# My parents just walked in with a 4 ft. stuffed catfish from Home Depot

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**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")\
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**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:** [November 24, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/61 "2000-11-24T20:56:27Z")

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Browsing through old threads, I found this one and forgot that I hadn’t told anybody what I had finally named the fish.

And, thanks to **Gunslinger’s** genius suggestion, the monstrosity has been dubbed Eric. It sits next to my bed, and odd as this sounds, I’ve actually come to love the old guy.

Anyway, just thought I’d let anybody who was interested know. C’mon, SOMEBODY was, right?

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**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:** [November 24, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-just-walked-in-with-a-4-ft-stuffed-catfish-from-home-depot/37901/62 "2000-11-24T21:04:21Z")

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::raises paw:: I was. But I was so interested I took the thyme to actually ask you via IMs.

Next question: Who gets to be Eric’s godfather? Godmother? As we are soon to be married, I have dibs on being his evil Stepmommy.

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