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52 minutes ago, gulfporter said:My mother came into the kitchen and asked what we were making. Alligator. "Is that a fish?", she asked.
The word for fish in Chinese is 鱼 (yú). Both alligators and crocodiles are 鳄鱼 (è yú). Here at least they are fish.
But so are turtles,terrapins, whales, octopus, eels, squid, salamanders, horse shoe crabs (but not other crabs) and even mermaids! Anyone have a menu for mermaid? Preferably spicy.
51 minutes ago, gulfporter said:My mother came into the kitchen and asked what we were making. Alligator. "Is that a fish?", she asked.
The word for fish in Chinese is 鱼 (yú). Both alligators and crocodiles are 鳄鱼 (è yú). Here at least they are fish.
But so are turtles,terrapins, whales, octopus, eels, squid, salamanders, horse shoe crabs (but not other crabs) and even mermaids! Anyone have a menu for mermaid. Preferably spicy.
30 minutes ago, gulfporter said:My mother came into the kitchen and asked what we were making. Alligator. "Is that a fish?", she asked.
The word for fish in Chinese is 鱼 (yú). Both alligators and crocodiles are 鳄鱼 (è yú). Here at least they are fish.
But so are turtles,terrapins, whales, octopus, eels, squid, salamanders, horse shoe crabs (but not other crabs) and even mermaids!
