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Gar.

A good name for a gar -- this is a longnose gar -- would be... let's all say it together:

Longnose gar

Gary!

২৪টি মন্তব্য:

AlphaLiberal বলেছেন...

Have you ever noticed how many "arry," "erry," names there are?

Barry, Cary, Jerry, Larry, Harry, Mary, Gary...

This often goes unremarked.

Dorshorst বলেছেন...

...Perry, Terry...

Bissage বলেছেন...

Very cool fish. Very cool aquascape. Very cool mood. Very cool photo. Very cool blog entry.

Did someone say Gary?

(Not very the same at all, huh?)

The Bearded Professor বলেছেন...

Garfield!

Ignorance is Bliss বলেছেন...

Edgar!

Ruth Anne Adams বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Ruth Anne Adams বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Orion বলেছেন...

What about Bob?

Orion

Bob বলেছেন...

My grandfather used to catch gar in north Florida to use as fertilizer in his garden. He'd toss a minnow on a hook into open water, and when the line moved toward the center of the lake he knew a gar was on the line. He'd bring it in and blast it with a shotgun at dockside before lifting it out of the water.

I've seen them herding baitfish and bream in shallow water, their long snouts slicing the water's surface as they circled and lunged.

Unknown বলেছেন...

"Gaarhh" said the dyslexic pirate.

Mark Tapscott বলেছেন...

Your blogging deserves a garland!

PeterP বলেছেন...

Funny name for a female!

It's a lady gar - can't you tell? ;)

Unknown বলেছেন...

"Gaarhh" said the dyslexic pirate.

Sigh. It's apparently an endless job fixing this widespread misconception.

No, pirates don't say "aaarrrrggghh." They say "aaarrrr." There is no "g."

BlogDog বলেছেন...

Janeane Garofalo

No. If that were her name she'd be swimming far to the left.

Sixty Bricks বলেছেন...

Finally, a good gar pic.

Paul বলেছেন...

Ralph works for '70s-era baseball fans.

Carl H বলেছেন...

One big fish, yes, ah gar-on-tee!

Bissage বলেছেন...

SpongeGar, with Squog.

Taila Fo! Fwee fwee mowanga.

AllenS বলেছেন...

Gary?

What about Simon and Garfunkel?

Bissage বলেছেন...

Rand, that’s a tough row to hoe. But you’re fighting the good fight. Godspeed!

[B]rent, your 11:22 was inspired genius.

Which compliment is in no way intended to denigrate all the other instances of inspired genius spewed all over Althouse, all the time.

It’s just that there’s so much greatitude, . . ., one can show only so much gratitude. Ann and everyone, please accept my global, heartfelt thank you!

* group hug *

But seriously folks, I've been obsessively pushing the SpongeBob button lately (the kids still like it) so let me recommend to everyone the episode: “Rock Bottom.” It’s not on YouTube, but it is a classic; absurdist and surreal yet immediate and funny. It’s like “Waiting for Godot” mashed up with artsy Eastern European animation, with the pretension yanked out of it by an oral sturgeon.

Okay, gotta go, the Vicodin and beer is starting to take hold and I'm feeling a little, . . ., eh, . . ., a little, . . .

* Wump! *

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Yeah, well, Bissage, I'm seriously considering "inspired genius spewed all over Althouse, all the time" for a masthead quote.

Bissage বলেছেন...

I would be greatly honored.

Bissage বলেছেন...

HUZZAH!!!

P.S. I originally intended to link to Fred Flintstone shouting “Yabba dabba doooooooooooo” but I got stopped dead in my tracks by this completely bizarre cartoon cigarette commercial from the nether regions of the 4th dimension.

They sure don’t make ‘em like that anymore!

Gary Kirk বলেছেন...

Ann, how dare!

"Gar"y?

Au contraire.

A Gar can scar.

It cannot compare to when my mother called me "Gare".

Aaarrrrful Gar!

Please reframe a name. And I'll refrain from posting rhyming that disdains.