Posted on 11/23/2010 12:54:05 PM PST by Stoat
It's a miracle: Gunther Hansel spent more than two hours reeling in the 8ft 2ins halibut - and needed the help of five crewmates to land the fish
You're going to need a bigger freezer: Gunther and his crewmates were able to wynch the 34-stone fish onto the deck of their boat
One for the record books: Gunther, third from left, poses with some of his crewmates and his record-breaking catch
And you should have seen the one that got away...
Yumpin Yimminy!
Love to see Sarah and Bristol stun that one now that would be great TV at the same time have the libs shaking in their boots...
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
“Were gonna need a bigger bat.”
1000 Halibut fillets?
DELICIOUS!
That’s a lot of fish-n-chips!
It would take a strong knight, indeed, to chop down the largest tree in the forest with THAT halibut...
Never mind... ...it was a herring...
My mistake.
Looks a bit like my pet fish,Eric.I chose him out of thousands.I didn’t like the others...they were all too flat!
Customer: Hello, I would like to buy a fish license, please.
Shopkeeper: A what?
Customer: A license for my pet fish, Eric.
Shopkeeper: How did you know my name was Eric?
Customer: No no no, my fish’s name is Eric, Eric the fish. He’s an halibut.
Shopkeeper: What?
Customer: He is...an...halibut.
Shopkeeper: You’ve got a pet halibut?
Customer: Yes. I chose him out of thousands. I didn’t like the others, they were all too flat.
Shopkeeper: You must be a looney.
Customer: I am not a looney! Why should I be tied with the epithet looney merely because I have a pet halibut? I’ve heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabardo has a pet prawn called Simon and you wouldn’t call him a looney; furthermore, Dawn Pailthorpe, the lady show-jumper, had a clam, called Stafford, after the late Chancellor, Allan Bullock has two pikes, both called Chris, and Marcel Proust had an haddock! So, if you’re calling the author of ‘A la recherche du temps perdu’ a looney, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
Shopkeeper: Alright, alright, alright. A license.
Customer: Yes.
Shopkeeper: For a fish.
Customer: Yes.
Shopkeeper: You are a looney.
Customer: Look, it’s a bleeding pet, isn’t it? I’ve got a license for me pet dog Eric, and I’ve got a license for me pet cat Eric...
Shopkeeper: You don’t need a license for your cat.
Customer: I bleeding well do and I got one. He can’t be called Eric without it—
Shopkeeper: There’s no such thing as a bloody cat license.
Customer: Yes there is!
Shopkeeper: Isn’t!
Customer: Is!
Shopkeeper Isn’t!
Customer: I bleeding got one, look! What’s that then?
Shopkeeper: This is a dog license with the word ‘dog’ crossed out and ‘cat’ written in in crayon.
Customer: The man didn’t have the right form.
Etc. etc.
YouTube - Monty Python - Fish License
It must have been eating ice-deprived polar bear.
That’s just cool. 70 years old and a 2 hour fight. A world record and enough to feed a family for months.
One thing I've always wondered...what's the difference between a flounder and a halibut.......other than size? Anyone know? They look the same to me.
Holy mackerel, that’s one halibut fish! (Ug, I know)
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