Puzzle Description:

Ogden Nash's poem: "I don't mind eels/ Except at meals." My poem: "Use no reels to catch eels/ Your best bet: get a net."

#1: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jul 19, 2010

do you know what that sound is highness
those are the shrieking eels
haha

Thank you, Inigo.

Wonderful image and fun puzzle, Synthia.

I went to YouTube to find a video of how to grill eel, and I was astonished. I won't post the links to the videos here, because they are too graphic. If offered, I will never accept a taste of eel, as the images from the videos will be stuck in my head.

I'll share a link to the clip from "The Princess Bride" that Bugaboo quoted instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfo3nEZHNLk

I will never eat eels period.

Is there a good reason not to eat eel (beyond the obvious mental scarring Teresa has obtained)? (And, please, no Vegan arguments.)

EDIT: Found this on Wiki - "In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the European eel, Japanese eel and American eel to its seafood red list. 'The Greenpeace International seafood red list is a list of fish that are commonly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustainable fisheries.'"

To me an eel/ Holds no appeal. :)

The photos of eel that I looked at to make the puzzle were very creepy indeed. However not as creepy as the photos of fleas. I was going to do an Ogden puzzle with a flea (The poem: "Adam/ Had 'em." which I love). But the close up of flea was just too weird. Enlarge one to 8 feet and you would have a monster to rival Alien and Predator. I don't know if this link will work, but here goes: The Cat Flea:http://www.idph.state.il.us/images/CatFleaB&W_UMo.jpg

Disgusting.

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