One of my favorite recipes from my "bachelor pad" days:
Start boiling some water for angel hair pasta.
Dice & Saute some garlic in olive oil (the more cloves the better, IMHO). Use a big, wide pan for this.
Toss in a small bottle of capers, stir, saute some more.
Toss in a can or two of anchovies, saute some more.
(Add some hot peppers, if you like)
When the pasta reaches "al dente", strain & add to the other mix. Toss.
Serve with parmesan cheese and some grated hot peppers.
Not sure about the correlation between bachelorhood and the fish & pasta breath.
btw - your post is right on!
"fish & pasta breath" s/b "fish & garlic breath".
As Dave Barry would say, sounds like a great name for a rock band.