# My boyfriend just told me that mahi mahi are dolphin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970 "2005-11-07T22:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/1 "2005-11-07T22:19:46Z")
That rat bastard. I was about to give up mahi mahi forever, and it’s one of the few fish that I genuinely like. I love the Internet, though. I went [here](http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/MahiMahi.htm), and it says: > [@](#): > > Properly called dolphin or dorado, the mahi-mahi is not related to the mammal called dolphin. Aargh! :mad: Help me think of a way to get back at him. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/2 "2005-11-07T22:20:58Z")
And can someone report my post to close the tag, please? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/3 "2005-11-07T22:22:58Z")
What kinds of foods or beverages does he particularly enjoy? That will help us to target our collective evilness. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/4 "2005-11-07T22:23:11Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That rat bastard. I was about to give up mahi mahi forever, and it’s one of the few fish that I genuinely like. > > I love the Internet, though. I went [url=http://sarasota.extension.ufl.edu/FCS/FlaFoodFare/MahiMahi.htm]here[/url, and it says: > > Aargh! :mad: Help me think of a way to get back at him. You can tell him that instead of giving up mahi mahi, you are giving up tube steak. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/5 "2005-11-07T22:26:53Z")
After you’ve given him something - say something like rice -pretend to have found a recall on the internet that says the particular brand of rice he ate is being recalled and that in the meantime people who think they may have eaten it should purge, and quickly. Then shove some strong laxative and Ipecac down his throat and go far, far away while he does his Mt. St. Helens for you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/6 "2005-11-07T22:27:06Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > What kinds of foods or beverages does he particularly enjoy? That will help us to target our collective evilness. Pasta/Italian. That isn’t helpful, is it? Be aware that he’s very bright and will be on guard. And I have a really hard time keeping a secret from him. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/7 "2005-11-07T22:28:36Z")
Hit him with a frozen mahi mahi? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/8 "2005-11-07T22:31:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Pasta/Italian. That isn’t helpful, is it? > > Be aware that he’s very bright and will be on guard. And I have a really hard time keeping a secret from him. Well then disregard my advice, it’s more aimed at someone gullible and not-so-bright. Yeah, smack him with the frozen mahi-mahi while you do your best Flipper impression. ---
**Author:** ![Leviosaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Leviosaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leviosaurus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/9 "2005-11-07T22:39:55Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That rat bastard. I was about to give up mahi mahi forever, and it’s one of the few fish that I genuinely like. I’d like to go on record saying that I think your boyfriend is totally awesome. You cannot get him back through the same kind of prank. He will be far too clever for this. Are you friends with any of his exes? Have one of them call him up and tell him she’s got the clap, and may have infected him. She should then tell him he needs to inform you. Then you get to watch him tell you before you bust him. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/10 "2005-11-07T22:44:05Z")
Why were you going to give up mahi-mahi even if it was dolphin? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/11 "2005-11-07T22:45:40Z")
**Octopus** , because dolphins are clever and intelligent. And I do try not to eat clever and intelligent mammals, really. I know that like everyone else I am a hypocrite in my meat-eating but for Og’s sake they are _dolphins_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/12 "2005-11-07T22:49:04Z")
Go ahead and enjoy your [dolphin (fish)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi-mahi) in good conscience – and with some soy sauce, pepper, and lemon juice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/13 "2005-11-07T22:55:07Z")
You’re too good for him **'Mika** Course I love ya almost as much as I do my Louis Vuitton luggage so I think everybody’s too good for you, so what do I know. 😃 I say, next time y’all go out together, ask the waiter if the Mahi Mahi is really, really fresh dolphin, cause that’s the only way you like your dolphin. Or, take him out to the marina and tell him you want him to pick you out a really good lookin’ dolphin cause you’re craving some good dolphin meat! Then again, tell him you’ve become vegan, so no more tube steak for you! Or, just slap him upside the head and tell him you are a doper, and thus waaaaaay too smart already. I like this idea the best. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/14 "2005-11-07T23:00:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > You’re too good for him **'Mika** Course I love ya almost as much as I do my Louis Vuitton luggage so I think everybody’s too good for you, so what do I know. 😃 Awwww, thanks! I love you too, **swampy**! > [@](#): > > Then again, tell him you’ve become vegan, so no more tube steak for you! I tried this but he pointed out - truthfully - that I would regret that as much as him. ☹ > [@](#): > > Or, just slap him upside the head and tell him you are a doper, and thus waaaaaay too smart already. I like this idea the best. I like this one, too. Here goes! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/15 "2005-11-07T23:08:54Z")
So, did ya give him a real good :smack: ? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/16 "2005-11-07T23:18:59Z")
Did you ever see the Fish-Slapping Dance? Do that. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/17 "2005-11-07T23:26:26Z")
Read **The Scrivener** ’s link. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/18 "2005-11-08T00:35:15Z")
Feed him spaghetti squash in stead of pasta one night. This only works if he freaks at the thought of squash. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/19 "2005-11-08T01:05:57Z")
Curious thing is, _mahi_ is the Persian word for fish. So in Persian _mahi mahi_ means something like ‘the fish of the fish’. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970/20 "2005-11-08T01:06:18Z")
> [@Harmonious Discord](#): > > Feed him spaghetti squash in stead of pasta one night. This only works if he freaks at the thought of squash. No, that should work for anyone. Spaghetti squash is OK in its own right, but a substitute for pasta it is not. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-just-told-me-that-mahi-mahi-are-dolphin/329970.md?page=2)