Still Feeding Nebo: The may trip final chapter pg 122, Dec. 31

[mmeb144]

Really? Pez dispenser is on the menu at Coral Reef? Diane must have had something dripping with chocolate. Glad you enjoyed your meal.

 

[Goofyfan1]

I know I said this in an earlier TR but... did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? he stayed up all night wondering if there really is a dog.

sorry, had to do it.

Sounds Like Nebo

 

[SoonerGirl]

Nebo, your neighbor sounds like some of my in-laws , who coincidentally are originally from Arkansas

Glad you enjoyed Coral Reef - I love the chocolate wave, yum!

 

[Amber74]

I'm the only one in my family that doesn't like fish.
It sucks for them because the few times I have cooked it for them I got sick of the fish smell in the house afterwards. No more fish cooking for me.
Anyway, funny stories Nebo.

By the way, Smidgy that joke was hilarious(Had to think for a minute, lol.)

 

[mikamah]

Oh, Nebo, you are sooo funny and just what I needed. Just back from a fun little camping trip with my boy, but I had a bug the whole time. I could hardly stomach your story of dinner with the neighbors and the minnows. Gagging and laughing at the same time.

Glad you enjoyed your Coral Reef dinner. I love fish and ate there years ago, but don't remember what I ate either. For your next trip report, you could develop a habit that others have of taking pictures of all the food you eat along the way, and then you'll remember. I'd love to see a pic of that fish-oil-fried T-bone! Yummy.

Thanks again for the laughs.

 

[Piglets Mommy]

Thanks for more great installments, Nebo. I'll have to try the Lobster Bisque at Coral Reef on our Dec. trip. It sounds Yummy!

I know I said this in an earlier TR but... did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? he stayed up all night wondering if there really is a dog.

sorry, had to do it.

Ok, Diane, you have just proven that I am Dslexic!

I hope you found a hard chair to sit on--never pick an upholstered chair in a questionable environment! (Learned that when making home visits as a social worker).

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I've actually never eaten at the Coral Reef...

but I do have a new quote or two in my siggie now

Thanx Diane~

Thank you Nebo for two fah-bu-lous new installments

 

[Bee]

Hey Nebo,

I must have gone to long.. when I first read the word deboner.. I saw de BONE er.. I was like why is Nebo saying that...

Then I realized you were saying deb in air... Thank goodness I figured that out..

Anyway.. still loving you... and Diane..

Love to all, Bee

 

[Kimberly815]

We have eaten here once before, last year. It actually used to be a signature restaurant, you know, two credits, but not anymore.

It was downgraded to just a tropical restaurant.

This is my favorite Nemo comment yet!! It's perfect! (although it admits my dorkiness- I have my bachelor's degree in Meteorology and work for a company that provides weather based products.)

 

[Philadisney]

I watched it swim around amoungst the ice cubes, until it started slowing down.
Guess it didn't like scotch.:

It wasn't until this line that it registered in my brain that the minnows were ALIVE! ugh! I like fish and I don't think I could ever do that!

As for the rest of this post, I think you are the only person who could make a night out at a weird neighbor's horrible fish fry sound as entertaining and magical as an afternoon at Epcot. Very funny as always!

 

[celerystalker]

This is my favorite Nemo comment yet!! It's perfect! (although it admits my dorkiness- I have my bachelor's degree in Meteorology and work for a company that provides weather based products.)

I just now got Nebo's joke! Thanks for clarifying!

 

[luvmyboys]

Now, as you can plainly see, I did mention running into the partition and I am not senile yet. Now that you have been properly chastised, I hope the both of you will learn from this. What, I'm not sure. But, I fear not.
Melinda, future quote: Oh, I'm sorry, did you say something?

Allright, allright.... Nebo's right, we're wrong-- ya wanna t-shirt?? But I still have to say that I think running full-on into a partition should at least count for a PARTIAL injury! (throw me a bone here-- I hate to lose!!!)

Shannon, see above.
And Diane always removes the stick from the corn dog before I can have it.
She calls them "safety dogs".

Does she chew your food for ya too? (unless it's fish-- cause we all know Smidgy's track record there )

 

[luvmyboys]

Now that I'm caught up on the newest posts:

This is the part where I tell you part of the reason I don't like fish. And, keep in mind, this is before a crappy, bluegirl, stripper bone tried to take out my wife.

Boy-- smidgy is lucky to survive having a crappy, bluegirl stripper lodged in her throat!

I looked at my kids, with the illbegotten reverence in their eyes, staring up at me, and I told the bartender to take the smallest minnow he could find, and drop it into my JB and soda.

I'm the only one who had to use this tact.

Don't you hate being the only one who needs a chaser???

"Sorry, all out of t-shirts."

Nebo, you are quite possibly one of the unluckiest people I've ever "met!"

Who didn't like shoes cuz you couldn't tell when you stepped in dog crap.

OMG. I just had a mental image of squishy poo----- nevermind. Thanks for the visual!

Wow. You really brought on the funny! Too many things to quote. I think I'd like to place a meal with you & smidgy on my list of things "TO DO" before I die. Both of you are crackin' me up!

Diane gets the gold watch for making me laugh with one sentence (the dyslexic/agnostic joke cracked me up) whereas Nebo..... well, we all know how deboner people love to talk. alot.

LY/MI!!
--Shannon

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Now that I'm caught up on the newest posts:



Boy-- smidgy is lucky to survive having a crappy, bluegirl stripper lodged in her throat!



Don't you hate being the only one who needs a chaser???




Nebo, you are quite possibly one of the unluckiest people I've ever "met!"




OMG. I just had a mental image of squishy poo----- nevermind. Thanks for the visual!

Wow. You really brought on the funny! Too many things to quote. I think I'd like to place a meal with you & smidgy on my list of things "TO DO" before I die. Both of you are crackin' me up!

Diane gets the gold watch for making me laugh with one sentence (the dyslexic/agnostic joke cracked me up) whereas Nebo..... well, we all know how deboner people love to talk. alot.

LY/MI!!
--Shannon

I saw the avatar pic and read the line about all caught up about new posts. So I started to read and thought, what the heck!! Nebo is quoting himself now???? Did he take too many VIC's at last?????????

But I eventually discovered the error of my ways, my apologies, Nebo!!!

LY/MI!

 

[nebo]

Wow Steve, I didn't know you lived next to cousin Eddy......

Shawn, I knew someone would make that connection, I just never thought it would be the first poster. But, then again, I'm dealing with the snap-on guy here.

Steve, the only song I can think of and I have it on 45, is Troglodyte by the Jimmy caster bunch. I hope I am right and if I am, what do I win. Keep going with the tr
Connie

Connie!!! YES! You done nailed it, girl, And with that answer, you will recieve by mail, the entire col.&$$#^^&&**$ ,,,,,, " We are sorry, but we have lost our satelite feed. Please stay tuned."

Yep, I started reading your trip reports during the last one. I love your writing style. You always (!) have me laughing.
For some reason, despite my post count, I tend to lurk more in the trip reports that I am reading than post.

Hey Don, may I call you Don? I grew up a lurker, still am a lot. But you have almost 1500 posts. Looks to me like, "When he is fired up about something, stand back."

Ah the chocolate wave we had that when we were there in July and it was hmmmm gooood.

Yeah Goof, may I call you the big Goof? That's what I like about the Coral, I am not so stuffed there that I can't enjoy the desert. Or the dessert.

what??? No song and dance trying to get butter?? I'm really disapointed.

I feel the same way about fish. If it's dipped in batter and deep fried, I can eat it. other than that, it's just too fishy. Who in their right mind would cook a steak in a pan that had just fried fish??? Yuck. I think I'll be leary of anyone named scooter from now on.

Yes, Cheri, isn't it funny? I suppose I could eat just about anything, even platypus, if it's beer battered and then deep fried.

Wow! 3 TV laughs and 2 !!!

You know Jaime, I was curious about how this would show up. I have a feeling it's only going to be a bunch of tv's. But thanks for picking out some of the good lines, I do disagree though, I thought there were 6 tv's in there.

That was the longest fish restaurant story(ies) I've ever read!

But they were all hilarious! on the minnow and on the neighbors from Arkansas and their "scooter".

I think Diane must've had this:
Shrimp Cocktail - Served with Asian Noodle Salad. - $9.99

I think DD had it at Coral Reef and I think it was served in a glass on a bed of noodles? Sound familiar?

Wish I'd gotten to sit next to the tank. Must've been cause you were so suave and deboner.

I think you are right, Hermione. And if you had left Ron at Hogwarts, and brought Victor, you might have gotten a table by the window also.

My DS and I also had the Lobster bisque and it was indeed wonderful, I could have had some more. My DH and I had the Wave and I really would like to make that. I believe out of all the desserts we had on the Dinning Plan, that was the best.

Connie, it's my second fave. I still loved the hot fudge sundae I got ad 50's Prime Time the best.

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luvhockey;20365925]AH Nebo, thanks for the revisit to minnow lane. One of my favorites. And how nice of you to go all the way to the VFW to check with Smidgy about the dessert. They don't have a phone there? I'm thinking maybe it may have been a thirst that took you there hmmmm?

See? You try to be a nice guy, go and keep my poor bored wife company, and they all look for an ulterior motive. Geesh!

I noticed that that the 'crappy bluegirl stripper' has made another return. I'm surprised that Smidge lets her come around so often. And you wonder why she runs you into things.

Well, no, I guess you make a good point. I'll be a reformed man! No more crappy stripper b-girls for Diane.

Great installment. Can't wait to taste that choc wave in Nov. We have an ADR there with the diver & personalized menu for DS#1's 9th birthday.

That's great Angela, he will just love that dessert. Desert. Crap

Could The Lyrics Be

From

Gillian Welch Wayside-Back In Time ????

Sorry Patrick, BZZZZZZ! But stay tuned for Double Jeopardy when the prizes double.

No place for a deboner man like you to hang out, for sure!

This whole post was hilarious, Nebo!
And if you got to Allears.net, you can look up the menus without having to actually consume beverages at the VFW! (Just sayin

QUOTE]

I'm sorry. I do not ever once remember saying that any beverages died in my pursuit of answers at the VFW. Geesh!

That's one of my favorite jokes! It's gracing the front page of my webpage as we speak.

Spiffy, just spiffy. You keep humoring her, and she's going to tell you the Turkish prison joke YET!

We're going to Coral Reef for DH's bday in Oct., so I'm glad to hear the food is good. I was thinking about getting the catfish myself, but I think it's served on garlic cheese grits, isn't it? Maybe you had grits and not mashed potatoes...hmm. Glad to hear it's not too fishy, when DMIL makes catfish (yes, caught fresh out of the lake), they always taste very fishy. YUK!

Whogill, you are absolutely correct. It was a bed of grits it was served on, even when I wrote it, I knew it wasn't right, but I just couldn't think of grits.

Sounds Like Nebo

psst, goof, where do you think she got that line from? 20 years ago?
just don't tell anybody

By the way, Smidgy that joke was hilarious(Had to think for a minute, lol.)

Smidgy told a joke? I must have missed that one.

Glad you enjoyed your Coral Reef dinner. I love fish and ate there years ago, but don't remember what I ate either. For your next trip report, you could develop a habit that others have of taking pictures of all the food you eat along the way, and then you'll remember. I'd love to see a pic of that fish-oil-fried T-bone! Yummy.

Thanks again for the laughs.

Hi Kathy, um, well, no. I don't like to take pics of food. Unless you are watching a burger King commercial where they have all the red lights on it, pics of food just never look appetizing to me, usually, they just look messy and disgusting.

 

[Disneydad99]

Shall we finally talk about Coral Reef? At least now that the Bic's are gone?

I have said before, and I'll say it again, I am not a dead fish fan. However, I do know that you do no go to a fish joint and order a steak.
SO, to quote a friend of mine, "We're having FISH tonight."

Amen!!!

This is the part where I tell you part of the reason I don't like fish. And, keep in mind, this is before a crappy, bluegirl, stripper bone tried to take out my wife.

I had almost forgotten about this one!!!!

Time to go back, way back, back in time. (if anybody can tell me the name of the song and who made it, that I just quoted from, I will once again be Aghast, Agape, and Agog. ) From the first trip report:::::::

Was I Right?????

Back in the 80's, we used to keep a small cruiser up on the Chain O lakes.
one afternoon, the four of us and two other couples stopped at a place called the Aquarium Lounge to escape all the deranged boaters out there.

Big mistake.
The gimmick here is if you swallow a minnow, you get to buy one of their logo shirts for 5 bucks.

Of course DF did it as soon as we sat down. Then, so did his wife

I cringed.

Then DF2 and his wife did it.
I'm shaking.
Don't like where this is heading.
Then, my wife, my first wife, the woman I entrusted every secret, insecurity I ever had, she did it.
She did it. shudder
The t- shirts were flowing.

It got worse.

My older son, "Hey! get one out for me, I can do this."

He is all of 7.

Another t-shirt.

I start to look at my 5 year old.
"Jer, don't even think about

"Daddy, daddy, where's my fish?" Yeah, he does it too. Another 5 dollar minnow. At this point I am doing my best to turn invisible.
I'm sick from just watching them.

At this point, my little buddy Jeremy turns against me.
"Dad, you're the only one left, you're gonna do it right?"

"No son, I already did this last year. No need to do this again. Beside's, they are running out of bait,,, er,, minnows.
Good old DF chimes in, "I don't think so Nebo, when we docked you said you were never here before."
Ah. Thank you for sharing.

If that wasn't bad enough, then my two buddies started singing the old Paul Peterson song, My Dad.
"Now here, is a man. "

I looked at my kids, with the illbegotten reverence in their eyes, staring up at me, and I told the bartender to take the smallest minnow he could find, and drop it into my JB and soda.

I'm the only one who had to use this tact.

I watched it swim around amoungst the ice cubes, until it started slowing down.
Guess it didn't like scotch.
Just before it went belly up, I took the whole drink down, fish, ice cubes and all.

I didn't want my throat to know the difference between fish and ice cubes.

Then I sat there and stared. Straight ahead. For about 10 minutes.

Praying.

Did that thing just flop in my stomach?

I was greener than the DIS ribbons green. On the verge of pulling a ZZub.
And not a La La fanny pack in sight. Then the bartender told me.
"Sorry, all out of t-shirts."

No Shirts???? You Gotta Be Kiddding!!!!

We're back to real time here now. But that wasn't the only bad fishy.

Back when we were first married, we took my income tax refund check and bought a house way out in the boonies, in a town called Carpentersville.
A starter house.
And we met the neighbors.
From Arkansas.

Who didn't like shoes cuz you couldn't tell when you stepped in dog crap.

And didn't have a phone, any phone.
Or gas. They heated the house with a wood burning stove, with homemade ducts hanging from the ceiling , going to all the rooms.

One day a knock on our door resulted in them inviting us to a fish fry at there house.

I was just about to pop around the corner, but I heard Diane talking.
"Oh, thanks Paul, but Steve doesn't eat fish."
whew!
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Well, yes he likes that. "
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I'm getting nervous, only getting half the conversation.
"Friday night? Yes, I guess we aren't doing anything."
no, no , no, no,
we'll do something, anything, picking up garbage along rt. 25 sounds like a good idea right now

So I came around the corner.

"Hi Paul, what's up?"
,,,,,,,,,yada, yada,,,,

"Oh, she said it was ok, huh?" "But there is a very good chance she might be in surgery friday night. "

"For what?"
"I havent decided yet."


Yes, we went, he had told her that since I don't eat fish, he would pick up a T-bone for me. That caught her off guard, and on friday night, off we went.
It was right next store, but you had to walk around the VW Bug that was up on blocks in front of the door in the grass.

I brought over a six pack of Buckhorn, you know, just to show I care.

I could barely breathe when I walked in, the fish smell was so powerful.
They are cooking all the fish in electric fry pans, they actually have 4 going at once. Remember, they don't have an oven, or even a Weber out in the back, they cook EVERYTHING in electric fry pans.

It is filthy, disgusting in there, I don'lt even want to sit down. But he offered me a drink.
Buckhorn.
ANd not one of mine.
I nailed it.

I was just walking around, trying to kill time before I had to puke, and went outside just to watch the meter.
That thing was turning like a fan!
Great entertainment.

Back in the house, I saw the dog.
"Hey, here doggy, What's his name?"
Sounds like a normal questioin to ask, right?
"Oh, that's old Scooter, Scooter, doncha be bodderin our new neighba, steve."

Now, I was just trying to make conversation, but, I also wasn't thinking , I guess. "Scooter huh? How'd he get his name?"

"Well now Steve, ever since we done took him in, he's had this habit of pressing his hinder down into the carpet and kind of just "scootin" along, after he uses the facilties."
Spiffy.
"You mean couch."
"WHat's that Steve?"

"You mean couch." "Look."
And there is ol Scooter, just "Butt Scootin' Boogie'ing" his way across the sofa.

(mommy)

I walked back into the kitchen, to see if any wires had started a fire yet.
The fish have all been removed from the fry pans, and there is my beautiful T-bone, now sitting in the same fry pan that is now a quarter inch deep in Crappie oil.

Oh man, with the help of ol' Scooter, who found out who his best friend was under the table that night, I made it through, without eating a single bite of the steak.
Like I said, me and dead fish don't usually get along.

OMG I would Have Died!!!!

Back at the Reef, I use my usual line when we walk up to the counter. Two for non cell phone section please. And she gives the same line right back to me that I always get, " I wish".

We have eaten here once before, last year. It actually used to be a signature restaurant, you know, two credits, but not anymore.

It was downgraded to just a tropical restaurant.

The first time I was here, I ordered Mahi Mahi, because I was told it's not fishy at all. And boy, was I told correctly!
It's not ANYTHING!
I finally asked for salt.
Talk about needing some "artificial flavoring".

So as we are walking to our table behind the waitress, I have no idea what I'm going to order.

She stops, and puts us at a table for four.
Right in front of the GLASS! I leaned over to the left, and the aquarium kept me from falling over, it's that close. Way cool!

Aren't Those seats Awesome!!!

Funny as Ever!!!

 

[nebo]

Thanks for more great installments, Nebo. I'll have to try the Lobster Bisque at Coral Reef on our Dec. trip. It sounds Yummy!


Ok, Diane, you have just proven that I am Dslexic!

Yes, the bisque there is terrific. Did you know it is made with lobster?

Hey Nebo,

I must have gone to long.. when I first read the word deboner.. I saw de BONE er.. I was like why is Nebo saying that...

Then I realized you were saying deb in air... Thank goodness I figured that out..

Anyway.. still loving you... and Diane..

Love to all, Bee

Belinda, so nice to see you again, we were worried about you, hope things are improving in your life. Please, let us know. Hugs

This is my favorite Nemo comment yet!! It's perfect! (although it admits my dorkiness- I have my bachelor's degree in Meteorology and work for a company that provides weather based products.)

Thanks Kim, so, can I now blame you for glabal worming?
Warming
Not worming
Yechhh!

It wasn't until this line that it registered in my brain that the minnows were ALIVE! ugh! I like fish and I don't think I could ever do that!

As for the rest of this post, I think you are the only person who could make a night out at a weird neighbor's horrible fish fry sound as entertaining and magical as an afternoon at Epcot. Very funny as always!

P_Disney, trust me. THere was absolutely nothing entertaining about that night. Nor was anything even the slightest bit "Magical."
Although, I think I did step in some "magical" on the way out.

I just now got Nebo's joke! Thanks for clarifying!

Oh , the downgraded to a tropical restaurant? Boy, I wish someone woiuld explain it to me.

Allright, allright.... Nebo's right, we're wrong-- ya wanna t-shirt?? But I still have to say that I think running full-on into a partition should at least count for a PARTIAL injury! (throw me a bone here-- I hate to lose!!!)



Does she chew your food for ya too? (unless it's fish-- cause we all know Smidgy's track record there )

No, she chews it, then swallows it, then I open my mouth and she regurgitates it into my open mouth, just like a robin.
So there, you wanna play disgusting? I'll play disgusting. Hope it's dinner time as you read this.
Hey Shannon, thanks for the great comments, I'm just running out of time for comments commenting.

I saw the avatar pic and read the line about all caught up about new posts. So I started to read and thought, what the heck!! Nebo is quoting himself now???? Did he take too many VIC's at last?????????

But I eventually discovered the error of my ways, my apologies, Nebo!!!

LY/MI!

Trust me, you're not the only one. On more than a couplle of occasions I have thought that I was totally losing it. Guess I'm not the only one who likes Bruce.

See you guys tomorrow, I hope.

 

[Disneydad99]

Sorry, I get nervous when I have spent 2 hours working here and I never know if I'm going to hit that magical combination of keys that "makes everything go away."

Allrighty now, Diane is all in a tizzy, with the great table we have, and pressing her face up against the glass. I'm still trying to figure out what I want to order. This isn't Boma's here, I want to look, suave, cool, worldly, and of course most of all, deboner.

Now, just to show you the committment I have to this trip report, and always sincerely bound to the truth, and accuracy, wherein, I had gone up to the VFW to confirm with her, what I thought she had ordered.

"Di, didn't you have some kinda shrimp for an appetizer?"
"What was it?"

"Oh, yes, it was some kinda shrimp appetizer."
"Thank you very much, nice talking to you."
"C'mon, what was it?"
"Shrimp cocktail?"

"No."
"Shrimp scampi? Shrimp Marsala? Shrimp de jongue? Erica Jong?"
"Shrimp on the Barbie?"

And she didn 't know.
But we do know this, it was "some kinda shrimp".

She did order the blackened catfish though.
When I asked her about her desert, I got that blank stare again.
Ok, fine, I'll make something up.

So, she orders.
Stuff.

And now it's my turn.

"And you sir, what is your name?"
"Stefan". remember, suavvy and deboner.

"Would you like an appetizer, Stefan?"
"Hmm, miss, may I calll you Miss? What would the chef recommend?"

"Stefan, may I call you Steve? Today, he highly recommends the lobster bisque, they were just delivered this morning. "
"Ah, my dear, an excellent choice. There is nothing like fresh bisques."
"Excellent" "And for your entee?"
" I have had the Mahi mahi before, I don't believe with the fisherman's strike going on in Australia, that I dare risk it this time. " And, giving her my best "Joey" look, " What would YOU be eatin. "

(diane was ready to start gagging)

"I would suggest what your wife ordered, the catfish is much more flavorful than the Mahi. "
" Thank you, I concurr."
For some reason, she left kind of briskly.

She brought us a small chunk of weird bread, with a plate to dip it in.
Again, whatever happened to butter? No, I didn't , I let it go.

The lobster bisque was terrific, and the whole time we are just looking into the aquarium.

"Hey, look, there's Crush."

But she couldn't see the sea turtle from her view, he only kept coming so close, and then would swim away. "Hey, there he is again!"
I was having great sport with her, and it was starting to bug her.
She just was never looking when he came close enough for her to see from her vantage point. Meanwhile, sharks , eels, tons of other fishes are just swimming right up to the glass, but she didn' t care, she wanted Crush.

A little girl behind me suddenly yelled out, "Look mommy, there' Crush!"
She had the same view I had.

Smidgy?
"Grrrr."

Our blackened kitty came, and it was really good, served right on top of some garlic mashed potatoes, I believe. Much tastier than the Mahi mahi, and not at all fishy.

It was then time to order desert, and , like I said, we can't remember what she had. They had a cheesecake on the list, a sundae, and a couple of other things, but it escapes us now.

I ordered the Chocalate Wave, oh man, was this good. And Rich.
She had a Pez dispenser.

And with that we are done. Even though it's one of the cheaper things on the menu, I highly taut the catfish, there, and the lobster bisque, and the Wave. So, goodnight all, hugs, steve and smidgy

You went to The VFW & smidgy didn't Know???? That was a Hilarious Update!!!!

I love the Convo with the Waitress...I can see it Now!!!

& PEZ Dispenser

 

[Disneydad99]

That was the longest fish restaurant story(ies) I've ever read!

But they were all hilarious! on the minnow and on the neighbors from Arkansas and their "scooter".

I think Diane must've had this:
Shrimp Cocktail - Served with Asian Noodle Salad. - $9.99

I think DD had it at Coral Reef and I think it was served in a glass on a bed of noodles? Sound familiar?

Wish I'd gotten to sit next to the tank. Must've been cause you were so suave and deboner.

OMG How did i miss Commenting on the DeBoner Comment...I mean I scared My Dog to Death when I lacughed at It!!!!

& I did not have it at Coral Reef I don't Think??? Ohh you were saying Disney Daughter....Not Disney Dad!!!!

 

[Stan's MaggieMouse]

When Nebo said that he went to the Coral Reef acting all suave and deboner, I was afraid that they were going to put him in the kitchen filleting the fish!

Maggie