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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

🐟 Idle new business thought for the day:

Seafood restaurant called "Sofishticated" and all menu items are terrible puns.

So far I've got "Shrimply Irresistible", "Prawn to be Wild" and "Just for the Halibut".

If you're hooked on this idea, add your suggestions for the menu below.

EDIT: So many people joined in we ended up with a fun mockup of a menu, which I'm adding here for posterity.

Keep reading for all the suggestions I couldn't fit in!

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sebulon
@sebulon@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@jaz
Among the songs playing while you eat should be "Hooked on a feeling"
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Beige CatsWhoCode
@CatsWhoCode@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@jaz I would totally eat at this restaurant!
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Sordid Amok!
@SordidAmok@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Lobster? I hardly know her.
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tom jennings
@tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

Shrimp cocktail made with simple syrup and bananas and chocolate

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AspiringLuddite
@AspiringLuddite@medievalist.masto.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

Wrath of Cod
I've Haddock Up to Here

more to come.

Maybe.

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michel v
@michelv@oisaur.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz there IS a French seafood restaurant chain with puns like that, named Mersea.
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Peter Kisner ≈
@PTR_K@dice.camp replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz My family adds:

* Open Heart Sturgery

* In Cod We Trust

* You Look Crabulous

* It's a Flounderful Life

#Humor#Puns

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Solo El Pueblo Salva Al Pueblo
@jakebrake@ohai.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz
@pluralistic

Plate of shrimp? My Cod, it really is all one big lattice of coincidence.

https://pluralistic.net/2022/07/31/divination/

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Beige CatsWhoCode
@CatsWhoCode@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Roe, Roe, Roe Your Boat (or just Roeboat)

Loco en la Cabeza (Loco)

Mackerelmore

Like a Sturgeon

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woollypigs
@woollypigs@sudomakecake.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz addictived to plaice

https://youtu.be/9nnDS-JqYmQ

This should be the theme song ;)

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🌱@ambiguous_yelp:ahimsa.chat
@ambiguous_yelp@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jazhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QevWGsd96xQ #vegan #speciesism Fish are thinking feeling beings that want to live in peace
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DoubSan. --> Tree
@doublesandal@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz if you go for a fast food restaurant, i would suggest to change the name just a tiny bit: Sofishstickation.
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Whale done everyone! Thank you to everyone who participated, this was a lot of fun! I was felling a bit koi asking for suggestions, but it turned out you all are very efishent at puns. Reely good, in fact.

Maybe I'll do a menu of the month going forward...

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Larry
@quoidian@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz
Participacted?
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Cress 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🌻
@lexicaleigh@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Desperately wanted to join in earlier but all the good ones had been Haken.

I'll see myself trout..

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phildini
@phildini@wandering.shop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz @skinnylatte I saw this and immediately thought “I should make sure Adrianna sees this!”

The saw who boosted it 😂

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Andrew Lewis Workshop
@LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz I'll have a shrimple salad, and if you're doing fast food, I'll have a clamboughini.
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Aegir
@aegir@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Anyone suggested Fin Vins for the drinks menu?
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Jennifer Hamilton, MD PhD
@jeneralist@med-mastodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Listen to the song "Wet Dream" by Kip Addotta for inspiration for fishy puns. "I catch him with a left hook... It was a fluke, but there he was, lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel. Kelpless. "
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moondad
@moondad@veganism.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Perchanse to Dream.
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greem
@greem@cyberplace.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Live music every Wednesday by Kelp & Seabasstian
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Charlotte Walker
@purplepadma@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz @aprilfollies I actually went to a restaurant that used “just for the halibut” on its specials board.

Obviously you’ve got to have dishes named “The Codfather” and “Salmon Chanted Evening”

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Paul Drye
@pauldrye@spacey.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Continuing the song theme: "All I Need is a Mackerel", "Sole Meets Body", "Tracy Chapman's Fast Char", "La Isla Bonito", "Bowfin in the Wind".
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Parker Morse
@flashesofpanic@ruby.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Reminding me of this collection of fish puns from the early '80s: https://youtu.be/6l1GvDWtccI?feature=shared
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2xfo
@RnDanger@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz
Son of ceviche (it's spicy)
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Wayne Myers
@conniptions@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Salmon Like You?
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Flipboard UK
@FlipboardUK@flipboard.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Return of the Mackerel
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Leo Gaggl
@leogaggl@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz 'Found Nemo'

For a little more Aussie touch.

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Xoli
@xoli@girldick.gay replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Can I be a waitress and ask the patrons to let minnow if they have any questions?
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Leo Gaggl
@leogaggl@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Crikey! - fish skewers
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Jason :neobread_this_is_fine:
@jasonm@social.lol replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz “More than a Reeling” - shareable platter for 2, choice of three fish, four sides
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

This is coming together nicely

A mock up of a menu for the fictional "Sofishticated" restaurant, with many of the puns from the thread below as menu items
A mock up of a menu for the fictional "Sofishticated" restaurant, with many of the puns from the thread below as menu items
A mock up of a menu for the fictional "Sofishticated" restaurant, with many of the puns from the thread below as menu items
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Yarn Dem0n
@c0debabe@masto.hackers.town replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz This is abysmal. I love it.
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Ben
@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

This is awful. I love it.

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CoastalCoasting
@CoastalCoasting@universeodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

Seafood Afraido -vegan option

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Sean F.
@seanf@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz A dish for people on low-crab diets.
"We Found Dory"
"Hercules' Mussels"
"Trout It Out Loud"
I hope your idea doesn't flounder.
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Justin Derrick
@JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Saw 'Kiss My Bass' and immediately thought of this:

https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/50-seasons-50-days-season-1-bass-o-matic-dan-aykroyd

Not sure if it's viewable outside the USA, maybe some kind person can make a #mirror of the video.

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Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈
@TCMuffin@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

Strap line:

“We don’t shrimp when it comes to fish!”

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D1re_W0lf ⁂
@d1re_w0lf@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz ohhh! That’s nice. 🐠🐙
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Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈
@TCMuffin@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

From the Bar…

Piña Coleyada 🫣

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Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@druid@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Sole Survivor - A dish of Sole and Puffer fish (we 'may' even take the poison out)
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Gomez :wales_flag: :twt:
@gomez@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz "Clam and get it" and the daily specials board "Seas the day"
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@gomez I may need to do a page 2...
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@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

I think we have a full menu, and it's fintastic! Keep the puns coming, but don't flounder if your dish doesn't make it on to the menu.

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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

I need to head out, but keep them coming. Reel in a few more people and sea if we can crab a few more puns before we run out of steam.

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Ian
@bestdeadends@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@jaz
AT YOUR OWN RISK
Fruits du merde. Platter of mixed shellfish, all harvested in English coastal waters
VEGAN MENU
Lambprey. Grass
North Ronaldsay (Orkney) lambprey. Seaweed

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Jayne :wales_flag:🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈
@TCMuffin@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

“…before we run out of bream.” 🤔

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Gomez :wales_flag: :twt:
@gomez@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz and I had so many things to do this morning .......

"Salmon-chanted evening"
"A Tuna matata"
"You've gotta be Squidding me"
"Sea-sar salad"

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Dziadek
@DziadekMick@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz

Kiss my bass.

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Vic 🇪🇺
@vic@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Oh, and a salad: "Kelp is at hand". I should really get back to work.
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@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@vic I don't know, you seem to have a good angle on this.
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Dziadek
@DziadekMick@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz @vic

Another review

"Everything smelt so good."

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Vic 🇪🇺
@vic@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Another cocktail idea: "Your plaice or mine?"
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Toxy 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦
@toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz Keep clam and carry on.
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Teknique is my middle name
@tek@freeradical.zone replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz “I cod eat you up”
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Steve
@steevc@mastodon.org.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz
The Cod Father
For F*ck's Hake
Eel Meet Again
Jackson Pollack
Kylie Minnow
Salmon Rushdie
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Gomez :wales_flag: :twt:
@gomez@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz "Eel meat again"
"Oh my Cod!"

Cocktail - "Gill-ty Pleasure"

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greem
@greem@cyberplace.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz "Cod Piece with Scallops", served with a creamy sauce
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@greem ohhh.

ohhhh.

no.

but yes.

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@JamieR@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz fish of the day: CARPe diem
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James Paxton Priestley
@JPPriestley@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz A plaice by the sea.
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Toxy 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦
@toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz "Simply the best" Tuna Turner?
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Leo Gaggl
@leogaggl@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@toxy @jaz "Prawn Mary" - Pike & Tuna Turner?
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The wine menu could be something for "Wine Afishionados".

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Beige CatsWhoCode
@CatsWhoCode@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz I shared it with my dad; he's an avid boater.
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D1re_W0lf ⁂
@d1re_w0lf@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz And then there’s the “bar acuda” for those who just want to grab something to drink.
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@d1re_w0lf oohhh, cocktail menu needs doing too!
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D1re_W0lf ⁂
@d1re_w0lf@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz And you can always have some Jelly fish for the desert or ask one of ours mer maid what’s today special.
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D1re_W0lf ⁂
@d1re_w0lf@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz will the tap underwater be free?
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@d1re_w0lf yes, and it's served in a goldfish bowl
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@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@d1re_w0lf Fin and Tonic!
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@jaz@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

somethin something O Sole Mio.

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James Paxton Priestley
@JPPriestley@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz You heard me... turn up your herring aid!
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James Paxton Priestley
@JPPriestley@toot.wales replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jaz It'll only cost you two squid.
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