# Store caught sticking Googly Eyes on fish to make them look fresher

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**Created:** [September 2, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-caught-sticking-googly-eyes-on-fish-to-make-them-look-fresher/820640 "2018-09-02T13:34:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-caught-sticking-googly-eyes-on-fish-to-make-them-look-fresher/820640/1 "2018-09-02T13:34:07Z")

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> **[Store Caught Sticking Googly Eyes On Fish To Make Them Look Fresh](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fish-googly-eyes-caught_n_5b8b3239e4b0162f47241e6b)**
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> Because nothing says fresh like a new pair of fake eyes.

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> A store in Kuwait has reportedly been shut down after it was discovered that its owners were sticking googly eyes on fish in an attempt to make them appear fresher.  
> Images of one of the fish, which were uploaded to Twitter by Al Bayan newspaper on Saturday, left users in hilarious disbelief at the creativeness of the store’s owners.

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**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-caught-sticking-googly-eyes-on-fish-to-make-them-look-fresher/820640/2 "2018-09-02T21:41:42Z")

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Oh, my gosh, this is brilliant! And hilarious. 😃

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-caught-sticking-googly-eyes-on-fish-to-make-them-look-fresher/820640/3 "2018-09-04T03:25:17Z")

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At least they didn’t put googly eyes on whole chickens or hot dogs.

I was grocery shopping in Mexico and among the pork chops and sausage meat were packages of half pig heads complete with googly eye. Caught me off guard, but in anatomy class we had buckets of severed parts. Still, most Canadian grocery stores are googly free. Googly eyes wouldn’t help with the smell or Gill colour, though.