# Tap **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838 "2010-03-09T11:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/1 "2010-03-09T11:19:34Z")
tap tap tap … is this thing turned on? ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/2 "2010-03-09T11:32:17Z")
Yes, I can hear you. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/3 "2010-03-09T14:10:22Z")
With that user title I’m not sure I want to know what you’re tapping on/with. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/4 "2010-03-09T14:21:14Z")
What? speak up. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/5 "2010-03-09T14:26:43Z")
Being semelparous, are you _sure_ you want to use up the one “tap” you’ve got? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/6 "2010-03-09T16:25:50Z")
SDMB on tap? What? No cans or bottles? Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/7 "2010-03-09T17:03:26Z")
I cast [Twiddle](http://magiccards.info/4e/en/109.html). Untap. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/8 "2010-03-09T18:55:01Z")
Gregory Hines’ ghost is a Doper? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/9 "2010-03-09T19:32:26Z")
Don’t tap on the glass. It disturbs the fish. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/10 "2010-03-10T06:20:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Don’t tap on the glass. It disturbs the fish. Like this one, which I think should be the Official Fish of The Straight Dope just for the name alone. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Sarcastic Fringehead. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Neoclinus\_blanchardi.html](http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Neoclinus_blanchardi.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838/11 "2010-03-10T16:38:25Z")
That’s what I’m going to name my next child! Our first one wasn’t so specific. We had decided on Fish Eyes. But, Little Fish Eyes was not to be. Sniff. (We made this choice on our honeymoon, BTW. It was the only name we could agree upon.) I don’t think there is a bunch of chance that I will be using **Sarcastic Fringehead** , so I think your idea for its use as the Official Fish is perfect.