# Nice grocery-store moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496 "2011-11-19T23:03:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/21 "2011-11-20T15:28:28Z")
I so hope he did that on porpoise. ---
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/22 "2011-11-20T15:51:48Z")
…and then the blind man said “hello, ladies!” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/23 "2011-11-20T16:21:00Z")
> [@HotDogWater](#): > > …and then the blind man said “hello, ladies!” Ooooh, \*that \*was crappie! It really smelt. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/24 "2011-11-20T18:07:29Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Stop being do shellfish :rolleyes: Just call us “the mobsters with the lobsters” (that’s a Curtis Slewaism) ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/25 "2011-11-20T19:13:15Z")
**Baker** , don’t be such a crab. ---
**Author:** ![banjoDavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/26 "2011-11-20T20:06:37Z")
and dropped my wallet overboard. The carp in the water swatted it back and forth to each other with their tails. First time I’d seen carp-to-carp walleting. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/27 "2011-11-20T20:17:40Z")
> [@BobArrgh](#): > > **Baker** , don’t be such a crab. I wasn’t being crabby!😛 I was just making my own poor attempt at a fishy joke! ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/28 "2011-11-20T21:14:09Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > These puns are sardine to piss me off. My anger is off the scales. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/29 "2011-11-20T23:48:39Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I wasn’t being crabby!😛 I was just making my own poor attempt at a fishy joke! No need to yell. I’m not hard of herring. I can’t stop, I’m kelpless. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/30 "2011-11-20T23:52:45Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > My anger is off the scales. anchor 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/31 "2011-11-21T02:04:32Z")
Similarly… I recently bought a counter-top spice rack. After setting it on the counter, I immediately arranged, front and center, parsley, then sage, then rosemary, then thyme. mmm ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/32 "2011-11-21T02:45:20Z")
Were the catfish on display lined up end to end? Why have just Porgy and Bass when you can have all of Catfish Row? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/33 "2011-11-21T03:26:08Z")
Everyone in this thread is gillty of punning! ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/34 "2011-11-21T03:39:33Z")
This is turning out to be a whale of a thread! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/35 "2011-11-21T05:21:01Z")
Can a moderator lox this thread? ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/36 "2011-11-21T06:41:20Z")
I’m not in the mood for fish. How were they for red meats? Do they got plenty of mutton? Mutton’s plenty for me! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/37 "2011-11-21T06:44:20Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > So you mean all these puns aren’t just a fluke? No, they manta do that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/38 "2011-11-21T07:30:01Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > So you mean all these puns aren’t just a fluke? They’re worth at least a fin. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/39 "2011-11-21T07:34:30Z")
Carpe diem! E porpoise unum! Caviar emptor! ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496/40 "2011-11-21T07:36:57Z")
Pollocks, JThunder. I don’t think this grouper is up to it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-grocery-store-moment/603496.md?page=3)