternnon. ---
**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/5 "2002-07-03T12:08:07Z")
In Dublin it only rained twice last week - once for four days and once for three days. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/6 "2002-07-03T17:36:57Z")
Somewhere, at the Fish Bar, a very shaken-up and schnockered bullhead is swearing that his story of alien abduction is true. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/7 "2002-07-03T19:10:18Z")
Believe me, this is going to be as painful for me as it will be for you: Question: Does the bullhead order his drinks by the Gill ? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-fish-in-san-francisco/117140/8 "2002-07-03T19:40:25Z")
Am I the only one who imagines Tony Bennett singing the title of this thread?