Don't Fish But Want To Be One Of the Guys? (OT)

August 24, 2004

Catch and Release -

A conservation motion that happens most often right before the local Fish and

Game officer pulls over a boat that has caught over it's limit.

Hook -

1. A curved piece of metal used to catch fish.

2. A clever advertisement to entice a fisherman to spend his life savings on a

new rod and reel.

3. The punch administered by said fisherman's wife after he spends their life

savings, (see also, Right Hook, Left Hook)

Line -

Something you give your co-workers when they ask on Monday how your fishing went

the past weekend.

Lure -

An object that is semi-enticing to fish, but will drive an angler into such a

frenzy that he will charge his credit card to the limit before exiting the

tackle shop.

Reel -

A weighted object that causes a rod to sink quickly when dropped overboard.

Rod -

An attractively painted length of fiberglass that keeps an angler from ever

getting too close to a fish.

School -

A grouping in which fish are taught to avoid your $29.99 lures and hold out for

Spam instead.

Tackle -

What your last catch did to you as you reeled him in, but just before he

wrestled free and jumped back overboard.

Tackle Box -

A box shaped alarmingly like your comprehensive 'first aid kit'. Only a tackle

box contains many sharp objects, so that when you reach in the wrong box blindly

to get a Band Aid, you soon find that you need more than one.

Test -

1. The amount of strength a fishing line affords an angler when fighting fish in

a specific weight range.

2. A measure of your creativity in blaming " that darn line " for once again

losing the fish.

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

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