Constitution Club

In Boston, a restaurant chain called Legal Sea Foods spent about $150,000 to decorate the sides of trolleys with advertisements featuring a funny fish.  And I’m sure everyone finds the ads humorous. . . unless you are a union boob with nothing but an entitlement mentality and no sense of humor.

The wisecracking cartoon fish that recently appeared on the sides of Green Line trolleys have some lines that sound like they were ripped from a Henny Youngman routine: “Hey lady, I’ve seen smaller noses on a swordfish,” and, “This trolley gets around more than your sister.” Then there’s this side-splitter sure to leave ‘em laughing: “This conductor has a face like a halibut.” Ba-boom.

A lot of riders on the Green Line seem to think they’re a hoot. So does Roger Berkowitz, the chief executive of Legal Sea Foods, who shelled out $150,000 for the ad campaign featuring the “fresh” fish.

But the MBTA is not laughing. Neither are the hundreds of employees who work on the Green line. This week, after the trolley conductors union complained to T management, the agency’s top brass ordered the immediate removal of the “this conductor” ads, deeming them in poor taste.

“Waaah!  They’re making fun of me!”  Someone should tell the crybabies that advertising dollars help pay their wages and posh benefits.

The Beast brought his daughter and friend fishing at the Farmington Rod&Gun Club Sunday. The weather was beautiful, sunny and hot. The club stocked over a thousand trout for the kiddies to catch. Unfortunately the little beasties swam right to the bottom and refused to open their yaps. But a good time (including prizes, raffles and a free lunch) was had by all.

Some three hundred parents and kids showed up.

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The picture confirms that Cheech was the real brain of the team. This dude really does live in Portland.

Portlandsurfcaster From Stripers Online NH/Maine Forum:

He heard the fish were in!!!

Best comment and tagline by JohnWade of Rye, NH:

I know why. He is using too light a jig for that sewer! You need to bump bottom for a hookup there.

Is that Jesus? Is he back?

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Patton Oswalt

The Beast played hooky from work and headed up to the lake. today. It was hot as hell by noon but the salmon were everywhere. Not a breath of wind combined with bright april sun and clear cold water meant perfect visibility. The salmon were easy to see and there were tons of them.

The Beast rose dozens and dozens but only landed one - a post spawn hen, a bit beat up but big:

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