Barnacle Bills closed for good????

[MoSpur]

Went to lunch and saw the one off of De Zavala all boarded up. The sign said closed. A friend of mine told me all of them were currently closed. Anyone have any info on this?

[01Snake]

Place sucks just like Bill Millers does.

[sa_butta]

Went to lunch and saw the one off of De Zavala all boarded up. The sign said closed. A friend of mine told me all of them were currently closed. Anyone have any info on this?I saw that today too, much to my surprise. I loved the fish sanwiches.

RIP.

[Spurfect]

aww!! that sucks. the one here on Walzem is still open..

[sa_butta]

Maybe they are just remodeling or fixing a problem.

[MoSpur]

Are you sure the one on Walzem is still open? The lady at Bill Millers told my friend it was all of them. I hope not. I loved their .25 cent shrimp night.

[Spurfect]

Are you sure the one on Walzem is still open? The lady at Bill Millers told my friend it was all of them. I hope not. I loved their .25 cent shrimp night.

how long ago did this happen? I mean how long has the one on DeZavala been boarded up. i have a hard time believing the one on Walzem is shut down, that place is always so busy. i might go check during lunch time. but it hasn't been that long since we've had food from there

[sa_butta]

how long ago did this happen? I mean how long has the one on DeZavala been boarded up. i have a hard time believing the one on Walzem is shut down, that place is always so busy. i might go check during lunch time. but it hasn't been that long since we've had food from thereOn Friday I saw it was open and today it was all boarded up. They even adertised Moms eat free for Mothers Day on the billboard.

[MoSpur]

I just noticed it today Spurfect. I guess it was all of sudden.

[PM5K]

That's strange. They certainly stay busy enough to keep theselves open, but it doesn't sound like some temporary, oops we got some bad fish and need to close for a few days with the boards and all...

[Spurfect]

i'm about to go to lunch and i'll be passing by the BB here on Walzem. I'll report back :)

[PM5K]

i'm about to go to lunch and i'll be passing by the BB here on Walzem. I'll report back :)

You have to check the doors for a note or something, don't just drive by...

[angel_luv]

The one on 281 at 1604 was open as of a few weeks ago. Slowest drive through in town though.

[PM5K]

I think they were all open recently, I just went to the DeZavala one on Friday.

Seems they've all closed abruptly.....

[sa_butta]

Very strange. Without warning. PM5K, did you eat there on Friday or just pass by?
I passed by and saw the Mothers day sign, I was going to go yesterday but didnt make it.

[degenerate_gambler]

that's what happens when you try and fuck with Sea Island..

[PM5K]

Very strange. Without warning. PM5K, did you eat there on Friday or just pass by?
I passed by and saw the Mothers day sign, I was going to go yesterday but didnt make it.

No I ate there...

[Spurfect]

oh snap guys! they ARE closed on Walzem too!
it was boarded up and had a sign that said they are "closed down for good" and to apply at Bill Millers. lol
wow!

[sa_butta]

WOW, That really sucks. Were they hurting that much?

[CharlieMac]

Maybe they just closed a while to fix a couple of things. Like bad food and price.

[Spurfect]

Maybe they just closed a while to fix a couple of things. Like bad food and price.

well, the sign said "for good"

[T Park]

Yeah just got a call about this today as well.

Talk about a shocker.

Im sure the news tonight will shed light on the situation

[CharlieMac]

Hopefully WOAI can give us the hard-hitting scoop.

[Silver21_Black20]

Noooooooooooo!!!

[Spurfect]

seriously. there's something fishy going on here. :grim:

[SpursWoman]

:(

[MoSpur]

seriously. there's something fishy going on here. :grim:


:lol

Its strange. I want to know what went down. Maybe they couldn't get off the hook. Okay. Sorry. That was bad.

[Spurfect]

:lol

Its strange. I want to know what went down. Maybe they couldn't get off the hook. Okay. Sorry. That was bad.

you ruined it! :lol :lol

[fatsack]

their web site is blank.

[mardigan]

At least I can still get po' boys

[MoSpur]

you ruined it! :lol :lol

I know. My bad.

Whatever the case, this is reel bad.

Had to.

[greywheel]

Strange that this happens the same day this report comes out. I never got pricey fish from there but I think they did sell it.


Is Something Fishy Happening at Your Restaurant?
In Many Cases Consumers Not Getting What They Pay for When It Comes to Pricey Fish
May 14, 2007 —


There might be something fishy going on in the kitchen of your favorite restaurant.

At randomly selected sushi restaurants in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times recently found cheaper, lower-end fish being passed off as expensive fish.

It's not an isolated finding. A wave of investigations, from Miami to Los Angeles to New York to Chicago, found that in many cases consumers were not getting what they paid for when it came to pricier foods like fish.

Dave Pasternak, the owner and head chef of New York's Esca restaurant, looks at thousands of pounds of fish every year to make sure his customers get what they're paying for.

"It should be illegal," Pasternak said. "It's like going to a gas station where they're selling bogus gasoline. What's the difference?"

He says some restaurants -- knowingly or unknowingly -- switch out higher-end fish with second-rate varieties behind kitchen doors.

"Well, they say [red] snappers and groupers are very commonly replaced," Pasternak said.

Red snapper usually sells for about $10 a pound, while a less-expensive fish like tilapia sells for much less.

The Sun-Times investigation of 14 restaurants found nine substituting tilapia for red snapper, four sneaking in cheaper red sea bream and one inconclusive finding.

"We were surprised that we didn't find any red snapper at all," said Janet Fuller, a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times.


Problem Is Widespread
The ABC News affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., looked at restaurants selling grouper. Out of eight fish sampled, only three came back as genuine grouper. At one restaurant, the expensive grouper was really emperor fish, a cheaper Southeast Asian substitute.

Some restaurant owners say they, too, are being fooled.

"Our boxes say grouper. Our invoices say grouper. It should be grouper," said Suzanne Grady, owner of the Shrimp Shack in Fort Myers.

Florida's attorney general even tested 26 samples from Tampa-area restaurants, and 17 came back as something else.

More than 100 Florida restaurants have been cited for selling bogus grouper.

"We think it's a major problem, not just in Florida, but everywhere," said John Fruin, chief of the Florida Bureau of Food and Meat Inspection.

Experts say the problem is greatest with imported fish, for which the breakdown can occur with suppliers, food labelers or restaurants.

"In every element of the food distribution chain, there are people to be blamed," Fruin said.


How to Protect Yourself
Experts say another common fish switch is selling farm-raised salmon as wild salmon. Some researchers say farm-raised salmon can contain more pollutants.

To protect yourself, buy from a knowledgeable vendor and go to well-known, respectable places.

Also, know what the price should be. For example, if a market is selling grouper for less than about $9 a pound, be skeptical.

In some cities like Chicago you can call the Department of Consumer Services to file a complaint if you believe you were served the wrong fish.

Link (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=3171346&page=1)

[sa_butta]

News stated employees and managers didnt even know about it and that they are just out of work.

[Shelly]

News stated employees and managers didnt even know about it and that they are just out of work.


I've never eaten there, so I couldn't care less if they closed, but that sucks for the employees. :(

[sa_butta]

I've never eaten there, so I couldn't care less if they closed, but that sucks for the employees. :(It was actually a pretty good affordable seafood place.

[Shelly]

It was actually a pretty good affordable seafood place.


I HATE seafood, hence, not caring! :lol

[sa_butta]

I HATE seafood, hence, not caring! :lolI figured as such :p:

[SpursWoman]

That's very weird ... I wonder WTF happened?

[T Park]

So what have they said on the news is the reason?

Something is screwy...

[sa_butta]

So what have they said on the news is the reason?

Something is screwy...
News stated employees and managers didnt even know about it and that they are just out of work. No rhyme or reason as of yet.

[PM5K]

I saw KENS 5 in front of the one on DeZavala at six, but I haven't heard anything on their news cast yet, maybe they are saving it for ten...

I don't claim to be an expert on local seafood restaurants but I felt they were the best drive-thru fish place.

Sure Laundry's, Sea Island, and other places might make better food, but as far as drive-thru, Barnacle Bills is damn good, certainly better than alternatives like Long Johns...

I usually would get their fried fish platter, came with two pieces of fish and ten shrimp, fries, coleslaw, bread, and a couple onion rings.

Some sweet tea sometimes some shrimp gumbo as well...

[Spurfect]

I saw KENS 5 in front of the one on DeZavala at six, but I haven't heard anything on their news cast yet, maybe they are saving it for ten...

I don't claim to be an expert on local seafood restaurants but I felt they were the best drive-thru fish place.

Sure Laundry's, Sea Island, and other places might make better food, but as far as drive-thru, Barnacle Bills is damn good, certainly better than alternatives like Long Johns...

I usually would get their fried fish platter, came with two pieces of fish and ten shrimp, fries, coleslaw, bread, and a couple onion rings.

Some sweet tea sometimes some shrimp gumbo as well...

i thought their food was pretty good too.
that sucks!

[PM5K]

i thought their food was pretty good too.
that sucks!

We have a lot in common don't we ;-)

I actually thought their fish was some of the best I've ever had, but I know a lot of people here will come down on me and say so and so is better, but I certainly don't know of a better drive-thru place.

I liked their fish a lot because I could eat it plain, with tartar sauce (which was very good) or with lemon. Some places have fish that's only good with tartar sauce....

[T Park]

Their grilled fish sandwiches were good.

Their grilled fish and shrimp platter was what I always got.

Good stuff.

Adios....

[Squid]

I'm glad those fuckers closed. They killed a lot of my friends.

[sa_butta]

I'm glad those fuckers closed. They killed a lot of my friends.Haven't you killed some of your friends?

[Squid]

Haven't you killed some of your friends?

Yes I have but I never dipped them in batter and fried them.

[sa_butta]

Yes I have but I never dipped them in batter and fried them.They may have tasted better that way. You should try it.

[jcrod]

Wow, i liked the place too. Funny that the mgrs didn't know either and it said to go apply at Bills Miller...LOL. So did they wait till they closed and rushed in to board it overnight??

You know what i could never figure out is how Freds Fish has been able to stay open. I never, I mean never see anybody either eating there or at the drive thru.

[sa_butta]

Wow, i liked the place too. Funny that the mgrs didn't know either and it said to go apply at Bills Miller...LOL. So did they wait till they closed and rushed in to board it overnight??

You know what i could never figure out is how Freds Fish has been able to stay open. I never, I mean never see anybody either eating there or at the drive thru.And didnt they just open a new one on Culebra?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

And didnt they just open a new one on Culebra?

Yep, right across from the McDonalds at the old Handy Andy (outside Loop 410).

[Das Texan]

Wow, i liked the place too. Funny that the mgrs didn't know either and it said to go apply at Bills Miller...LOL. So did they wait till they closed and rushed in to board it overnight??

You know what i could never figure out is how Freds Fish has been able to stay open. I never, I mean never see anybody either eating there or at the drive thru.



dont you know the fish business is just a front for the drug business inside?

[Spurfect]

they just had the "story" on Fox 29 news. said that people that went to work today got pink slips instead. "they weren't told why they closed down" thanks for the great insight Fox29! :tu :rolleyes

[Shelly]

they just had the "story" on Fox 29 news. said that people that went to work today got pink slips instead. "they weren't told why they closed down" thanks for the great insight Fox29! :tu :rolleyes

:lol

from woai:

A local fast food chain is no more, and there's no word as to why.
Doors and windows are boarded up at the six Barnacle Bill's Seafood restaurants around San Antonio.

Workers say they were given no explanation, and had no clue why the restaurants abruptly shut down.

"I'm sad, cause this is like my second home. I made a lot of friends. Some of us got real close like brothers, stuff like that. But what can you do", said former Barnacle Bill's employee Erique Gonzalez.

The company did not respond to phone calls or even a visit at their corporate offices in San Antonio Monday afternoon.

Barnacle Bill's Seafood started in 1993 and for many years was associated with the Bill Miller's Bar-B-Q Company, but the two companies parted ways six years ago.

[METALMiKE]

:cry

[jcrod]

dont you know the fish business is just a front for the drug business inside?


:lol Thats what i always tell my wife.

[PM5K]

they just had the "story" on Fox 29 news. said that people that went to work today got pink slips instead. "they weren't told why they closed down" thanks for the great insight Fox29! :tu :rolleyes

Where are we going to eat now honey?

[Spurfect]

Where are we going to eat now honey?

Pappadeaux's?

[PM5K]

Pappadeaux's?

As you wish...

[MoSpur]

Still nothing as to what happened. Must have been something bad.

[SanAntonioBuckeye]

Pappadeaux's?
Love me some Pappadeaux's!

[MoSpur]

Fred's Fish Fry has been around forever. I have no idea how. As stated earlier by another its always empty when I pass by one. Its funny.

[SanAntonioBuckeye]

Fred's Fish Fry has been around forever. I have no idea how. As stated earlier by another its always empty when I pass by one. Its funny.
Maybe they make all their money during lent for the whole year!

[Silver21_Black20]

Noooooooooooo!!!

[Spurfect]

Still nothing as to what happened. Must have been something bad.

and the mystery deepens
oh well there are other fish in the sea *shrugs*

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

and the mystery deepens
oh well there are other fish in the sea *shrugs*

Maybe, but six less places in which I can get those fish in my tummy.

[angel_luv]

:lol

[MoSpur]

and the mystery deepens
oh well there are other fish in the sea *shrugs*

I hate you. I wanted to think of something like that. :lol

Whatever floats your boat. That's all I got. Sorry guys.

[lebomb]

I thought I saw a note on the door that said


"Gone Fishin" :huh

[MoSpur]

I thought I saw a note on the door that said


"Gone Fishin" :huh

Not bad. How come I can't think of these? :depressed

[dallaskd]

what is that? just a SA thing?

[MoSpur]

what is that? just a SA thing?

Yeah. They are a local sea food chain.

[dallaskd]

Yeah. They are a local sea food chain.

I eat crap from Red Lobster and LJS. I wish i new a good seafood place around me.

[dallaskd]

i guess Pappadeaux is ok

[MoSpur]

I like a local Mexican sea food place called Gulfo de Mexico. Its good.

[ZStomp]

Something smells fishy...no pun intended...





I can't take credit..saw that on news.

[greywheel]

seriously. there's something fishy going on here. :grim:

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[sa_butta]

this was a bait and switch for the employees.

[dallaskd]

Page 1

:lol

[Spurfect]

LOL you guys are cracking me up :lmao
but i'm at work right now so I'll be back in a bit, I got bigger fish to fry..

[PakiDan]

Maybe the employees were trying to UNIONIZE..

[MoSpur]

LOL you guys are cracking me up :lmao
but i'm at work right now so I'll be back in a bit, I got bigger fish to fry..

You are seriously getting on my nerves. I am cracking up over here. :lmao

There haven't been any updates on the reason for the closure. I guess the media is unable to tackle a lead.

[MoSpur]

I guess Barnacle Bills is FIN-ished.

[Spurfect]

haha thanks alot. people are looking at me funny now. :lol

[MoSpur]

haha thanks alot. people are looking at me funny now. :lol

I'm HOOKED on this thread.

[ZStomp]

Oops i missed it...i don't read every post.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I wish the owners would take us off the hook already and give us a reason.

[PM5K]

haha thanks alot. people are looking at me funny now. :lol

How can you tell?

[dallaskd]

so the media hasnt gave a flippin' reason

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

so the media hasnt gave a flippin' reason

Actually, the owners haven't given a reason.

[MoSpur]

Maybe the media isn't taking the bait.

[Spurfect]

How can you tell?

people here at work. because I keep laughing, lol
and you guys are using the same analogies now.. come up with some new things! :p:

[MoSpur]

Maybe Barnacle Bills is trying to luer more customers in.

[dallaskd]

seriously...so have the owners said anything or is the media just not biting?

[dallaskd]

So is Barnacle Bills the big catch in town?

[PM5K]

This just became the gayest thread ever, and if Spurfect wasn't in it I'd be gone...

[angel_luv]

Will an investigation into this open a can of worms for Bill's or let them off the hook?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I figure profits were floundering.

[MoSpur]

Its gettin better

[angel_luv]

:lol

[AlamoSpursFan]

Once again, I didn't read the entire thread, so if this has been covered, my apologies.

This pisses me of for one very good reason:

These Bill Miller's assholes bought and not only closed down, but fucking RAZED a cool little watering hole at 181 and 1604 for the expressed purpose of building a fucking Barnacle Bill's.

You assholes can blow me, Bill Miller's. And I'm never eating at your shitty fast-food BBQ joint ever again.

[PM5K]

As far as I understand it, Bill Millers has nothing to do with Barnacle Bills...

[AlamoSpursFan]

As far as I understand it, Bill Millers has nothing to do with Barnacle Bills...

Which of course explains why they're all in former Bill Miller's locations.

They may have split the two companies apart, but there's Miller's in the offices.

[TheTruth]

The Miller sons sold them a few years ago.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Well I guess it's safe to keep buying hay and shitty BBQ from them then.

The Spillway was a cool bar to pound a few beersh in after a long day of pounding beersh and catching baby catfish on Calaveras, though.

Screw whoever bought Barnacle Bills.

[AlamoSpursFan]

They may have split the two companies apart, but there's Miller's in the offices.


The Miller sons sold them a few years ago.

Wait just a bleedin' minute...what's all this then?


Barnacle Bill's eateries close doors

Web Posted: 05/15/2007 02:25 AM CDT

Melissa S. Monroe and
Express-News Business Writers

San Antonio-based Barnacle Bill's Seafood restaurants have closed, leaving customers and employees wondering what happened.
The grandsons of the late Bill Miller, founder of Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, started the family-owned chain. It has six locations locally. Three of the stores visited by the Express-News on Monday were boarded up: Broadway and Loop 410, U.S. Hwy 281 and Loop 1604, and 420 S.W. Military Drive.


(J. Michael Short/Special to the E-N)

Paul and Jeff Vance (from left) and cousin Scott Miller bought their interest in Barnacle Bill's restaurants about six years ago.

More coverage
• KENS video: Barnacle Bill's restaurants close their doors


Efforts to reach Jeff and Paul Vance, two of the chain's owners, by telephone Monday were unsuccessful.

The only clues about the restaurants' closures could be found on signs on the closed restaurants' doors.

The door and windows were boarded up at 402 S.W. Military Drive, and this note was stuck on the door: "All Barnacle Bill employees are welcome to apply at all Bill Miller locations."

At the 1604 location, a marquee sign out front said "CLOSED." A piece of notebook paper was posted on the back door with this scribbled message: "To Barnacle Bill employees who ... want their last check at least should go to main building."

Along with cousin Scott Miller, the Vance brothers bought out father Louis Vance's interest in Barnacle Bill's about six years ago.

The 5,000-square-foot Barnacle Bill's on Southwest Military Drive was the company's first store, opened in 1993.



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[email protected]

Millers! Millers in the fucking hen-house. I KNEW it!!!

:madrun

[T Park]

alamo,

we got it.

You don't like bill millers :rolleyes

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I wish I could get some Bill Miller's chicken tenders right now.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Oh, like you've never beat a dead horse in here.

:lol

[TheTruth]

Hey Alamo, I used to go to the Spillway before I turned 21. Right past the EZ Stop. Damn place would serve anyone.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Not anymore they don't.

:depressed

[cornbread]

R.I.P. Barnacle Bill

[davi78239]

Damn! Now the line at Sea Island is gonna be freakin long! Barnacle Bill's was better! I guess it's Louie Le Deux time in The Forum.

[spurs_2108]

Once again, I didn't read the entire thread, so if this has been covered, my apologies.

This pisses me of for one very good reason:

These Bill Miller's assholes bought and not only closed down, but fucking RAZED a cool little watering hole at 181 and 1604 for the expressed purpose of building a fucking Barnacle Bill's.

You assholes can blow me, Bill Miller's. And I'm never eating at your shitty fast-food BBQ joint ever again.

I thought A Bill Miller's was going there instead of Barnacle Bill's?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I thought A Bill Miller's was going there instead of Barnacle Bill's?

There's a Bill Miller's on the corner of that intersection, the Barnacle Bill's occupied the lot next to it on the 1604 side.

[01Snake]

KSAT said Bill Millers and Barnacle Bill's went separate ways like 5 years ago.

[AlamoSpursFan]

There's a Bill Miller's right up the road at 87 and 1604.

Barnacle Bills was going to go in at 181 and 1604. Allegedly. Where The Spillway used to be.

[Spurfect]

all i know is that the Barnacle Bills on Walzem had a sign on the door that told people to feel free and apply at the Bill Millers down the street. lol

[PM5K]

all i know is that the Barnacle Bills on Walzem had a sign on the door that told people to feel free and apply at the Bill Millers down the street. lol

Yeah I saw that so I went next door and asked them if they had a fried fish and shrimp plate and they told me I was an idiot and to get the fuck out....

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

all i know is that the Barnacle Bills on Walzem had a sign on the door that told people to feel free and apply at the Bill Millers down the street. lol

It must be tough for those employees to get flushed down the drain like that.

[Spurfect]

It must be tough for those employees to get flushed down the drain like that.

you just know that they must be feeling pretty crabby.

[PM5K]

you just know that they must be feeling pretty crabby.

Actually I think they got a sinking feeling when they got there and the windows had been borded up...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

you just know that they must be feeling pretty crabby.

If they got crabs from working at BB's, they might have an OSHA lawsuit.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Actually I think they got a sinking feeling when they got there and the windows had been borded up...

Are you saying their ship had sailed?

[MoSpur]

I think we're taking this thread overboard.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I think we're taking this thread overboard.

Is this thread taking on too much water?

[MoSpur]

I think you're on an island by yourself JB.





Okay, that was weak. I admit it.

[Spurfect]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[MoSpur]

I'm running out of jokes here. Quick, someone throw me a life jacket. :lmao

[Spurfect]

I'm running out of jokes here. Quick, someone throw me a life jacket. :lmao

I can't think of any either right now.
I think maybe it's time this thread sleep with the fishes.



btw i take full responsibility for the gay turn that this thread took :lol

[ashbeeigh]

And I thought people in San Antonio took their cheap mexican food seriously.

[MoSpur]

And I thought people in San Antonio took their cheap mexican food seriously.

For some reason I feel sea sick.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I can't think of any either right now.
I think maybe it's time this thread sleep with the fishes.



btw i take full responsibility for the gay turn that this thread took :lol

So you think this thread is lifeless and floating at the top?

[Buddy Holly]

I think this person had something to do with it.

https://www8.georgetown.edu/centers/cndls/applications/posterTool/data/users/spongebob.jpg

[angel_luv]

I just feel bad for all the people who were waived.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

...

[angel_luv]

...


Doubtful it was too stupid- you have read this thread, haven't you? :lol

Post it. I dare you! :)

[batman2883]

黑燕票据关闭？?说什么！!!!

[MoSpur]

Seriously, I feel bad for those employees. That's an ugly way of finding out you're out of a job. I bet they feel like they just got gutted.

[ashbeeigh]

Seriously, I feel bad for those employees. That's an ugly way of finding out you're out of a job. I bet they feel like they just got gutted.

I do too, and with it being the summer season all the high school/college kids are going to be looking ofr the same types of jobs. Hopefully the BB employees will get them because of the experience and work ethic.

[MoSpur]

I bet the former employees feel like the wind was taken out of their sail.

:lmao

[Sapphire]

Did they close just for the halibut or did they have a reel reason?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Did they close just for the halibut or did they have a reel reason?

And that gets the http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums/images/smilies/rimshot.gif

[Spurfect]

And that gets the http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums/images/smilies/rimshot.gif


HAHAH!!!! :lol

[Sapphire]

:cry I thought I took you people to school with that one.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

:cry I thought I took you people to school with that one.

I think you're being shellfish in seeking our approval.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I wonder if the fired employees will get their checks this Fry-day.

[Sapphire]

It might depend on their pay scales.

[PakiDan]

I want to drop kick all of you in the head right now... INCLUDING SPURFECT! Kill this thread already!

[HennyYoungman]

Well done!

[MoSpur]

I want to drop kick all of you in the head right now... INCLUDING SPURFECT! Kill this thread already!

Yeah! Put this thread to an end and grill it!!!

[MoSpur]

Deep fry it!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I want to drop kick all of you in the head right now... INCLUDING SPURFECT! Kill this thread already!

PakiDan has reached his boiling point.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

His brain is fried.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I wish Paki would stop carping on everybody's parade.

[Sapphire]

Paki is stuffed to the gills with anger, it seems. :blah

[T Park]

paki should just walk away.

he's like a fish out of water in this thread.

[Sapphire]

Ich! That was reely bad. :downspin:

[AlamoSpursFan]

I think Paki is the sole person not amused by this thread.

[Sapphire]

Maybe he's just being koi? :toast

[Shelly]

Seafood blows.


There! I just killed this thread!

[AlamoSpursFan]

Shelly doesn't flounder around when it comes to sea food.

[Shelly]

Shelly doesn't flounder around when it comes to sea food.

Damn you!!!!


:lol

[Sapphire]

Seafood blows.


There! I just killed this thread!

I don't think we're fin-ished yet. This is a whale of a thread.

[angel_luv]

:lol

Can't wait to sea where it goes.

[exstatic]

I just haddock get the last word in...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

This thread tastes like chicken.

[Shelly]

You fish-eyed fool

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Aunt_Esther.jpg/180px-Aunt_Esther.jpg

[exstatic]

This thread tastes like chicken.
Yeah, like that's reel original...

[Sapphire]

You guys must play hook-y to stay home and think of these.

[sa_butta]

Yeah, like that's reel original...Well, you took the bait.
Hook, line and sinker.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Say what you will about this thread, but it's fast approaching such thread gems as "Joe Reinagel arrested" in number of page views (and onto Page 9).

[exstatic]

Well, you took the bait.
Hook, line and sinker.
I was lured into it...

[Sapphire]

Say what you will about this thread, but it's fast approaching such thread gems as "Joe Reinagel arrested" in number of page views (and onto Page 9).

Because the posters here are in tuna with what the readers want.

[Spurfect]

holy mackerel!
I can't believe this thread is still going
looks like Paki is trying to flex his mussels.

[Sapphire]

holy mackerel!
I can't believe this thread is still going
looks like Paki is trying to flex his mussels.
Because he thinks the world is his oyster.

[Shelly]

• What fish is the most valuable?
A goldfish.

• Why is it so easy to weigh fish?
They have their own scales.

• What sea animal can be adjusted to play music?
The tune-a fish!

• If they made a movie starring the Loch Ness monster and the great white shark from Jaws, what would the movie be called?
Loch Jaws.

Q. What did the fish say when it ran into the concrete wall?
A. Dam!

Q. Who are the strongest creatures in the ocean?
A. Mussels

A blonde was walking down the street, carrying a brown paper bag. She ran into one of her friends.

Her friend asked, "Hey! What do you have in the bag?"

She tells her friend that she has some fish in the bag.

The friend says, "Fish! Well, I'll make you a bet. If I can guess how many fish you have in the bag, you'll have to give me one."

The blonde says, "I'll tell you what. If you tell me how many fish I have in this bag, I'll give you both of them."




Thank you! I'll be here all week! Make sure you try the fish!

[KEDA]

you guys are like sharks in here!

these jokes are reely corny!

[exstatic]

Well, we just want to share. Otherwise, you might think we are shellfish...

[Spurfect]

hey exstatic, did you used to live in Houston?

[ComfortablyNumb]

I just went out with the wife. It was salmon enchanted eveining.

[ElBorracho]

Let's get tanked! :drunk

[Spam]

I'm feeling country. Time for some Vince Gill.

[TheWriter]

What a great opportunaty for more fish related puns.

[AlamoSpursFan]

I knew there was something fishy about this thread...

Wet Dream -- Kip Adotta

It was April the 41st, being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray, and it was
overheating
So I pulled into a Shell station
They said I'd blown a seal
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, okay
pal?"

While they were doing that I walked over to a place called the oyster
bar -- a real dive
But I knew the owner, he used to play for the Dolphins
I said, "Hi, Gil!!!"
You hafta yell, he's hard of herring

CHORUS:
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin' through the Gulf Stream
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wet dream...

Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is, he was barely keeping his head below water
I gullied up to the sandbar
He poured the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion, shaken, not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side -- heavy on the
mako
I slipped him a fin -- on porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's Squids -- for the
halibut

Well, the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines
They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal --
what sole
Tommy was rockin' the place with a very popular tuna -- "Salmon Chanted
Evening"
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player

One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she's giving ME the eye
So I figure, this is my chance for a little fun
You know -- a piece of Pisces

But she said things I just couldn't fathom
She was too deep, and seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a... she drank A LOT...
I said, "What's your sign?"
She said, "Aquarium"
I said, "GREAT!!! Let's get tanked!"

CHORUS

I invited her up to my place for a little midnight bait
I said, "C'mon baby, it'll only take a few minnows"
She threw me that same old line
"Not tonight -- I got a haddock"

And she wasn't kiddin' either, 'cuz in came the biggest, meanest looking
haddock I'd ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me, he said, "Listen shrimp -- don't you come trolling
around here"
What a crab
This guy was steamed -- I could see the anchor in his eyes

I turned to him, I said, "Abalone -- You're just being shellfish"
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble, and so did Gil, 'cuz he was
already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke, but there he was, lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless

I said, "Forget the cods, Gil, this guy's gonna need a sturgeon"
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said, "Hey big boy, you're really a game fish"
"What's your name?"
I said, "Marlin"

CHORUS

Well from then on, we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner
I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble?
A case of the clams

CHORUS
CHORUS/FADE

[Sapphire]

Well, it's a brand new day, let's hope Paki isn't so crabby.

[TheWriter]

MYSA has a quick write up of the owners saying they just didn't feel like running restuarants anymore. They also felt they could have handle the closing better. Gee, you think?

[KEDA]

MYSA has a quick write up of the owners saying they just didn't feel like running restuarants anymore. They also felt they could have handle the closing better. Gee, you think?


I don't believe it, it just sounds too fishy.

[MoSpur]

A friend of mine who works with me is good friends with the owners. He spoke to them and supposedly they filed bankruptcy. Might be true. Might not. Who knows?

[Soul_Patch]

They should have at least given the employees an opporTUNAty to BITE into something else, before just tossing them overboard.

[MoSpur]

Whoever was in charge must have not known how to navigate the business. :lmao

[Spurfect]

They should have at least given the employees an opporTUNAty to BITE into something else, before just tossing them overboard.

:lol
yeah that's pretty messed up though. they didn't "feel like" running the restaurant anymore. Wow way to screw people over though. They pretty much strapped an anchor on their employees and let them sink.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

:lol
yeah that's pretty messed up though. they didn't "feel like" running the restaurant anymore. Wow way to screw people over though. They pretty much strapped an anchor on their employees and let them sink.

Talk about your shipwrecks.

[MoSpur]

:lol
yeah that's pretty messed up though. they didn't "feel like" running the restaurant anymore. Wow way to screw people over though. They pretty much strapped an anchor on their employees and let them sink.

You are getting on my nerves. I can't top that. It feels like I'm buried in sand.

[angel_luv]

On a scale of 1-10. How would you rate this thread?

[Soul_Patch]

Looks like this thread really brought out the bottom feeders.

[angel_luv]

Are you a nemosis to this thread?

If so, I'm very dory to hear it.

[Spurfect]

i bet the employees are feeling pretty eel right now
they beta be job hunting!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

i bet the employees are feeling pretty eel right now
they beta be job hunting!

:lol

I don't know if I can stomach this thread anymore.

[Spurfect]

:lol

I don't know if I can stomach this thread anymore.

have you haddock up to here with me?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

have you haddock up to here with me?

Nah, this thread is slowly working its way to Classic status.

Um...

Uh...

Fish!

[angel_luv]

Have to sail gift cards now. Will catch up with you guys later. :)

[MoSpur]

This thread will stay afloat and become a classic.

[Shelly]

The Krusty Krab's business should be booming now!

[Spurfect]

I really like Shelly's name!

[MoSpur]

I think I am going to make myself Captain of this thread.

[angel_luv]

You may get an Arrgumant about that, matey. :)

[MoSpur]

You may get an Arrgumant about that, matey. :)


I don't sea why.

[Shelly]

I really like Shelly's name!

d'oh! How'd I miss that? :lol People call me Shell all the time.

[MoSpur]

d'oh! How'd I miss that? :lol People call me Shell all the time.

What about Shelly-fish instead of Jelly-fish?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

What about Shelly-fish instead of Jelly-fish?

I think that if we three were in a room and you called her "Shelly-fish," I might have to hit you out of principle.

[MoSpur]

I think that if we three were in a room and you called her "Shelly-fish," I might have to hit you out of principle.

You would knock me off the plank?

[angel_luv]

You would knock me off the plank?

He'd get you with a left Hook.

[MoSpur]

He might deck me.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Five hours without a post...you people are just going to let this thread spoil?

[Sapphire]

Everyone must be "Gone Fishin'".

[Sapphire]

This thread was going swimmingly. Cod it be dead for reel?

[KEDA]

If this thread dies, I'm not going to worry, there are plenty of fish in the sea.

[Shelly]

Shark! The Herald Angels Sing...

[Sapphire]

That is a great Christmas coral.

[Shelly]

The things you can come up with after having your morning crawfishee

[Sapphire]

This thread had drifted to page 2. I fished it back out.

[MoSpur]

Looks like this thread washed up back on shore.

[angel_luv]

All these puns are starting to make me eel. :)

[MoSpur]

Today would be a day for me to go to Barnacle Bills to get a grilled shrimp salad! Darn it!

[Sapphire]

Not-ical today! Better get hooked on Sea Island.

[MoSpur]

Sea Island? No thank you. I''ll pass. Whenever I pass by a Sea Island, I usually WAVE goodbye