PFIC Classic Thread — Posted by Ken Jones on February 19, 2004
Which of our local species would be the favorites of the following people—and why?
Socrates
Posted by dompfa ben
"Olive" rockfish? Greeks love them olives, right
Posted by gyozadude
Tilapia? Wasn't Socrates a proponent of "Diet" whose origins mean "Way of Life?" in reference to living by means of a peaceful agrarian society? And the logic follows that raising animals requires more pastures and therefore we'd need to go to war if we ate meat? Maybe tilapia would satisfy Socrates under these conditions?
Posted by Ken Jones
Wolf-eel? If fish could talk, I think this is a species that would make you listen. Long-lived and loyal throughout their life.
Posted by Songslinger
Anything poke polled because it involves an approach akin to the Socratic Method.
Alexander the Great
Posted by dompfa ben
"conquer" eel? Ow!
Posted by blahblahblah
MRE: Salmon, Tuna, Sardines, Herring...
Posted by gyozadude
An army fights on its stomach! Meals Ready to Eat with smoked or poached Salmon, Tuna, Sardines, Herring, and maybe even salted anchovies! But not cans. Too heavy to carry and requires a tool not available to his troops. Sardines in Jerk Sauce probably his favorite!
Posted by climberb9
Lingcod
Posted by Ken Jones
No territory is safe when they are around
Posted by 2d
Mitten Crab. It's all about terrorizing and taking over.
Confucius
Posted by kin
Sturgeon...a lot of time needed to understand....
Posted by gyozadude
A big old Cabezon. A big mouth and head — representing great intellect and a philosopher much spoken of. Not to mention, great for soup.
White flaky flesh unparalleled in a stir-fry with snow peas. Skin and bones deep-fried as an appetizer. A big cabezon in the sack is worth 3 dishes on the dinner table.
Posted by saltynsoaked
China Rockfish...he's a patriot
Posted by Ken Jones
Black croaker aka Chinese croaker
Posted by Ken Jones
Or monkeyface eel (prickleback). They're sitting down there under and in between those rocks contemplating the state of our society.
Posted by Songslinger
Oddly, jacksmelt because the style (or styles) of fishing for them would please Master Kung. And he would keep only the ones he needed.
John Locke
Posted by gyozadude
Sturgeon. No doubt, someone who supported the idea of "Nufo-ism". Go out there and put in your time! ... For being a beast that is still looked upon as common, and no man's private possession, whoever has employed so much labour about any of that kind as to find and pursue her has thereby removed her from the state of Nature wherein she was common, and hath begun a property. - John Locke, 1690 2nd Treatise of Gov't
Posted by Ken Jones
White seabass. A leader among his fellow croakers as was Locke among other mere mortal men. "Give me liberty or give me death," oops wrong continent and person (Patrick Henry) but you get the drift.
Posted by Songslinger
For his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, a buffalo sculpin, sluggish and ponderous, not much fight and a rather grudging acceptance of things as they are.
Thomas Jefferson
Posted by Ken Jones
Red Irishlord... Obvious red coloring but I also think (could be wrong) that Mr. Jefferson traced his roots to Ireland. An independent thinking fish that is desired for its flesh—but not its wisdom.
Winston Churchill
Posted by saltynsoaked
Salmon, smoked of course.... smoke a cigar or smoke a salmon... hmmm. Jonathan "Saltynsoaked"
Posted by gyozadude
Halibut, no doubt the utmost fish! Bigger fillets than the measly morsels from the standard fillets of sole off UK coasts, halibut would easily satisfy Churchill's demand to resolve possible shortages through a policy of "utmost fish"
Posted by Ken Jones
Senorita... Since they are cigar shaped. Or English sole...
Napoleon
Posted by Ken Jones
Sarcastic Frenchead
Posted by cayucosjack
Ow again — but right
Posted by blahblahblah
Garibaldi...small fish taking on a seal...
Posted by kin
King fish... only this will do!!!
Posted by saltynsoaked
California Scorpionfish
Posted by gyozadude
Ditto. Sarcastic fringehead... Small fish with a big attitude.
Posted by climberb9
Scorpionfish,they can be pretty tempermental
Posted by pierhead
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Einstein
Posted by dompfa ben
"Alper" Einstein? A Greenling
Ken Jones
Pileperch
Posted by gyozadude
But why?
Posted by Ken Jones
It's hard to out smart them. How many times do you see them circling the pilings in plain view and find them impossible to hook?
Woody Guthrie
Posted by dompfa ben
"Ballad" tuna?...all right, that's a stretch on bullet tuna, but... I couldn't think of a Dust Bowl reference.
Posted by Ken Jones
White croaker aka kingfish, champion of the common man, oops, I mean common fish.
Bob Dylan
Posted by Ken Jones
Guitarfish?
Posted by dompfa ben
How many hi-lo's must a man cast down before you can call him a man?
Yes, and how many sand crabs must die in the sun, before a guitarfish lay in the sand?
LMAO, The answer my friend is drifting in the tide
Posted by climberb9
The answer is drifting in the tide.
Posted by Hara
If no one can find me, I can't be found
But if a fish can find me, you know I am around
Around the pilings or the jetty
Around the ocean and the sand
You know where I will be found
Posted by Ken Jones
Chamelon goby... He's changed from folk singer to gospel singer to rock/folk singer to guru for many different types of music. And he's a small man considering his enormous influence on our music for the past 40 years.
Posted by Ken Jones
But you don't know what it is, Do you Mister Jones?
Ballad of a Thin Man —
You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel
To be such a freak?"
And you say, "Impossible"
As he hands you a bone
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations
You've been with the professors
And they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of
F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
You're very well read
It's well known
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin' around
You should be made
To wear earphones
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music
Posted by Black Diamond Bay
Tangled Up In Blue Rockfish... Actually, the way my luck's going, tangled up in blue p-line!
Elvis
Posted by Ken Jones
Smoothhound dog?
Posted by dompfa ben
You ain't nothin' but a smooth hound... rockin' me all the time...
Posted by gyozadude
Smooth hound - dog fish? Two species better than one!
Posted by Ken Jones
Longspine combfish... But I'm stretching the species for this one (most anglers would never see this fish
Posted by Songslinger
Kingfish
Posted by Red Fish
Jailhouse rockfish!
Frodo
Posted by Ken Jones
Irish Lord of the Rings?
Posted by dompfa ben
or a maybe a hobbit crab...or anything precious...
Posted by saltynsoaked
Garibaldi — so precious we can't fish them in our waters.
Posted by neko
Opaleye
Posted by blahblahblah
"Sting" ray
Luke Skywalker or Yoda
Posted by eelmaster
Buffalo Sculpin.
Posted by baitfish
Toad Fish - Frank Oz = Kermit
Posted by baitfish
Light Sablefish
Posted by drudown
Brass Copper Tetra
Darth Vader?
Posted by Red Fish
Fluuuuuuuuke.......
Posted by baymaster
Surf Perch because... They are very mushy and he could probably suck it through a straw.
Posted by 2d
I got a ling a couple of years ago that hitchhiked on another, smaller (though of current legal size) ling. the bait was the normal greenish blue hue, but the hitchhiker was dark with red mottling. due to the coloration and propensity to eat its own kind, I promptly dubbed it the "darth maul ling." it might still be out there, all 35"+ of badness (probably a few inches longer if it hasn't been caught yet).
Posted by Red Fish
I...am...your Flouuuuuuunder...Uhhh, ummm...Luuuuuuuuke...I am...your Fathhhhhhhher!!!!!!! Although, a batray does give you kind of an impression of Darth with the mask on
Posted by baitfish
Anaking fish
Posted by drudown
Whitespotted Toadfish
Jack Nicholson
Posted by dompha ben
A Jack Crevalle? Jack Mackerel?
Posted by Red Fish
A shiner .... Shining..
Posted by baitfish.
China(town) Rockfish
Add a celebrity (non political) and fish — Ken Jones
Michael Jackson = Farm-raised Salmon (color added) Danthefisherman
Kanye West's Mom - a real Sturgeon baitchucker
with the face of a Greenie! Danthefisherman
What about Paris Hilton? (keep it clean!) Ken Jones
I don't know, but that's hot! Danthefisherman
Quietly laughed out loud on that one Dan Red Fish
Name some possible people —
Johnny Depp! Ken Jones
Kate Moss moonshine
Tom Arnold moonshine
Simon Cowell moonshine
Rock Hudson, Tracy Chapman, Ellen Degeneres... mel
LOL, don't forget Rosie O'Donnel! Danthefisherman
Steven Tyler drudown
Which of our local species would be the favorites of the following people—and why?
Socrates
Posted by dompfa ben
"Olive" rockfish? Greeks love them olives, right
Posted by gyozadude
Tilapia? Wasn't Socrates a proponent of "Diet" whose origins mean "Way of Life?" in reference to living by means of a peaceful agrarian society? And the logic follows that raising animals requires more pastures and therefore we'd need to go to war if we ate meat? Maybe tilapia would satisfy Socrates under these conditions?
Posted by Ken Jones
Wolf-eel? If fish could talk, I think this is a species that would make you listen. Long-lived and loyal throughout their life.
Posted by Songslinger
Anything poke polled because it involves an approach akin to the Socratic Method.
Alexander the Great
Posted by dompfa ben
"conquer" eel? Ow!
Posted by blahblahblah
MRE: Salmon, Tuna, Sardines, Herring...
Posted by gyozadude
An army fights on its stomach! Meals Ready to Eat with smoked or poached Salmon, Tuna, Sardines, Herring, and maybe even salted anchovies! But not cans. Too heavy to carry and requires a tool not available to his troops. Sardines in Jerk Sauce probably his favorite!
Posted by climberb9
Lingcod
Posted by Ken Jones
No territory is safe when they are around
Posted by 2d
Mitten Crab. It's all about terrorizing and taking over.
Confucius
Posted by kin
Sturgeon...a lot of time needed to understand....
Posted by gyozadude
A big old Cabezon. A big mouth and head — representing great intellect and a philosopher much spoken of. Not to mention, great for soup.
White flaky flesh unparalleled in a stir-fry with snow peas. Skin and bones deep-fried as an appetizer. A big cabezon in the sack is worth 3 dishes on the dinner table.
Posted by saltynsoaked
China Rockfish...he's a patriot
Posted by Ken Jones
Black croaker aka Chinese croaker
Posted by Ken Jones
Or monkeyface eel (prickleback). They're sitting down there under and in between those rocks contemplating the state of our society.
Posted by Songslinger
Oddly, jacksmelt because the style (or styles) of fishing for them would please Master Kung. And he would keep only the ones he needed.
John Locke
Posted by gyozadude
Sturgeon. No doubt, someone who supported the idea of "Nufo-ism". Go out there and put in your time! ... For being a beast that is still looked upon as common, and no man's private possession, whoever has employed so much labour about any of that kind as to find and pursue her has thereby removed her from the state of Nature wherein she was common, and hath begun a property. - John Locke, 1690 2nd Treatise of Gov't
Posted by Ken Jones
White seabass. A leader among his fellow croakers as was Locke among other mere mortal men. "Give me liberty or give me death," oops wrong continent and person (Patrick Henry) but you get the drift.
Posted by Songslinger
For his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, a buffalo sculpin, sluggish and ponderous, not much fight and a rather grudging acceptance of things as they are.
Thomas Jefferson
Posted by Ken Jones
Red Irishlord... Obvious red coloring but I also think (could be wrong) that Mr. Jefferson traced his roots to Ireland. An independent thinking fish that is desired for its flesh—but not its wisdom.
Winston Churchill
Posted by saltynsoaked
Salmon, smoked of course.... smoke a cigar or smoke a salmon... hmmm. Jonathan "Saltynsoaked"
Posted by gyozadude
Halibut, no doubt the utmost fish! Bigger fillets than the measly morsels from the standard fillets of sole off UK coasts, halibut would easily satisfy Churchill's demand to resolve possible shortages through a policy of "utmost fish"
Posted by Ken Jones
Senorita... Since they are cigar shaped. Or English sole...
Napoleon
Posted by Ken Jones
Sarcastic Frenchead
Posted by cayucosjack
Ow again — but right
Posted by blahblahblah
Garibaldi...small fish taking on a seal...
Posted by kin
King fish... only this will do!!!
Posted by saltynsoaked
California Scorpionfish
Posted by gyozadude
Ditto. Sarcastic fringehead... Small fish with a big attitude.
Posted by climberb9
Scorpionfish,they can be pretty tempermental
Posted by pierhead
Cephaloscyllium ventriosum
Einstein
Posted by dompfa ben
"Alper" Einstein? A Greenling
Ken Jones
Pileperch
Posted by gyozadude
But why?
Posted by Ken Jones
It's hard to out smart them. How many times do you see them circling the pilings in plain view and find them impossible to hook?
Woody Guthrie
Posted by dompfa ben
"Ballad" tuna?...all right, that's a stretch on bullet tuna, but... I couldn't think of a Dust Bowl reference.
Posted by Ken Jones
White croaker aka kingfish, champion of the common man, oops, I mean common fish.
Bob Dylan
Posted by Ken Jones
Guitarfish?
Posted by dompfa ben
How many hi-lo's must a man cast down before you can call him a man?
Yes, and how many sand crabs must die in the sun, before a guitarfish lay in the sand?
LMAO, The answer my friend is drifting in the tide
Posted by climberb9
The answer is drifting in the tide.
Posted by Hara
If no one can find me, I can't be found
But if a fish can find me, you know I am around
Around the pilings or the jetty
Around the ocean and the sand
You know where I will be found
Posted by Ken Jones
Chamelon goby... He's changed from folk singer to gospel singer to rock/folk singer to guru for many different types of music. And he's a small man considering his enormous influence on our music for the past 40 years.
Posted by Ken Jones
But you don't know what it is, Do you Mister Jones?
Ballad of a Thin Man —
You walk into the room
With your pencil in your hand
You see somebody naked
And you say, "Who is that man?"
You try so hard
But you don't understand
Just what you'll say
When you get home
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You hand in your ticket
And you go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to you
When he hears you speak
And says, "How does it feel
To be such a freak?"
And you say, "Impossible"
As he hands you a bone
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
You have many contacts
Among the lumberjacks
To get you facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they already expect you
To just give a check
To tax-deductible charity organizations
You've been with the professors
And they've all liked your looks
With great lawyers you have
Discussed lepers and crooks
You've been through all of
F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
You're very well read
It's well known
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you
And then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
And without further notice
He asks you how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Now you see this one-eyed midget
Shouting the word "NOW"
And you say, "For what reason?"
And he says, "How?"
And you say, "What does this mean?"
And he screams back, "You're a cow
Give me some milk
Or else go home"
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Well, you walk into the room
Like a camel and then you frown
You put your eyes in your pocket
And your nose on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against you comin' around
You should be made
To wear earphones
Because something is happening here
But you don't know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?
Copyright © 1965; renewed 1993 Special Rider Music
Posted by Black Diamond Bay
Tangled Up In Blue Rockfish... Actually, the way my luck's going, tangled up in blue p-line!
Elvis
Posted by Ken Jones
Smoothhound dog?
Posted by dompfa ben
You ain't nothin' but a smooth hound... rockin' me all the time...
Posted by gyozadude
Smooth hound - dog fish? Two species better than one!
Posted by Ken Jones
Longspine combfish... But I'm stretching the species for this one (most anglers would never see this fish
Posted by Songslinger
Kingfish
Posted by Red Fish
Jailhouse rockfish!
Frodo
Posted by Ken Jones
Irish Lord of the Rings?
Posted by dompfa ben
or a maybe a hobbit crab...or anything precious...
Posted by saltynsoaked
Garibaldi — so precious we can't fish them in our waters.
Posted by neko
Opaleye
Posted by blahblahblah
"Sting" ray
Luke Skywalker or Yoda
Posted by eelmaster
Buffalo Sculpin.
Posted by baitfish
Toad Fish - Frank Oz = Kermit
Posted by baitfish
Light Sablefish
Posted by drudown
Brass Copper Tetra
Darth Vader?
Posted by Red Fish
Fluuuuuuuuke.......
Posted by baymaster
Surf Perch because... They are very mushy and he could probably suck it through a straw.
Posted by 2d
I got a ling a couple of years ago that hitchhiked on another, smaller (though of current legal size) ling. the bait was the normal greenish blue hue, but the hitchhiker was dark with red mottling. due to the coloration and propensity to eat its own kind, I promptly dubbed it the "darth maul ling." it might still be out there, all 35"+ of badness (probably a few inches longer if it hasn't been caught yet).
Posted by Red Fish
I...am...your Flouuuuuuunder...Uhhh, ummm...Luuuuuuuuke...I am...your Fathhhhhhhher!!!!!!! Although, a batray does give you kind of an impression of Darth with the mask on
Posted by baitfish
Anaking fish
Posted by drudown
Whitespotted Toadfish
Jack Nicholson
Posted by dompha ben
A Jack Crevalle? Jack Mackerel?
Posted by Red Fish
A shiner .... Shining..
Posted by baitfish.
China(town) Rockfish
Add a celebrity (non political) and fish — Ken Jones
Michael Jackson = Farm-raised Salmon (color added) Danthefisherman
Kanye West's Mom - a real Sturgeon baitchucker
with the face of a Greenie! Danthefisherman
What about Paris Hilton? (keep it clean!) Ken Jones
I don't know, but that's hot! Danthefisherman
Quietly laughed out loud on that one Dan
Red Fish Name some possible people —
Johnny Depp! Ken Jones
Kate Moss moonshine
Tom Arnold moonshine
Simon Cowell moonshine
Rock Hudson, Tracy Chapman, Ellen Degeneres... mel
LOL, don't forget Rosie O'Donnel! Danthefisherman
Steven Tyler drudown
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