# PETA says : Don't call them fish ! Call them sea kittens ! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998 "2009-01-12T22:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/21 "2009-01-13T00:07:07Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > No, No! They are in a _sea kitten_ bowl. Get the nomenclature right. well played. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/22 "2009-01-13T00:07:07Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > So you prefer your sea kitten raw? I don’t mind it once in a while but I like my sea kitten broiled with lemon butter and every so often a nicely battered and fried sea kitten is good, too, with fries and Hush Puppies. Oh, totally, it’s just that I had spicy sea kitten and cucumber rolls for lunch so that’s what was on my mind. Mmm…kittens and chips! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/23 "2009-01-13T00:13:49Z")
The world needs an enema. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/24 "2009-01-13T00:19:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Every time PETA says something stupid I eat two portions of meat at my next meal. So, how’s the all-meat diet working out for you? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/25 "2009-01-13T00:20:12Z")
Now I want some sea kitten but all I have in the house is some canned stuff and I don’t have any bread so I can’t even make a sea kitten salad sandwich. Maybe I’ll just have some coop kitten breast instead. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/26 "2009-01-13T00:24:17Z")
Here, Kitty Kitty… I have a nice plump sea kitten for you to eat! Aw, fuck em all ☹ … just call them buckeyes. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/27 "2009-01-13T00:25:58Z")
Not all fish are sea kittens. Some are quite old. Those should be called the “fishy pussies”. Mmmm or maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/28 "2009-01-13T00:40:20Z")
… anyone else craving sushi now? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/29 "2009-01-13T00:47:02Z")
Wait until people start calling fish sea kittens. They’ll get used to eating sea kittens and start on regular kittens. Bad move PETA (Pain En The Ass) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/30 "2009-01-13T00:52:17Z")
I’ve often wondered why eating cats and dogs is considered taboo. Apart from that they probably don’t taste very nice. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/31 "2009-01-13T00:56:15Z")
is this because of chicken of the sea? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/32 "2009-01-13T01:05:43Z")
That sounds like something a six-year-old girl might come up with, because the sentiment is dripping with rainbows and unicorns. I’ll just have to make teriyaki-glazed sea kitten fillets tomorrow night. That’ll show her! Robin ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/33 "2009-01-13T01:08:01Z")
I dunno, whoever came up with this idea seems clearly aware of how goofy the notion is. Check out the [“Sea Kitten Stories.”](http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/book.asp) I especially like the one where Sally the Sea Kitten is driven mad with grief and starts plotting the deaths of terrestrial cats. I imagine they’re just hoping to sell some T-shirts. Admit it, wouldn’t you like a shirt that says “Save the Sea Kittens?” At any rate, they’re probably way more likely to sell merchandise featuring cartoon fish than stuff featuring explicit Holocaust imagery. If they sell just one shirt for every message board that links to their site to mock them, that’d be… a whole lot o’ shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/34 "2009-01-13T01:22:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Every time PETA says something stupid I eat two portions of meat at my next meal. By my calculations, you will have consumed the total animal population of the entire world by 3:47 PM next Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/35 "2009-01-13T01:24:35Z")
This weekend I think I’ll take my girlfriend out to dinner and order her the Sea Kitten a la King. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/36 "2009-01-13T02:12:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > It’s a shame [Freddie](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/Katie%20and%20Freddie/IMG_1805.jpg) and [Katie](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/Katie%20and%20Freddie/DSCN1417.jpg) are all grown up now because I could sure use something to eat when I get home. It’s an awkward age; too small for mittens, too big for the crock pot ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/37 "2009-01-13T02:15:00Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Not all fish are sea kittens. Some are quite old. Those should be called the “fishy pussies”. Mmmm or maybe not. Damn! I came into make the sea pussy jokes. Mmmm, edible sea pussy. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/38 "2009-01-13T02:25:11Z")
PETA is an animal rights group the way that the insane preacher ranting at college students on your local campus quad is a Christian. Yeah, that’s superficially the ideology they espouse, but PETA and the preachers (band name!) are really attention whores. I’d wager that PETA is mentioned on this message board more than every other nonprofit combined. View them as animal rights advocates, and their record is pretty spotty (they’ve had some significant successes, and an assload of embarrassing failures). View them as attention whores, and they’re fucking genius at their work. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/39 "2009-01-13T02:25:14Z")
Why “sea” kittens? That’s like saying that they are second class fuzzy loveables. They are first class. Call them all kitties. And lets start eating kitties when we go out for kibble. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998/40 "2009-01-13T02:26:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Damn! I came into make the sea pussy jokes. Mmmm, edible sea pussy. Yeah, taste like tuna. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peta-says-dont-call-them-fish-call-them-sea-kittens/480998.md?page=3)