Lobster

[Dillinger]

MMMM!!!

Tasty goodness from the sea.

 

[DéjàNu]

mmmmmmm yes wonderful!!!! Delicious

but, you surely know that, do they live in fjord?

 

[bluntforcemama]

....has more arsenic in it's tail than 500 gallons of water! You also have to boil it alive.

 

[JazzManJim]

"We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster"

 

[sunstruck]

I still want to know what was going through the mind of the first person to look at a shell fish and say, "Hmmm that looks edible".

 

[Dillinger]

Good point Sunstruck - but the one that really gets me is olives.

Now who was the first person to say - let's take this inedible thing from that tree and soak it in poison, then we'll be able to eat it!

 

[freescorfr]

I went to school fo my first day teaching and a lad came up to me and asked, "Do you like lobsters?" I said I did and he opened his coat and produced a plastic bag with four fine big black lobsters, "Four quid" he said. "They'll die if you don't take them."
I took them and they died anyway when I boiled them.
His friend then went up to the window, opened it, opened his coat and out flew three pigeons.
Another kid was playing with somethimg inside his desk.
"What have you there," I asked.
"Two mice," he said.
I looked inside the desk and he had two mice.

I thought the place had gone looney.

Then another kid started fishing around in his satchel.
"What now?," I enquired.

"A toad."

"Can I see it?"

"No! It doesn't like being looked at."
After waiting and repeatedly asking to see the toad he conceded and opened his bag. Inside was a red brick.

"That's a brick", I said.

"I know it's a brick," he replied. "It was a toad till you looked at it."

That was the start of my teaching career.

 

[perks]

I know I learned something, just then.


anyway, I'm morgy's lobster.

 

[SpaceToast]

I still want to know what was going through the mind of the first person to look at a shell fish and say, "Hmmm that looks edible".

I hate this classic question. You've got to define the first "person" first, and that gets sticky. Frankly, the first genetically 99.999999% human creature to see the thing get stranded in a tide pool went, "Fuck! Something to eat!" dashed it open on the ledge and had a bitchin' good neolithic ole' day. (No offense to Sun.)

I'm from Maine. My uncle's a lobsterman. I've had plenty of lobster in my day. It's a big bug. I suppose it's pretty good for a big bug. Boil it, dash it open, poison it with chloroform -- I don't care. If you'll put out ant traps and swat flies, you shouldn't have any problem eating a lobster. At least when you eat it the thing's death had some purpose.

And by gorry, if that ain't the truth, a Friendship Sloop won't sail worth a damn-

-M@

 

[J.B.]

I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

*runs out of thread*

 

[Dillinger]

I went to school fo my first day teaching and a lad came up to me and asked, "Do you like lobsters?" I said I did and he opened his coat and produced a plastic bag with four fine big black lobsters, "Four quid" he said. "They'll die if you don't take them."
I took them and they died anyway when I boiled them.
His friend then went up to the window, opened it, opened his coat and out flew three pigeons.
Another kid was playing with somethimg inside his desk.
"What have you there," I asked.
"Two mice," he said.
I looked inside the desk and he had two mice.

I thought the place had gone looney.

Then another kid started fishing around in his satchel.
"What now?," I enquired.

"A toad."

"Can I see it?"

"No! It doesn't like being looked at."
After waiting and repeatedly asking to see the toad he conceded and opened his bag. Inside was a red brick.

"That's a brick", I said.

"I know it's a brick," he replied. "It was a toad till you looked at it."

That was the start of my teaching career.

That's a hell of a story! I love it.

 

[JazzManJim]

Re: I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

*runs out of thread*

I have to agree with you, JB. Shrimp is the only shellfish I can eat that doesnt' make me immediately, violently ill.

That sucks because I live in one of the finest areas int he country for fresh shellfish (crabs, clams, and oysters).

 

[perks]

Re: Re: I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

That sucks because I live in one of the finest areas int he country for fresh shellfish (crabs, clams, and oysters).

yes we do!

 

[SpaceToast]

That is a hell of a story, Freescorfr-

-M@

 

[tortoise]

In my home town in south-central Washington, someone once spray-painted the following enigmatic words on a backroad stretch of asphalt at regular intervals of a couple hundred yards:

GIRLS


SHOULD


NOT


WASTE


POWDER


ON


LOBSTERS

 

[JazzManJim]

Re: Re: Re: I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

yes we do!

Ever been down to the southern part of the state? We have, hands down, the best waterside restaurants on the coast.

 

[Guest]

 

[DéjàNu]

In my home town in south-central Washington, someone once spray-painted the following enigmatic words on a backroad stretch of asphalt at regular intervals of a couple hundred yards:

GIRLS
SHOULD
NOT
WASTE
POWDER
ON
LOBSTERS

and what you think it mean tortoise?

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

I went to school fo my first day teaching and a lad came up to me and asked, "Do you like lobsters?" I said I did and he opened his coat and produced a plastic bag with four fine big black lobsters, "Four quid" he said. "They'll die if you don't take them."
I took them and they died anyway when I boiled them.
His friend then went up to the window, opened it, opened his coat and out flew three pigeons.
Another kid was playing with somethimg inside his desk.
"What have you there," I asked.
"Two mice," he said.
I looked inside the desk and he had two mice.

I thought the place had gone looney.

Then another kid started fishing around in his satchel.
"What now?," I enquired.

"A toad."

"Can I see it?"

"No! It doesn't like being looked at."
After waiting and repeatedly asking to see the toad he conceded and opened his bag. Inside was a red brick.

"That's a brick", I said.

"I know it's a brick," he replied. "It was a toad till you looked at it."

That was the start of my teaching career.

Here's a similar story I heard ...

A Little Leprechaun

A little boy was in the school's bathroom. He found there was no toilet paper so he used his hand. When he got back to his classroom the teacher asked what he had in his hand.

"A little leprechaun, and if I open my hand he'll get scared away."

The teacher couldn't get him to open his hand and sent him to the principal who also asked what he had in his hand.

"A little leprechaun, and if I open my hand he'll get scared away."

He was sent home with a note asking to see his parents, so his mom asked him what he had in his hand.

"A little leprechaun, and if I open my hand he'll get scared away."

He was sent to his room. In a while his dad came in and asked, "What do you have in your hand?"

Again came the reply, "It's a little leprechaun, and if I open my hand he'll get scared away."

His dad ordered him to open his hand, and as he did so the boy said, "Oh no, Dad, look; you scared the crap out of him!"

 

[perks]

Re: Re: Re: Re: I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

Ever been down to the southern part of the state? We have, hands down, the best waterside restaurants on the coast.

Every once in awhile, yes.

 

[cybergirly]

Re: Re: I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

I have to agree with you, JB. Shrimp is the only shellfish I can eat that doesnt' make me immediately, violently ill.

That sucks because I live in one of the finest areas int he country for fresh shellfish (crabs, clams, and oysters).

What he said.
Lobster *shudder*

 

[tortoise]

and what you think it mean tortoise?

I haven't the foggiest notion, but discovering it was one of the most inspiring moments of my adolescence. I absolutely LOVE absurdity.

 

[J.B.]

I'll take shrimp over lobster any day...

What he said.
Lobster *shudder*

I just don't like the taste... .

 

[DéjàNu]

I haven't the foggiest notion, but discovering it was one of the most inspiring moments of my adolescence. I absolutely LOVE absurdity.

really? I havent notice this from you and/or Ginny... nope.... not at all...

 

[lickerish]

I had a bad experience with Lobster, it was raw and made me ill. Never again. *shudder*

Give me Oregon Coast crab any day.