# Waiter, your finest unagi, please...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235 "2017-07-14T11:30:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235/1 "2017-07-14T11:30:11Z")

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Happy Best Eel Day, to all of our French friends.

_Vive la France!_ 🙂

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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:** [July 14, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235/2 "2017-07-14T13:21:00Z")

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Careful what you wish for:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992)

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235/3 "2017-07-14T22:08:31Z")

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I would hesitate to call a hagfish the “finest” of anything, in any set of circumstances.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235/4 "2017-07-15T01:59:35Z")

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I like unagi a lot, but I’ve stopped eating it. It’s [threatened](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unagi#Sustainability).

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**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:** [July 15, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-your-finest-unagi-please/791235/5 "2017-07-15T02:04:04Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Careful what you wish for:
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992)
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830992)

Not eels, [hagfish.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish)

Bill Murray’s worst nightmare.