# My parents just walked in with a 4 ft. stuffed catfish from Home Depot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901 "2000-10-22T20:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/41 "2000-10-24T20:01:08Z")
> [@](#): > > From my new bestest friend in the whole wide world, **Bumbazine:** > > I suppose it would be completely obscure if I suggested the name Country Joe? THANK YOU GOD-SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS OF CJ&TF… I swear, Bumba, (ok if I call you Bumba?) I thought I was the only person in the world who threw in (and got) CJ&TF references. Either that or they were all ignoring me. 😃 I will go cry tears of happiness now - I don’t feel so all alone. I told MrM2U I wanted the christmas carol singing fish - they have them at our local Thornton’s - you **do NOT** want to hear what he told me - it wasn’t pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/42 "2000-10-24T20:50:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*I think “Catfish Hunter” would be a good name. Or the Crimson King, from “Insomnia”, if that’s not too evil for ya! \*\* If we’re going with evil…you could always go with Flagg. Okay next time I acquire an evil stuffed animal, that’s what i’m naming it. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/43 "2000-10-25T00:47:42Z")
**Missy2U:** > [@](#): > > From my new bestest friend in the whole wide world, Bumbazine: Gosh Missy, _blush_ I like you too, \ in a plutonic sort of way, of course. (Don’t know about your Mister, but I’m **scared** of my Missus.) - And it’s one, two, three, What are we fighting for ? Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam; And it’s five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain’t no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we’re all gonna die.\* \ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/44 "2000-10-25T01:41:09Z")
Jester, my man, decided on a name for fishy? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/45 "2000-10-25T03:24:29Z")
[Name it **Eric**.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/fishlic.php3) ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/46 "2000-10-25T17:32:22Z")
okay, here’s what I have the names narrowed down to: \*\*Harry Ralph Giant Freakish Catfish Exhibit A Eric \*\* Any comments or suggestions? Gunslinger, that has to be one of the funniest skits ever. “Eric the Half Bee” shall be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. And KimKat, as soon as I get the chance, I’ll send the picture. Thank you much for volunteering. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/47 "2000-10-25T18:32:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*[Name it **Eric**.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/fishlic.php3) \*\* I so did not get that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/48 "2000-10-25T18:46:38Z")
[slight hijack here] I recently saw the Halloween version of the singing fish: it was exactly the same except it was a fish _skeleton_ and it also sang Monster Mash. Way cooler than the regular singing fish. Also, at the same place they had a JAWS singing fish. [end hijack] As for **Jester’s** stuffed fish: Your parents are nuts. Definitely name it **Exhibit A**. Or Ralph. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/49 "2000-10-25T18:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*[Name it **Eric**.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/fishlic.php3) \*\* I named one of my [goldfish](http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1157800&a=8510775) Eric because of this sketch. Just thought you’d all like to know that. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/50 "2000-10-25T19:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > > \*\*[Name it **Eric**.](http://www.montypython.net/scripts/fishlic.php3) \*\* > > I so did not get that. \*\* Click it! It’s linked to the explanation. Why do you think I went to the trouble of putting a link in it? (unless you did click it, and don’t get _that_…) ---
**Author:** ![momcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@momcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momcat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/51 "2000-10-25T19:47:19Z")
Go to here: [http://www.homeplace.com/ZipCodeLocator/circulars.cfm?store\_id=83&store=CL](http://www.homeplace.com/ZipCodeLocator/circulars.cfm?store_id=83&store=CL) This fish was actually in the national ad in our Sunday paper here in Cleveland. Don’t know how to post a link, like gunslinger, and don’t have the time to learn. Back to work I go… MomCat ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/52 "2000-10-25T19:59:35Z")
It’s on page 12… ---
**Author:** ![momcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@momcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momcat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/53 "2000-10-25T20:45:01Z")
Sorry, should have included the page number. Thanks, KimKatt Wouldn’t you know that, after an entire day of nothing to do, just as I find the ad on the 'net somebody would walk up with something that needs done _NOW_ !!! Maybe I should get my 17 year old daugher one for her birthday??? Especially if I tell her it’s name is either Wanda or Eric. she groks Monty Python. Thanks for the Monty Python link!! I’ve been wanting to find one ever since my sister named her son Eric!! She probably won’t ‘get it’, though. Maybe I’ll teach my nephew the song??? 😃 MomCat ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/54 "2000-10-26T01:09:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > Click it! It’s linked to the explanation. Why do you think I went to the trouble of putting a link in it? (unless you did click it, and don’t get _that_…) \*\* I did click it. I had no idea what that stuff was about…sorry. Explain it to me? ---
**Author:** ![DoZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@DoZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoZ)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/55 "2000-10-26T01:57:12Z")
Fluffy? It is a pillow, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/56 "2000-10-26T02:01:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > > Click it! It’s linked to the explanation. Why do you think I went to the trouble of putting a link in it? (unless you did click it, and don’t get _that_…) \*\* > > I did click it. I had no idea what that stuff was about…sorry. Explain it to me? \*\* :rolleyes: It’s a Monty Python sketch. You do know who Monty Python was, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/57 "2000-10-26T02:23:43Z")
Oh, please tell me you know what Monty Python is. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/58 "2000-10-26T03:15:00Z")
Yes, but…I didn’t find it all that funny. More like vaguely amusing… ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/59 "2000-10-31T20:09:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Sauron \* > > Kingfish would be a good name, if you are into old radio serials. > > I think I need to aim my jokes lower–or maybe quit making them entirely. I suggested “Huey Long” (it now occurs to me to pronounce that “h-WAY Long”, for some reason) because Huey Long _was_ the Kingfish (not of radio fame–one of the most corrupt/evil politicians I can think of off hand). > > Did it whoosh everyone? Was it just stupid? Should I just shuffle it off to a retirement home in Louisiana, where people would get it? _You_ decide! \*\* I got it, Balance. I just thought Kingfish would be more apropos. Wasn’t the Paul Newman movie about Huey Long “Blaze”? Focusing on Huey’s relationship with Blaze Starr? Or am I confusing two Paul Newman movies? I’d just like to point out that of the five names making the finalist list, I suggested two of them. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/60 "2000-10-31T20:21:48Z")
Still _fishing_ for a copy of that fish picture. As soon as I _land it_, I’ll _hook_ y’all up to see it. Jester may be _in deep_ if we don’t get to see this picture soon… Okay. I’m terribly sorry. I’ll stop with the _lines_ now. Where’s the fish smilie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901.md?page=4)