I think this is a statement, not a label. “Fresh idiots rock fish.” Well, I think fish are entirely too easily impressed, since I don’t care how fresh and idiot is, I’m not gonna be rocked.
I don’t think my fish would be rocked by idiots, no matter how fresh. I think they would simply stare, deadpan, through the glass. That is their usual reaction to idiocy.
Looks like an album cover to me. It’s either the Seattle band Fresh Idiots’ album ‘Rock Fish’ or the Chicago indie group Fresh Rock’s difficult second album ‘Idiots Fish’. Both are good, though I prefer Fresh Idiots Rock Fish’s single ‘Safe Handling Instructions’.
You could get the Ig in medicine; one year it was won by a psychiatrist who wrote a paper entitled “Farting as a defence against unspeakable dread”. M. Sidoli (1996), Journal of Analytical Psychology, 41(2):165-178
There used to be a couple of joke journals in psychology that I loved, but unfortunately most psychologists take themselves too d@mn seriously, and the journals folded. My favorite article was, “Case Report of an Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of Writer’s Block.” It was, of course, blank.
I also loved the paper on “Psychotherapy with the Dead.” It contained the brilliant insight that we should not necessarily interpret the dead client’s silence as resistance to treatment.
The blanket warning about meat and poultry, it doesn’t say that is specifically contained within the package. And broadly speaking, one can call the flesh of a fish “meat,” and in fact the warning makes sense for raw fish too, despite the fact that some like to live dangerously.
Actually it does. It says it is prepared from meat and/or poultry. Last I checked, fish didn’t contain meat (flesh from a mammal) or poultry (flesh from a bird)
Last I heard, carnivores had not yet adopted a universal rule confining their eating exclusively to mammals and birds. I’m sure anyone who’s had even a single course in biology can come up with lots and lots of animals that don’t fit in either category that nonetheless manage to get eaten.
No no no, as an ingredient of bird’s nest soup. Cave swifts make nests out of their saliva on cave walls, and its a prized ingredient in some asian cuisines. I think the idea is to collect the nest before any eggs are laid in it, so the birds will make another one.
Idiot fish are a real thing, another common name for them are Channel Rock. Not only do they have HUGE eye’s, but they also have tiny little feet like fins on the bottom of thier bodies. These little guys are HUGE in the asian markets.
We have LOLed heartily at Engrish that apparently emanated from English-speaking countries before, and why not? What the form of the date (which incidentally says “SEP” and not “Sept”) has to do with anything is beyond me. Fail FAIL.
yes, stale idiots are nasty tasting
Obviously these were the idiots. The smart ones didn’t get caught!
I think this is a statement, not a label. “Fresh idiots rock fish.” Well, I think fish are entirely too easily impressed, since I don’t care how fresh and idiot is, I’m not gonna be rocked.
John, you are not a fish. Or are you? If you are just stay away from toilets.
Do I sound fishy to you?
I cod not tell.
That’s good. I hate when people cod and tell.
Do you like fishsticks? Do you like putting them in your mouth?
If he is a fish and he lives in a house, that will be his final resting place. And I will be waiting to meet him.
I happen to be a swordfish. Bring it on!
My word, you will take some flushing, in that case. Remind me to start eating you tail first. After you are dead.
To get to my tail, you first have to get past my sword. En guarde!
I don’t think my fish would be rocked by idiots, no matter how fresh. I think they would simply stare, deadpan, through the glass. That is their usual reaction to idiocy.
Sounds like you’ve got some well-educated fish there. They must spend a lot of time in schools…
No, they’re always tanked.
thats sucks mine flopped and flailed
I prefer a fresh Steve or Dave, than a fresh idiot.
Well, maybe Steve, Dave and Mike were idiots.. not fresh idiots though..
Not any more.
I think “Fresh Idiot” is the band Dave and Steve are in. “Rock Fish” is their first album.
Mikey isn’t talked about much but he’s on drums.
…
but since dave isn’t there very often, the band is kinda falling apart.
The band is really floundering.
But their music has really got sole.
I’ve been called a “fresh idiot” before. But this ain’t my fish.
Would you be willing to take a DNA test to verify the fish is not yours?
i had fresh idiotsyou have to cook it well, or it will make you stupid
If it smart, it would be in that bag now, would it?
Uh-oh. I gotta make sure I keep an eye on my brothers from now on, if they keep selling this.
Keep hot foods hot!
at the asian supermarket there really is a fish called “idiots fish”.
Apparently, marketing principles are different there than here!
Ya know, if you are what you eat…
It’s kinda like when you buy surimi here in the states…it’s “mock” crab, or, idiot crab…that’s all…
Jenn is right… Asian markets really do sell “idiots fish”. It looks like a red cod with really big eyes.
It has big eyes because it lives in really deep water.
Are you sure they’re just not surprised at being caught in such deep water?
The Idiot fish, real name the longspine thornyhead, is found in a small area of a deepwater trench in Canadian waters off the coast of Vancouver.
Due to over fishing it’s population size has fallen by at least 60%.
Here endeth the lesson.
I meant small depth range, not area.
Here endeth the idiot.
In the USA, we’d have to find a more appealing name, since I’m not sure whether I’d rather have an idiot fish or a longspine thornyhead.
Call it a hornyhead, and it will be very popular. With idiots, mostly.
are the idiots rock fans?
They’re fans of KISS or Boney M.
So they’re actually fans of spandex and gold lame, then.
Boney M were produced by the same people as Milly Vanilli,so they just lip-sync.and spandex was scary!!!!!
I found Spandex to be one of the least frightening things about disco and glam rock.
Hmmm, is this Engrish, or just native English fail?
Looks more like a brand name fail to me, but hey, what do I know…
Looks like an album cover to me. It’s either the Seattle band Fresh Idiots’ album ‘Rock Fish’ or the Chicago indie group Fresh Rock’s difficult second album ‘Idiots Fish’. Both are good, though I prefer Fresh Idiots Rock Fish’s single ‘Safe Handling Instructions’.
I would particularly recommend the song ‘ Keep hot foods hot’.
I’d say the package art work deserves an award!
The fish was the idiot for not avoiding the net or the bait that caught him.
Fish don’t have the market cornered on idiocy.
I wouldn’t eat any fish from the Idiot Sea, even if they were available at the corner market.
I know several people who’ve taken up permanent residency in/on that Sea. In fact, I’ve taken a few loooong vacations there.
Sometimes it is not idiocy that gets one caught in the net. Sometimes it is misspent or misdirected genius that earns the Darwin Award.
Now I know why they tried to give me that award last year! I’m glad I told them I’m holding out for a Nobel.
Maybe you could start with an Ig Nobel, and work your way up.
I’ll cheer for Nobel.
There isn’t one in psychology, which I have always thought to be a terrible oversight.
Cheer Noble Psych?
You could get the Ig in medicine; one year it was won by a psychiatrist who wrote a paper entitled “Farting as a defence against unspeakable dread”. M. Sidoli (1996), Journal of Analytical Psychology, 41(2):165-178
I fart in your general direction!
There used to be a couple of joke journals in psychology that I loved, but unfortunately most psychologists take themselves too d@mn seriously, and the journals folded. My favorite article was, “Case Report of an Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of Writer’s Block.” It was, of course, blank.
I’d read that.
I also loved the paper on “Psychotherapy with the Dead.” It contained the brilliant insight that we should not necessarily interpret the dead client’s silence as resistance to treatment.
JohnB, I have here a classical piece you’re suer to enjoy!!
They really need to re-orchestrate a version of that piece for Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
I’m just sayin’.
Too true…
Am I the only one who thinks that “fish” is a funny name for something that is made out of “meat and/or poultry”?
The blanket warning about meat and poultry, it doesn’t say that is specifically contained within the package. And broadly speaking, one can call the flesh of a fish “meat,” and in fact the warning makes sense for raw fish too, despite the fact that some like to live dangerously.
maybe it’s a parrot fish
It’s a parrot fish that is no more, it’s an ex-parrot fish.
It’s just sleeping.
Magnificent fish, though, beautiful scales…
If it weighs as much as a duck, it’s a witch!
Actually it does. It says it is prepared from meat and/or poultry. Last I checked, fish didn’t contain meat (flesh from a mammal) or poultry (flesh from a bird)
Then what do you call Alligator Meat?
Snappy!
Crackly!
Poppy!
Treaty!
…um…er… damn, I can’t remember the names of the other three dwarves.
Boxy!
Muffet and Starbuck.
Boomer and Apollo.
Last I heard, carnivores had not yet adopted a universal rule confining their eating exclusively to mammals and birds. I’m sure anyone who’s had even a single course in biology can come up with lots and lots of animals that don’t fit in either category that nonetheless manage to get eaten.
Swallow nests come to mind…
You swallow entire nests? Well, at least you don’t leave orphans!
And then they come to your mind. Does that, like, prevent Alzheimer’s?
I’d imagine they’d actually come to your stomach.
No no no, as an ingredient of bird’s nest soup. Cave swifts make nests out of their saliva on cave walls, and its a prized ingredient in some asian cuisines. I think the idea is to collect the nest before any eggs are laid in it, so the birds will make another one.
I’d definitely spit!
We have just the store for you!
What’s in store for me?
Only the best curry egg horse shoe crap with pineapple!
Unfortunately, they don’t have that part figured in yet, and the swallows are almost gone, which makes the price go up and the harvest more intensive.
Tried this last year from like http://www.geocities.jp/hongkong_bird_nest/index_e.htm . Tastes really good… yeah, I thought it was gross at first, but wow, you won’t regret it.
That fish is idiot enough to get fresh with me, I will slap it.
That fish is idiot enough to get fresh with me, I will eat it.
Slap it? Slap its fro?
ding WIN!
those fish were caught after a flash flood
selling rocks to idiots disguised as fish… clever… WANT.
If the fish’s a-rocking, don’t come a-knocking, you fresh idiot!
Idiot fish are a real thing, another common name for them are Channel Rock. Not only do they have HUGE eye’s, but they also have tiny little feet like fins on the bottom of thier bodies. These little guys are HUGE in the asian markets.
But tiny in the Norwegian markets?
I would expect they’d be even tinier in the Liechtensteinian markets.
this label is an american label. Note the unit price is per pound, not kg. and the date is Sept 15, not 15 Sept. Engrish Fail.
Europeans are happy to use Dec 25 or 25 Dec; what we object to is using 12/25 to denote Christmas day.
As a software engineer I say you’re all wrong anyway, and everyone should use 2009/12/25 for Christmas day coming.
We have LOLed heartily at Engrish that apparently emanated from English-speaking countries before, and why not? What the form of the date (which incidentally says “SEP” and not “Sept”) has to do with anything is beyond me. Fail FAIL.
OMG!! We’ve all WASTED OUR TIME!!!!!
I think they’ve found the rest of Dave.
Shortspine and Longspine Thornyhead rockfish are commonly called “idiots”
I can see why they killed that specific fish now…