# Something fishy about Scottish nationalists **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475 "2015-05-07T13:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/1 "2015-05-07T13:55:00Z")
Hasn’t anyone commented on the fact that the leader of Scottish nationalist referendum was named Alex Salmon while the leader of the SNP in today’s election is Nicola Sturgeon? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/2 "2015-05-07T16:06:09Z")
Louder! I’m not herring 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:** [May 7, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/3 "2015-05-07T17:17:56Z")
I’m sorry, your thread seems to be floundering. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/4 "2015-05-07T17:22:06Z")
Cod off Yank! They have [![](http://po4ep.s3.amazonaws.com/1241/l/26435862.jpg) ](http://po4ep.s3.amazonaws.com/1241/l/26435862.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/5 "2015-05-07T18:33:35Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Hasn’t anyone commented on the fact that the leader of Scottish nationalist referendum was named Alex Salmon while the leader of the SNP in today’s election is Nicola Sturgeon? I’m upset that you didn’t recognize my bass instincts in bringing this up in one of the innumerable **Pjen** threads. \*Their all-time favorite American baseball players are Kevin Bass and Mike Trout. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/6 "2015-05-07T19:52:43Z")
Simply sharking! ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/7 "2015-05-07T21:26:12Z")
Is it just me, or does Alex Salmon look a little chubby? I wonder if he has been hitting the Bass Ale too much. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/8 "2015-05-07T21:28:26Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m sorry, your thread seems to be floundering. Stop carping so much. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/9 "2015-05-07T21:39:30Z")
Cod blimey, you’re right! ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/10 "2015-05-07T22:04:09Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m sorry, your thread seems to be floundering. Betta they’ll find some way to keep this going, old chum. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/11 "2015-05-07T22:11:11Z")
I think it’s unfair of you to grouper them together like that. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/12 "2015-05-07T22:55:24Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Hasn’t anyone commented on the fact that the leader of Scottish nationalist referendum was named Alex Salmon while the leader of the SNP in today’s election is Nicola Sturgeon? I think that’s Alex Salmond, with a “d”. The reason I recognize him is that I had him on my Death Pool list last year. He was born on New Year’s Eve, and that date was my theme. Not only born on NYE, but in 1954, as was I. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/13 "2015-05-08T00:38:31Z")
I can’t believe I forgot Catfish Hunter. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/14 "2015-05-08T15:41:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I think that’s Alex Salmond, with a “d”. Well, if campaigning to change the name of the fish to ‘salmond’ throughout the Anglosphere is what it takes, then that’s what we’re going to do. Can’t have a good joke ruined by spelling pedantry. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/15 "2015-05-08T16:05:18Z")
:: waves hi :: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/16 "2015-05-08T17:06:41Z")
Well, once the US Navy bombed Innsmouth, the reef, and then dynamited all of the houses , the Dagon worshippers had to go somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/17 "2015-05-08T18:24:57Z")
Did you start this thread just for the halibut? :p:D ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/18 "2015-05-08T19:17:07Z")
A crappie thread if ever there was ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/19 "2015-05-08T19:17:56Z")
I thought this thread was going to be a joke about the Loch Ness Monster, though I guess that’s more of a sort-of reptile. ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475/20 "2015-05-08T19:59:21Z")
Is it Nessie-sary to bring in non-existent creatures? (Not my own pun – I cryptid from someone else.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-about-scottish-nationalists/719475.md?page=2)