# Name a fish that doesn't have a "G" in it's name. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526 "2018-04-16T17:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/61 "2018-04-23T12:53:53Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > Flounder, Sea Bass, and Bluefish. …and protein from the sea! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/62 "2018-04-24T01:35:14Z")
Gefilte! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/63 "2018-04-24T01:44:50Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Gefilte! G-d, I hate that! “Cheapest fish”. Bletch! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/64 "2018-04-25T17:50:20Z")
I’m kind of amazed at the number of people that responded to the question; which was really just the title; and completely missed the actual question of the thread: > [@](#): > > There are several of these. For example, “Name a city that doesn’t have an “A” in it’s name. Bet you can’t!” > What is up with that? Does it trigger something that adds your PC to their slave connection? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/65 "2018-04-25T17:57:54Z")
I, too. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/66 "2018-04-25T18:27:53Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I’m kind of amazed at the number of people that responded to the question; which was really just the title; and completely missed the actual question of the thread: It was a terrible title, perfectly (and I’ll credit OP\* by saying “deliberately”) illustrating the sick effectiveness of clickbait. \*OP will now say something like “yeah, that’s exactly what I meant to happen.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526/67 "2018-04-25T18:37:51Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > It was a terrible title, perfectly (and I’ll credit OP\* by saying “deliberately”) illustrating the sick effectiveness of clickbait. > > \*OP will now say something like “yeah, that’s exactly what I meant to happen.” I didn’t think anyone on the 'Dope was that dumb. I mean, we all read the entire thread before me post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-fish-that-doesnt-have-a-g-in-its-name/812526.md?page=3)