# More essential than a singing fish... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2000, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728 "2000-09-27T10:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/1 "2000-09-27T10:37:36Z")
I quote from “The Lighter Side” catalogue that was lying around here for some reason. [sub]_ahem_[/sub] “SALE! _Spatula Talks Back!_ Flipping Burgers has never been more fun! Just press the button on the handle and hear one of these fun phrases: ‘Mmmmmmmm smells real juicy, now we’re cooking!’ ‘Ouch, quit poking me, I’m not as tough as I look!’ ‘Hey, it’s getting hot on here…flip me, flip me!’ Constructed of highly polished stainless steel. Requires 4 replaceable button batteries (included). Was $18.98, NOW $14.97!” Am I just being perverted, or what? I mean, I’ve never heard it called “flipping burgers” before…I need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/2 "2000-09-27T10:59:13Z")
You never heard of “flipping burgers”?? What do you call it, then? I supposed you could call it “turning” but I’ve always heard “flipping” used as the verb… ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/3 "2000-09-27T18:37:42Z")
Enjoying your visit to Earth, Dij? It’s also a common synonym for having a McJob, viz, “He’s such a loser, he’ll spend HIS life flippin’ burgers.” ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/4 "2000-09-27T18:41:30Z")
Oh, but I forgot to mention…great thread title! I hate that \*&^)% singing fish, but a talking spatula is gotta be worse. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/5 "2000-09-28T02:17:22Z")
Guys, he was making a joke, in that any of those phrases can also be used for sex. He was saying he’s never heard sex referred to as “flipping burgers” before. Oh, and there’s **nothing** more essential than a singing fish. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/6 "2000-09-29T23:18:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > Guys, he was making a joke, in that any of those phrases can also be used for sex. He was saying he’s never heard sex referred to as “flipping burgers” before. Homer wins. > [@](#): > > Oh, and there’s **nothing** more essential than a singing fish. > > –Tim Even after that mushroomed night, you’ll _still_ maintain this??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/7 "2000-09-30T00:19:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \* > \*\*Even after that mushroomed night, you’ll _still_ maintain this??? 😃 \*\* If I’d seen that fish that night, it’d have blown my frickin mind! –Tim ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-essential-than-a-singing-fish/34728/8 "2000-09-30T01:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer \* > \*\*it’d have blown my frickin mind! > > –Tim \*\* [Rodney Dangerfield] I knew a girl who was majoring in psychology and business, for $50 she would blow your mind [/Rodney Dangerfield]