# Really? THAT'S What You Called The Fish?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 25, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365 "2010-02-25T05:31:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/1 "2010-02-25T05:31:14Z")

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Who the hell thought this was a good idea?

wrasse ass bass

Not kidding.

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**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/2 "2010-02-25T05:32:09Z")

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I thought it was a fantastic idea when I named them, actually.

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/3 "2010-02-25T05:41:51Z")

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Why not name it a Crass Wrasse Ass Bass though?

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**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/4 "2010-02-25T06:01:00Z")

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This sounds like a mass of [frass](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/frass).

BTW, I hate it when my whole dinner is [scrod](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrod).

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**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/5 "2010-02-25T06:06:55Z")

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> [@tr0psn4j](#):
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> Why not name it a Crass Wrasse Ass Bass though?

I thought of that, but my little cousin couldn’t say the “Cr” sound, and since I was going to let her make the announcement, it just seemed mean.

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/6 "2010-02-25T07:00:20Z")

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Wrasse, ass or bass, nobody rides for free.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/7 "2010-02-25T19:44:53Z")

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If it’s not big enough, you could send your wrasse ass bass to mass class, as long as it doesn’t sass.

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**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:** [February 27, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/8 "2010-02-27T02:58:32Z")

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Man, you sass that hoopy Wrasse Basse? There’s a frood with mass class.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/9 "2010-02-27T03:08:29Z")

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As long as it doesn’t sing “Take Me To The River”, I don’t care what it’s called.

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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-thats-what-you-called-the-fish/530365/10 "2010-02-27T04:13:23Z")

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I’ll see your wrasse ass bass and raise you one [slippery dick](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_dick).